I am on a family plan and recently bought the new iPhone 5 with my fathers upgrade. I am looking to replace his current 3GS with my 4s and take his iPhone 5. I was able to pre-order online and should arrive at my house on 9/21. Is it possible to move his current line to my 4s and my line to the new iPhone 5? I would prefer if I could do this online or over the phone vs going to an actual ATT store. Is this also possible and what does the process consist of?
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You will be able to change but due to the different SIM cards you will need to take a trip to an AT&T store to get different SIM cards. The reason why is the 5 that will be shipped to you will have one of the new micro-SIM. It will come programmed with the number that you used for the upgrade(your father's). So you'll have to go in to AT&T and have them give you a new micro-SIM with your number for the 5 and then he will need a new SIM going from the 3GS to the 4.
False. It can be done over the phone for the 5. There is an AT&T support page dedicated to this exact scenario.
http://www.att.com/esupport/iphoneupgradesupport.jsp?source=ECSAFBFAC00D1000S
The others may require a store trip depending on the rep you get.
Didn't see this. It used to not be this way but as I said, I switched away from AT&T so didn't know they changed the method.