What’s the deal with all the SIM questions?

[Hyperion0808]

Am I missing something? Just activate the one that comes in the phone no? What’s the point of swapping to the old one if activating the new phone as is will just deactivate the old one.

 

[krishmk]

Am I missing something? Just activate the one that comes in the phone no? What’s the point of swapping to the old one if activating the new phone as is will just deactivate the old one.

Activating the phone with old sim *may* let you avoid the fake upgrade fee.

 

[Hyperion0808]

Aren’t you getting charged the upgrade fee at time of order though if at all

 

[matthew23]

I’m confused about this too. I have t-mobile. I preordered a t-mobile phone and paid for it outright. If I activate the new SIM card it comes with, will I get stuck with an upgrade fee?

 

[saltd]

Aren’t you getting charged the upgrade fee at time of order though if at all

I don’t believe so, just the tax. Upgrade kicks in when you activate the new SIM.

 

[DreamPod]

Because people want to scalp their new phones...

 

[cwosigns]

I got hosed one launch day with activation servers getting overwhelmed and couldn't make phone calls for two days. I always swap SIM cards to avoid activation server issues.

 

[Hyperion0808]

So this is simply to skip the activation servers? There's no impact on your carrier account or anything?