Upgrade Fee!

[Renho]

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.

I’m selling it so I best tell them no sim...I just came from Apple store and he said they use to have a must acvtive Phone before they leave policy but now they don’t.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I’m selling it so I best tell them no sim...I just came from Apple store and he said they use to have a must acvtive Phone before they leave policy but now they don’t.

Let the new owner of your old phone provide their OWN SIM card tied to their OWN account. The new owner should not even expect the used phone to have a SIM card in it. If they do not have a SIM card and are wanting to start up an account the carrier will give them their own SIM card for their account.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

When you swap the sim to the new phone, does it show on the myVerizon homepage as the new phone or the old one?

 

[Renho]

Let the new owner of your old phone provide their OWN SIM card tied to their OWN account. The new owner should not even expect the used phone to have a SIM card in it. If they do not have a SIM card and are wanting to start up an account the carrier will give them their own SIM card for their account.

gotcha, i have never taken out old sim. I guess i was stupid

 

[Newtons Apple]

When you swap the sim to the new phone, does it show on the myVerizon homepage as the new phone or the old one?

Not sure for Verizon but when I put my current SIM into my new 8+ and checked my AT&T account page, it shows it listed as a 8+. Pretty well instant. I bet Verizon would be the same.
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gotcha, i have never taken out old sim. I guess i was stupid

Not stupid. When you got your new phones in the past the carrier activated the sim in your new phone which instantly deactivates your old sim, so no harm done. For that they want the activation fee.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Not sure for Verizon but when I put my current SIM into my new 8+ and checked my AT&T account page, it shows it listed as a 8+. Pretty well instant. I bet Verizon would be the same.

So they don’t realize a new phone has been listed and charge the upgrade fee automatically?

 

[Renho]

So they don’t realize a new phone has been listed and charge the upgrade fee automatically?

I assume since they don't charge for the old sim, the fee is associated with activating a new sim not the actual new phone.

 

[Newtons Apple]

So they don’t realize a new phone has been listed and charge the upgrade fee automatically?

No, they really do not care and no one is watching. If you do not activate with the new sim in the phone there will not be a activation fee. Just make sure you destroy the sim that came in the phone so no one uses it or your number/service will instantly be moved onto that phone and YOU will get stuck with the activation fee and you phone will no longer work!

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Good to know. When I bought my 6S online from Bestbuy 2 years ago, I picked it up from the customer service counter and they didn’t have me activate it in the store. They gave my a document that walked me through the Verizon activation procedure and said I could do it over the phone. If I would of known all I had to do was swap out the sim from my 5S it would of saved me $30....

 

[FredT2]

No a genius, just back from a forced vacation and fresh!

Well, I'm glad that you are so nice and rested. You saved me $60 for my and my wife's phones. Thank you!

 

[Newtons Apple]

Well, I'm glad that you are so nice and rested. You saved me $60 for my and my wife's phones. Thank you!

I am glad I could help. Enjoy your new phone.

 

[mantan]

The price or value of an item is not always based on its cost to the manufacturer, but also its utility. For the consumer, 256GB can be worth $150 more than 64GB. Therefore if consumers are willing to accept that difference, why should it be priced differently? It also doesn't make sense to price the 64GB at say $999 and the 256GB at $1,049. At that price, virtually no one would buy the 64GB model. The price difference allows Apple to sell many of the 64GB at a lower margin, and a few of the 256GB, but at a higher margin.

I was referring to the long practice of charging $100 to go from 16 to 32 gig...especially in those late years where a 16 gig wasn't adequate storage.

 

[myscrnnm]

I was referring to the long practice of charging $100 to go from 16 to 32 gig...especially in those late years where a 16 gig wasn't adequate storage.

Then I would say the same thing; just replace 256GB with 32GB and $150 with $100.

 

[CaptMarvel]

I am glad I could help. Enjoy your new phone.

Question, I did what you said and took the SIM from my 7 Plus and put it in my X, but it says No Service. In iTunes it does show my phone number though. Did i do something wrong?

 

[Newtons Apple]

Question, I did what you said and took the SIM from my 7 Plus and put it in my X, but it says No Service. In iTunes it does show my phone number though. Did i do something wrong?

What carrier? Also did you reboot, that might help.

 

[CaptMarvel]

What carrier? Also did you reboot, that might help.

AT&T. A reboot didn’t help. Maybe I’m forced to use the new SIM?

 

[Newtons Apple]

AT&T. A reboot didn’t help. Maybe I’m forced to use the new SIM?

You should not have too. I have sued the same SIM for the last three iPhones and it never even blinked. Maybe reseat the sim card, hate to see you pay an activation fee but know you want to use the phone!

 

[CaptMarvel]

You should not have too. I have sued the same SIM for the last three iPhones and it never even blinked. Maybe reseat the sim card, hate to see you pay an activation fee but know you want to use the phone!

I tried reseating it as well, no dice. Might just take the plunge.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I tried reseating it as well, no dice. Might just take the plunge.

Sorry, but go for it. You have a new X in yours hands begging to be used!

 

[romeo.xk]

I see a lot of people talking about just swapping SIM cards, but I also see this on Apple's web site:

• Nano-SIM
• iPhone X is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards

Has anyone been successful with a SIM swap? (Specially someone on ATT?)

 

[aloecool]

Has anyone been successful with a SIM swap? (Specially someone on ATT?)

Looking for this as well since i'll be trying to do the same on AT&T

 

[TravisPNW]

i know we all Pay it and have for years now. But it still pisses me off! It’s not bad enough we have to spend $1250 on the phone you gut punch us with this!!

ATT is $25, what are the other carriers?

I agree, Verizon charges $30. Which I think is crap because I buy using the upgrade program through Apple. WHY does Verizon get to charge when I’m only using them for the service, they did nothing to help me order the phone.

We don't all pay for it.

I've been with Verizon since my Nokia 5120 in 1998... and I called them up last month and got a credit for the $30 fee on both my 8 Plus and iPad Pro.

Loyalty baby!

 

[romeo.xk]

Looking for this as well since i'll be trying to do the same on AT&T

I'm also waiting for confirmation, a painful wait, since I have my X right next to me... LOL

 

[harkan13]

Has anyone been successful with a SIM swap? (Specially someone on ATT?)

Worked for me. Moved my sim from my 7 to X and it worked though i did still have to enter my activation info (SSN and zip) so I may still get charged a fee. We'll see.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I see a lot of people talking about just swapping SIM cards, but I also see this on Apple's web site:

• Nano-SIM
• iPhone X is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards

Has anyone been successful with a SIM swap? (Specially someone on ATT?)

LOL!
The two SIM are not compatible because they are two different sizes!!! Last three phones are all using Nano sims not micro-Sims.