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Rumor has it that Motorola’s new Moto X smartphone will be one of the first Android handsets to use a nano-SIM—currently used by the iPhone 5.

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Those who want to use an unlocked iPhone 5 in the US beyond AT&T have had relatively few places to go for an exodus, T-Mobile and Straight Talk usually being the two carriers on the short list. It’s time to add a third: Solavei is now carrying nano-SIMs for its T-Mobile-based virtual network. There’s not much mystery to what’s involved after that, since you’re still getting the singular, all-unlimited $49 plan and no guarantee of 3G when even T-Mobile’s own spectrum refarming is still young. If you can live with those potential caveats for the sake of network and contract independence, Solavei is waiting.

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So you have managed to unlock your iPhone 5 by the book or having taken an alternative route, what next? Obviously, you will need to find some way to fit your current SIM card inside, so there is nothing quite like a DIY effort to reduce the extra baggage around your SIM card right in the comfort of your own home – with the right tools on hand, of course. You will be able to give your micro SIM card a facelift, so to speak, with steady hands and a humble pair of scissors, although folks who want to take no chances and are handy with a blade might settle for that “weapon” of choice instead.

TechnoBuffalo has a template from where you are able to print out and size up the exact nano SIM card, and while there are other guides that claim you might need to enlist the help of a sandpaper to reduce the thickness of the card, it should not be necessary in this case. Did you manage to achieve success following the video tutorial above?

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T-Mobile’s American branch would really like to scoop up a few iPhone owners, and we’re getting a better sense of just how far it’s willing to go to lure refuseniks who’d otherwise go to AT&T. A product matrix leaked to TmoNews both shows the US carrier’s specially branded nano-SIM cards and suggests they’ll be available in October. And while there wasn’t really any doubt, the cards should be in stores just for unlocked iPhone 5 models — “no T-Mobile devices require this SIM card,” the company tells its staff. The wait could be a pain, but the sighting at least provides some comfort to those who would only let their iPhone 5 run on Magenta’s network.

Update: Talk about under-the-radar confirmation: T-Mobile has mentioned in conversation that it hopes to carry nano-SIMs in mid-October.

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T-Mobile USA nano-SIM poses for the camera, may arrive in October (update: official) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While Apple was busy announcing the iPhone 5, it left out mention of whether the device would use the recently approved (and Apple-designed) nano-SIM standard. Sure enough, the leaks were right once more — Apple is relying on that even tinier subscriber module for GSM, HSPA and LTE networks. The company also makes clear that there’s no going back, so you’ll have to chuck your earlier micro-SIM card if you’ve got one. Such is the price of progress.

[Thanks to Johannes Knapp for the nano-SIM]

Brad Molen contributed to this report.

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iPhone 5 confirmed to use nano-SIM, current SIMs not compatible originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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