Pre-order cross upgrade

[brett_f]

Just want to confirm.

I currently have an iPhone 5, that is not eligible for an upgrade. I have another line/iPhone on my account that is eligible.

I believe I can just pre-order the 6 using the phone number of the eligible phone, and then when the 6 is delivered I can move my existing SIM card from my iPhone 5 to the new 6 and activate.

Is this correct? I don't believe I need to call my carrier (AT&T). And I don't believe anything will happen to the phone number I used to upgrade, other than it will be subjected to a new 2 years.

Can I get a thumbs up from someone that has done this? Thanks guys.

-Brett

 

[iMark]

Yes. Done this for the last three iPhones at an Apple store. No issues - the right phones had the right numbers every time.

 

[eprisencc]

Yeah this works. But if you activate with provided sim then you will need to swap out the sim on the upgraded line.

 

[brett_f]

Yeah this works. But if you activate with provided sim then you will need to swap out the sim on the upgraded line.

So as long as I take the provided sim out, install my sim from my iPhone 5, then boot up the new phone and activate it... I'm all good?

 

[brett_f]

Can anyone confirm for me? Do I have to activate the new iPhone with the included sim before putting my sim in?

Reason I ask... the line I used to upgrade is an iPhone 4 (with a micro sim - not a nano) so I'm hoping I can just put my nano sim in the new phone and activate.. without affecting the iPhone 4 sim/number at all.

Any info is appreciated.

 

[metacuate]

They should be able to program the cross upgrade into the transaction. Otherwise, just keep using your own SIM and everything stays the same.

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[anon(4698833)]

lol...don't get lost in the details, the simple answer to your original question is yes, you can put your SIM card into the new iPhone and it will work just fine.