Can I buy the iPhone 5 frm apple & get it activated @ AT&T because I'm gonna have the SIM cards switched with the 4S & 5. I dnt wanna buy frm AT&T or Bestbuy because theirs always a defect overheating glitches etc....
Can I buy the iPhone 5 frm apple & get it activated @ AT&T because I'm gonna have the SIM cards switched with the 4S & 5. I dnt wanna buy frm AT&T or Bestbuy because theirs always a defect overheating glitches etc....
It will be activated by the time you leave the Apple Store. Just bring your current SIM along and swap if possible. Although I don't know, isn't it a different size or type, moving from the 3G i4s to the 4G i5? In which case, they can copy everything over before you leave.Bought my 3G 2008 AT&T major problems apple replaced it no problems. Bought the 4 frm apple no problems. 4S from bestbuy had to take it back to apple to be replaced cuz it would overheat really bad! I just wanna know if I could by it frm the apple store & take it to AT&T to get it activated because I'm gonna use the 5 for my line & 4s for the new line & I need the nano sim for my line & micro sim for my new line
This ^^^, unless you pay the unsubsidized price ($649/$749/$849).It will be activated by the time you leave the Apple Store.
That doesn't matter. I got mine unsubsidized Tuesday, was making a call by the time I got out of the mall building.This ^^^, unless you pay the unsubsidized price ($649/$749/$849).
Doesn't that make it more of a hassle for him?That doesn't matter. I got mine unsubsidized Tuesday, was making a call by the time I got out of the mall building.
Hmm, I wasn't recommending unsubsidized, just answering your comment.Doesn't that make it more of a hassle for him?
If he buys an iPhone 5 at the Apple Store (by adding a new line to his existing AT&T account), then Apple is going to activate that new line/new telephone# on the iPhone 5 nano SIM, which sounds like exactly what he doesn't want.
It sounds like he's asking if he can buy a subsidized iPhone 5 from Apple, not have it activated, and then take it over to AT&T for activation. AFAIK, the answer to that is "no".