So I need to buy my iPhone at the Apple Store because I have gift cards. I am going to go on a plan with my girlfriend but she will not be in town until Saturday night. I need to join her plan because she is able to get a 20% off monthly rate. We both currently have Verizon. She will most likely get her phone a day after I would have a chance to get mine. My question is, can I walk into an Apple Store on Friday and purchase an iPhone without activating it? I will most likely be activating it the day after with her...Assuming the Apple Store has any iPhones left the day after. Thanks!
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Can I buy an iPhone w/o activating it?
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Okay, thanks. Hopefully they still have some left in stock on Saturday or Sunday. If not, I have gift cards to Wal Mart as well. I can try there also. Hard for me to believe that all of those places would be sold out in a couple days. I guess we'll see then.
Depending on how busy they are, they might send you home to activate it on iTunes. Happened with both 2g's and 3g's.
Guess it depends on the store. When I bought the 3G from the Knox/Henderson store in Dallas, they were activating in store.
The situation with the first iPhone will always be the exception. It was simply sold to you like an iPod. You went home to activate it or you could give it as a gift. However, because people abused the system and unlocked the phone left and right, that brings the current in-store activation scenario that started with 3G.
You can activate the phone at the store on a line by yourself and then when your GF is ready to get added to your plan, just go and have her line added. You don't have to have a family plan up front.
Actually last summer, I created an account by myself and had it for a month.
My boyfriend created his own separate account too to order a 3G and wait for it to come in.
Then when his phone came in, they merged both of our accounts together into 1 family plan (with his FAN discount).
Actually last summer, I created an account by myself and had it for a month.
My boyfriend created his own separate account too to order a 3G and wait for it to come in.
Then when his phone came in, they merged both of our accounts together into 1 family plan (with his FAN discount).
