Getting contacts from old phone onto iPhone

I've seen a few posts similar to this, but I'm looking for a simple answer. I had a Samsung phone through AT&T with a sim card and have many contacts on there. I'd like to bring them into the iPhone but don't know where how to insert the sim card to do this. Can it be done and can I do it myself or do I need to go into a store? I see a slot at the top of the iPhone, but it's not obvious how to remove it from the device. Thanks.
If I do this, can I then synch to my Yahoo contacts or will this overwrite the contacts from the sim card of the previous phone?

Page 6 of the iphone users guide covers SIM card installation.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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SFalconi wrote:
kaebfly wrote:
Not sure. Haven't checked but maybe VZW will post another "Getting Ready" guide for the 4s like they did for the 4. You can also check the App store via iTunes to see if the current app works for the iPhone 4s. I personally didn't use backup assistant...I never liked how it worked with my other devices (always mixed things up so contacts might have multiple listings instead of one and would place the mobile number as a home number and vice versa). iTunes syncing was quick and easy. I was coming from a BlackBerry when I got my iPhone though so I'm not sure if that's an option for the Voyager.
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SFalconi wrote:
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