SIM card for new phone

[thegreenhen]

Does anyone know how this works?

I've bought my son a new phone for Christmas. It uses a different SIM card to his current phone.

If I order a new sim for him now so he can use his new phone on Christmas Day, will EE spoil the surprise and send him a text to his current phone saying "thank you for ordering your new sim" or similar?

Not sure whether to order it now or wait until Christmas Day?

You can carefully cut the existing one, and use that. So he can keep the number. Or go into the shop for a new one and ask them to transfrer his number - not sure you can have two sims with the same number - which is really what you`re asking.

Also a lot of phones wont work without a sim now. So his new phone will be rubbish and he wont be able to use it, until the sim is sorted.

I would expect to have to activate the new sim, so only one sim would work at any one time.

Also he needs a bigger sim for the new phone than the previous sim, so cutting it down isn't an option.

Thanks, I doubt I can get to the shop now before Xmas. (35 miles away and I'm working until Xmas eve). I might just have to chance the online one.