Buying iPhone while away - activation question

[iToaster]

Towards the end of June I'll be in New York for a while, but I do not live there, I am actually in Kentucky. I plan to purchase an iPhone in one of the Apple stores in NYC (wether there's a 3G one or not) and activate it there. That's where the line blurs... I don't want to have a New York area code and seeing as I've never activated an iPhone before I don't know if it gives you the option to select your region, so the question is, can I activate my iPhone in NYC or will I have to wait until I get home?

 

[wildcardd]

Are you porting your phone number over? If so, it shouldn't matter.

Also, I believe when you do the sign up process online, they ask for your addresses (billing and shipping).

I think you should be ok.

Current iPhone users, please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[iToaster]

Are you porting your phone number over? If so, it shouldn't matter.

Also, I believe when you do the sign up process online, they ask for your addresses (billing and shipping).

I think you should be ok.

Current iPhone users, please correct me if I am wrong.

Yes, I will be porting my number over from Nextel.

 

[wildcardd]

Yes, I will be porting my number over from Nextel.

I believe that you give your old number and poof all is good. You may not be able to activate there at the store, but instead online. Bring your laptop

 

[iToaster]

I believe that you give your old number and poof all is good. You may not be able to activate there at the store, but instead online. Bring your laptop

Ah, yes, certainly I won't activate at the store. I have my laptop with me everywhere I go, so that should work... though will transferring it to sync to my main Mac be an issue?