Ok well today i waited in line for a hour and half to get my 3G iphone as a gift from my friends family. It was me and my friends dad waiting. After we had gone through a few proedures he asked my number to see if it was availbale for an upgrade and he said it wasnt so it will cosT $400 instead of the $200. But then i asked him can i use my sisters availabe upgrade and then after switch my sim card with it , he said it wont work but i find that a lil werid do you think he was lieing like can i switch sims after on iphone 3G?
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ok if what you said is true...if i go wait in line again and my mom comes with me "account owner" when the ask for a phone number we say my sisters number and do that other stupid stuff we can come home with the iphone use the SIM ejector and pop my SIM card in it and "BaM!" it will work?
yes it will work. i did the same thing and it worked. granted the sales person didnt enjoy it, more work for him but oh well. I used a completely different account also. I used my fathers family plan to upgrade my family plan. two lines. there is some sim card switching involved in the procedure and some other stuff too
lmaoo yea it is kinda if you think about it. Its a graduation gift from them if that help , my friends family likes me a lot and they knew i wanted the new iphone when it came out so yea lol
It will work. There's no reason to talk to an AT&T rep as most of them are pretty clueless. Just get an eligible buyer to buy the phone at discounted price and then swap the sim card. Remember to cancel the data plan for the person who is buying the phone for you, which AT&T will do with no questions ask. On that same note, remember to add the data plan for yourself.
It's not hard at all. Most upgraded phones should already have 3G sim card, so it is relatively easy.
When they activate the new iPhone, they will deactivate the existing sim card on the phone that is being upgraded. So the person that is eligible for the upgrade won't be able to use the phone until they swap out the sim card with the sim card that is activated in iPhone. Then you swap the sim card of the actual phone number you wish to use and put it in the new iPhone and you're set to go.
