{"id":3888,"date":"2015-04-29T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:24:03","slug":"get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a free SIM card. Then, use your old phone with us."},"content":{"rendered":"

You may not know this, but many cellphones from other carriers are compatible with Consumer Cellular service, too. Since we never require a customer to purchase a new phone from us, you may use your current mobile device. In just a few quick steps, you can switch it over to Consumer Cellular service while keeping your same phone and phone number, too.<\/p>\n

We know your current cellphone may work just fine, and you may even love using it. That\u2019s why we offer a free SIM card so you can easily switch over your old phone to our cellular service. First, be sure you confirm that you\u2019re no longer in a contract with your previous provider. Your device must be an unlocked GSM phone that accepts SIM cards, which typically means it\u2019s a phone that was previously used with AT&T or T-Mobile.<\/p>\n

Getting started is easy. Simply call us or go online to order your free SIM card. As always, shipping the card is free. We also provide all of the various sizes of SIM cards for the wide array of phones out there. To locate a store near you, look here: https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/storelocator<\/a><\/p>\n

When you get your new SIM card, give us a call. We\u2019ll quickly activate your phone, and you\u2019ll be good to go.<\/p>\n

Experience the benefits of our service with your existing device \u2014<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 No contract service
\no\u00a0\u00a0 100% Risk-free guarantee
\no\u00a0\u00a0 Flexible, affordable plans
\n<\/a>o\u00a0\u00a0 Top-rated provider
\no\u00a0\u00a0 100% US Based Customer Support<\/p>\n

Here at Consumer Cellular, it\u2019s our mission to save you money wherever we can, and provide a comfortable transition to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may not know this, but many cellphones from other carriers are compatible with Consumer Cellular service, too. Since we never require a customer to purchase a new phone from us, you may use your current mobile device. In just a few quick steps, you can switch it over to Consumer Cellular service while keeping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nGet a Free SIM Card. Then, Use Your Old Phone with Us.<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Consumer Cellular will provide you with a free SIM card so you can use your current phone with our cellular service.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Marick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Get a Free SIM Card. Then, Use Your Old Phone with Us.","description":"Consumer Cellular will provide you with a free SIM card so you can use your current phone with our cellular service.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Marick","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/","url":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/","name":"Get a Free SIM Card. Then, Use Your Old Phone with Us.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-04-29T16:00:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-15T20:24:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c742e4c526243bb27c8612b1b6a4b7bc"},"description":"Consumer Cellular will provide you with a free SIM card so you can use your current phone with our cellular service.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/get-a-free-sim-card-then-use-your-old-phone-with-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Get a free SIM card. Then, use your old phone with us."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/","name":"Our Blog","description":"Consumer Cellular Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c742e4c526243bb27c8612b1b6a4b7bc","name":"John Marick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd17eafd77b758abfff5ad8395366f27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd17eafd77b758abfff5ad8395366f27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John Marick"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.consumercellular.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/author\/john-marick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9177,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/9177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}