8700 SIM question

Hi Everyone
I don't know very much about this topic, so I apologize in advance if this is a silly question.
My employer gave me a BB 8700 to use many years ago. I would like to upgrade the phone, but they don't see any reason to as it is still working. If I choose to purchase a newer phone on my own dime, can I just take the SIM out of the 8700 and put it into the new phone? I've had colleagues tell me that is all that is needed, but it just seems too easy.
Any help is really appreciated!
Blake
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retiredmxer wrote:
My employer gave me a BB 8700 to use many years ago. I would like to upgrade the phone, but they don't see any reason to as it is still working. If I choose to purchase a newer phone on my own dime, can I just take the SIM out of the 8700 and put it into the new phone? I've had colleagues tell me that is all that is needed, but it just seems too easy.
Keyword, employer. Are you on a corporate BES account?
If so, does your BES Admin support another device, whatever you upgrade to?
If you are on a BES, after moving the SIM from one device to the new, you will need a new BES activation password, provided from your BES Admin. It's their network you are on, so they have every right to govern what devices are on the network.
Otherwise, if they don't care, there's no issue. Moving the SIM is all that you need to do.
Along with a backup of the 8700 (using the BlackBerry Desktop Software), and you can use the Desktop Software's Switch Device Wizard to move everything from the old device to the new.
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