Upgrade Eligibility + Sim Card Swapping - PLEASE HELP ME!

[grimreaper1377]

Hi all,

Ok, so lets say I have two lines on a family talk plan: Line A, and Line B. Line A is eligible for an upgrade pricing($200/$300), while Line B is not. I want to try and get Line B an iPhone, but without paying the extra $200 for early upgrade. So let's say I do this. I buy an iPhone for Line A and pay the normal $200/$300. Then, I take the sim card out from the iPhone and put in the sim card from Line B in, so that way the numbers dont get swapped. I take the sim card that came with the iPhone and put it into Line A's original phone. Do you think this will work?

Thanks in advance.

 

[hancock]

not anymore, it only would have worked if you had done it before friday. i did it on Wednesday and it worked for me.

srry

 

[grimreaper1377]

not anymore, it only would have worked if you had done it before friday. i did it on Wednesday and it worked for me.

srry

How did you get one before friday?

 

[sodak]

You can do it, just let the person know before you start filling out paperwork. I am doing it with me and the brides phone. Her exchange date and mine are a year a part so I can switch out my phone every year if there is something out there I want. I got a Treo 750 last year and will get a Iphone 3G this year (sometime, I had to back order it).

 

[grimreaper1377]

Sodak, do you know if it will work for the iPhone? Treo is a little less locked up, so I don't know if the same thing will work for the iPhone.

Anyone else had similar experiences..?

 

[sodak]

That is what I am doing, going from the Treo to the Iphone, but using the wifes expired contract. I have done it on a couple of different phones. You just have to let the AT&T store (I assumeApple store would know how also) that you are going to use the expired contract to change the other phone out.

 

[grimreaper1377]

BTW - this is kind of off-topic, but if i report a phone lost or stolen, do i become eligible for discount pricing?

 

[Sthai3]

So basically it sounds like you want to use your family member upgrade eligibility to upgrade yourself to an iPhone without paying the extra $200 and still retain your number.

Only problem i see is that I believe SimCards are iPhone lock so after removing the SimCard from Line A it would be useless to put it back into her original phone (which I'm assuming is not a iPhone)... As for Line B working with Line A iPhone after the SimCard swap would be interesting.

Anyone have an answer?

 

[grimreaper1377]

So basically it sounds like you want to use your family member upgrade eligibility to upgrade yourself to an iPhone without paying the extra $200 and still retain your number.

Only problem i see is that I believe SimCards are iPhone lock so after removing the SimCard from Line A it would be useless to put it back into her original phone (which I'm assuming is not a iPhone)... As for Line B working with Line A iPhone after the SimCard swap would be interesting.

Anyone have an answer?

Exactly what I was wondering. Didn't know about the iPhone lock - will ask an AT&T person soon though.

 

[Sthai3]

How would hand me down work for iPhone 3G...

So if Line A purchase the iPhone 3G for the subsidized price and hand it down to Line B since Line B can get it for the cheaper price.

1. Would Line A still be require to continue paying the monthly data plan since they would be lock into that 2 year contract?

2. How would activation work, since they are now done in-store?

Has anyone tried this......