Yes, that is an option but only a limited amount of information can be stored 
on a SIM card.

E-mail addresses and the like are not available via that route.

Good idea though.

Malcolm Parfitt

> On 14 Dec 2020, at 23:05, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Malcom,
>  
> Not that it will matter now but I would have put a sim card in to the Symbian 
> device that broke down to the size for the iPhone
>  
> Saved all the contacts to the sim card from the Symbian device and then 
> import them from the sim into the iPhone through contacts.
>  
> Which to me would be an easier option and how I originally did mine years ago.
>  
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Malcolm Parfitt
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 December 2020 11:42 am
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: importing contacts using a VCF file
>  
> Not sure if this is any help to you.
>  
> When my friend migrated from Symbian to an iPhone back in May he had a lot of 
> contacts he wanted to transfer over to his iPhone.
>  
> What I did was this.
>  
> On his Windows 10 machine I navigated to his Contacts folder under his user 
> profile.
>  
> Having exported the VCF files to a memory card from the Symbian phone I 
> imported the contacts into Windows10.
>  
> I then synchronised contacts via iTunes to his iPhone and they were 
> transferred.
>  
> You have to be careful what field labels are in your VCF files as not all 
> items will be transferred.  The iPhone is fussy about labels such as mobile 
> but I can’t remember which ones caused trouble now.  However VCF files can be 
> freely edited if difficulties arise.
> 
> Malcolm Parfitt
> 
> 
> On 14 Dec 2020, at 21:46, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I don’t think you said if she is using VoiceOver.
> If so, I hope if she does a one finger triple tap on the attachment it will 
> give you the correct option.
> If no VoiceOver, have her hold her finger on the attachment until the context 
> menu comes up.
> Otherwise, I’d say try calling Apple Accessibility.
>  
> I hope this works.
>  
>  
>  
> Richard
> "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of 
> flying.
> There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in 
> learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
> --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59
>  
> Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com
>  
> *I’m not the card shark
>  
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 1:42 PM
> To: 'cwc' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
> Subject: importing contacts using a VCF file
>  
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> My wife has gotten an Iphone SE2020.  She has been using an android phone and 
> has a lot of contacts she doesn't want to have to enter on the SE by hand.  
> We did some research and found instructions for using a VCF file. 
> 
>  
> 
> It says she can export the contacts on her android into a VCF file and then 
> email them to herself.  She did this with the file attached to the email. 
> 
>  
> 
> Now on her SE she opens the email and touches the attachment.  It gives her 
> lots of choices but none of them are for importing the contacts.  It even 
> acts like it doesn't recognize it as a VCF file.
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone else tried this and how did it work?  Are we doing something wrong?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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