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Buying AT&T (fully subsidized) to sell. Couple of questions.

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bayouvillain

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I'm eligible for the fully subsidized iphone. I don't use an iphone and I buy all my phones unlocked/off contract. I have no intentions of leaving AT&T. I usually use my upgrades to buy phones and re-sell them to subsidize the purchase of whatever unlocked phone it is that I want. I'm considering buying a 16gb iPhone5 and selling "brand new in box" w/out ever opening it. My main question is what happens when the person who buys it from me turns it on w/ the nano-SIM that is presumably in the iphone from the factory. Is that SIM already registered to my account? I don't want to have to open the box/break any seals to maintain the highest re-sale value. However, I also don't want to have some issue where my phone number/account is associated w/ a SIM that someone else has. I don't know how the iphone (purchased from Apple using an AT&T subsidy) activation works. Any info on this would help.

Also, any guess as to which version would have the best re-sale value? I was thinking 16gb/black but would be interested to hear opinions on this.
 
bayouvillain said:
I'm eligible for the fully subsidized iphone. I don't use an iphone and I buy all my phones unlocked/off contract. I have no intentions of leaving AT&T. I usually use my upgrades to buy phones and re-sell them to subsidize the purchase of whatever unlocked phone it is that I want. I'm considering buying a 16gb iPhone5 and selling "brand new in box" w/out ever opening it. My main question is what happens when the person who buys it from me turns it on w/ the nano-SIM that is presumably in the iphone from the factory. Is that SIM already registered to my account? I don't want to have to open the box/break any seals to maintain the highest re-sale value. However, I also don't want to have some issue where my phone number/account is associated w/ a SIM that someone else has. I don't know how the iphone (purchased from Apple using an AT&T subsidy) activation works. Any info on this would help.

Also, any guess as to which version would have the best re-sale value? I was thinking 16gb/black but would be interested to hear opinions on this.
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I believe as long as you don't authorize the device the SIM isn't associated to your AT&T account... good luck make lots of money :D
 
HowardSmith said:
The phone and SIM are tied to you and your account.
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This is true but it's no big deal. The new owner just needs to call in to get the IMEI and ICCID associated to them BEFORE connecting it to iTunes. This is just like an upgrade swap as described in our Upgrade Guide at the top of the forum. There's nothing unusual about it, it's all standard practice.
 
Geckotek said:
This is true but it's no big deal. The new owner just needs to call in to get the IMEI and ICCID associated to them BEFORE connecting it to iTunes. This is just like an upgrade swap as described in our Upgrade Guide at the top of the forum. There's nothing unusual about it, it's all standard practice.
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So then the OP does need to open it up and pull the SIM. There is no way I would trust a strange half way across the country to do this!:p
 
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