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No a genius, just back from a forced vacation and fresh!
But someone told me when we purchase the full price iPhone with carrier(Like Verizon) from apple.com, the new sim must be inserted to activate. Apple will link the new carrier service to the activation process. If you do sim swap with your existing one, the new phone for first time start will not be activated.
Only way to avoid this is to purchase carrier full price version directly from local apple store.
You were spot on! This is from Apple’s site on the page with model comparisons.
Right under the iPhone X model column:
- Nano-SIM
- Not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards
So, there you have it. Thank you for your highly insightful post!
I've just read all the way through this because I was mesmerised!! So you buy a new phone, for simplicity let's say from your provider, and they then charge you an upgrade fee??? Madness. And if all of them do this, is there no scope for having them done for behaving like a cartel? (or does the US not have this)
Also for a free economy, why is there such little competition? In the UK the big network owners (Vodafone, O2, EE) allow other providers to route over their network. The result is a myriad of companies vying for your custom.
Also for a free economy, why is there such little competition? In the UK the big network owners (Vodafone, O2, EE) allow other providers to route over their network. The result is a myriad of companies vying for your custom.
Well you either are lying or not telling us the whole story. Nobody hands away $600 cause you called them.. lol
Cause we voted for Trump as our president. Enough said..lol
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Let me guess, you traded in ur IP8 for the credit
Huh, I always call and they say nothing we can do. I must get the racist one.. lol
You might be disappointed as times have changed at AT&T. They are near as generous as they used to be. Waiving the fee is no longer an option for the sales people.
Yep. Same for Verizon. I've asked a few times, they all say they can't anymore. So I just eat it and make sure never to visit a Verizon Store if I can - they've lost more business from me $ than they've ever gained with the $30 upgrade fee every 2 years I give them. Their loss. That and my Apple Store experiences, so far, have been 500x better than my Verizon Store experiences. Having a Verizon Store employee slam down a tablet and call me a fool in anger because I refused to buy insurance for my phone was the last straw.
The key word to say is "one-time courtesy." As for one of those and they'll usually waive it.
I would do the same if the store employee lost it like that. No excuses!
Nice to be here!
What? Apple has used nano SIM cards in all of their phones since iPhone 5.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202645
Straight from the horses mouth. Not sure how much clearer it can be.
Yup same sim for a while. Not sure why I have been paying that dang fee all this time...
So when you put in your old sim it automatically moves device to that IMEI number and everything works or will have to call?
That is it in a nutshell.
You should not have to call anyone. Your phone will boot up on your service/number. Destroy the SIM card that came with the phone so that no one will ever use it.
So take it out of the box, and first thing I do is take out sim and put in mine. And then boot up. But the new sim can’t I put it in my old phone after my X is activated?
NO!
If you put the SIM that came in the new phone into your old phone, when you turn it on it will move your account back to your old phone AND charge you an upgrade fee.
Both SIM cards, your old and new, are tied to the same phone number and you can only have one active SIM at a time for one phone number.
Destroy the SIM card that came in your phone. Your old phone will still work fine as a back up, with no SIM and if on WiFi will still be able to text and send/receive emails.