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New ID mobile contract phone and dual sim

  • April 8, 2026
  • 3 replies
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Hi,

I have found a good contract with ID that comes with a phone. I am happy with my current mobile provider, but would like to explore ID for the sake of the phone coming really cheap with ID mobile. I have a couple of questions:

  1. If I do not decide to transfer my current mobile number to ID network, can I continue to have dual sims active in new phone, provide the phone supports dual sim?
  2. I am only getting 200GB data over the course of the 2 year contract, which roughly equates to 8 GB per month. If I were to overrun this limit, can I switch the data to my other sim in the phone?

Thanks!

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  • iD Mobile Employee
  • April 8, 2026

Hi ​@vilegenius 

 

  1. If the phone supports dual SIM capabilities, you can use both SIM cards in the phone without needing to transfer.
  1. Kindly note that the plan provides 200GB per month, or 8GB if that is the plan you were looking at. The 200GB refers to the monthly allowance for that specific plan.

 

Michael Z

 


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  • April 8, 2026

Hi Michael,

 

Thanks for your reply. I can confirm that the plan I am looking at provides 200 GB over the course of the contract, that is 24 months.

Thanks!


Anneline M
iD Mobile Employee
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  • iD Mobile Employee
  • April 10, 2026

Hi ​@vilegenius 

 

Thanks for coming back to us and for clarifying that.

 

Just to clear things up, iD Mobile plans don’t offer a total data allowance spread across the full contract term (e.g. 200GB over 24 months). Instead, data is provided as a monthly allowance. So, if the deal mentions 200GB, that will typically mean 200GB per month, not across the whole contract.

 

On your other questions:

Dual SIM: Yes, if the handset supports dual SIM (physical SIM or eSIM), you can use your iD Mobile SIM alongside your current provider without needing to transfer your number.
Switching data between SIMs: Absolutely, you can choose which SIM to use for mobile data in your phone settings. So, if you use up your allowance on one SIM, you can switch to the other.

 

If you’ve seen a deal that specifically mentions 200GB across the full contract, feel free to share it here and we can double-check the details for you, as that would be quite unusual.

 

We hope that helps. 

 

Thanks, 

 

Anneline

The iD Mobile Team