Need a 'hold over' phone until September - advice please

[SueyMac]

Hi All,

My husband dropped his 5S and smashed the screen. We need something to get him through until the new phones are available in September. Can he just go to Walmart and buy a pay as you go phone to use until he can get a 6S? He would just need to put his SIM in the pay as you go phone?

We're with ATT by the way and his iphone is not under contract any longer.

Thanks for any help!!

 

[Bacong]

What network are you on?

Also, consider just having the screen repaired at an Apple Store and sell the 5s after -- you'll make money.

 

[nepalisherpa]

Hi All,

My husband dropped his 5S and smashed the screen. We need something to get him through until the new phones are available in September. Can he just go to Walmart and buy a pay as you go phone to use until he can get a 6S? He would just need to put his SIM in the pay as you go phone?

We're with ATT by the way and his iphone is not under contract any longer.

Thanks for any help!!

Yep, get a cheap AT&T GoPhone and use it for a month.

 

[Flow39]

Repair the screen on the 5s or buy a Moto G, if you want to use Android.

 

[Bacong]

Yep, get a cheap AT&T GoPhone and use it for a month.

yeah, any GSM phone will work. So if your husband can handle a month with a much worse phone, just get a gophone for like 10 bucks. Otherwise scour craigslist or ebay, you can get him something different and interesting for not much money.

 

[AndrewR23]

Honestly, buy a new screen off eBay which isn't that much I think, and repair it. IFixit has good instructions and just take your time. It doesn't hurt to try since the screen is broken.

 

[nburwell]

Repair the screen on the 5s or buy a Moto G, if you want to use Android.

I agree here. Either take it to your local Apple Store and get the screen repaired (then sell the phone when you get the 6s), or just buy a Moto G to hold him over until he can get the 6s.

 

[grifftaur]

Get a cheap AT&T phone at Wal Mart or Target. You may have to go to AT&T and ask them to give you another SIM Card as cheap phones will use a different size sim card. I dropped my iPhone 4S in water a few years ago. Managed to save it with a bowl of rice. While waiting out the 3 days I bought a dumb phone for $20 at Target. My suggestion is to always have a back up phone in case something happens to your main phone.

 

[nostresshere]

Dropped my phone two weeks ago. Screen is easily 100 pieces. Placed clear packing tape over it and it still works. Had an old Iphone3 in drawer and now using that until new phones come out and will buy one via Next.

 

[SueyMac]

nostresshere - that's what my husband did for now. Put some kind of clear hospital tape over the screen. I think he can make it with that for a month or so. Then get a 6S and maybe get the 5S repaired and sell.

Thanks for the advice, guys!

 

[Nyy8]

What about one of those shady mall "We Repair Phones!!" things for like $60 or so.

 

[nostresshere]

Yea, the tape thing works pretty good. Stupid me covered the speaker hole at first. When I pulled up the tape to uncover it, a few pieces of glass came as well. LOL!

As to repairing it myself. I am pretty handy, but discovered if you damage a cable in the process, the phone is toast.

 

[Bako-MacAddict]

Look on craigslist, I just recently bought an iphone 5s for $225 for at&t. And when the 6S comes out I could easily for -200-230 and get my money back. You can easily do the same thing : )

 

[rpetunderclass]

I would of said to do this but they are sold out.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/21/9186227/samsung-apple-test-drive-galaxy

http://promo.samsungpromotions.com/ultimatetestdrive/