"Upgrading" to 3G iPhone - Page 2

Eragon · 05-11-2008, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Panache010

Crazy as this may sound, IF I decide to upgrade, Im gonna keep my classic 4 gigger as a collectors item. My be worth millions when my 2 yr old becomes my age lol. I just got a new one from Apple Care so shes scratch free. (4 now)

Who is scratch free - the 2 yr old or the iPhone?

I've decided to unlock my iPhone and give it to my 9 yr old for her 10th birthday in September. She won't need the phone part, but she will be able to make do with WiFi. If I need to restore it for whatever reason after I get my V2 iPhone, I'll still be able to restore using the customized restore firmware I created via Pwange. Otherwise, iTunes will have a fit and not let me get past that activation screen.

paa79594 · 05-11-2008, 09:17 PM

i know the sim card is removeable, but my question is does 3g require a new sim card. (meaning i cant take mine out, and put it into the new one)

kycophpd · 05-12-2008, 12:37 AM

The card in your current iPhone should be 3G... mine is. So you should not need a new one unless they require you to when they come out. It really should not matter about the SIM since everything is thru iTunes now.

Eric Johnson · 05-12-2008, 09:30 PM

You dont have to sell your old iphone. My local apple said you can upgrade your old iphone with the new 3G & GPS.

Eragon · 05-12-2008, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Eric Johnson

You dont have to sell your old iphone. My local apple said you can upgrade your old iphone with the new 3G & GPS.

Are you saying that you can trade your old phone in towards a price reduction on the newer model? Otherwise, that defeats the purpose of selling.

Eric Johnson · 05-12-2008, 09:36 PM

They didn't get to into detail but either that, or some download via itunes.

Lazarus · 05-13-2008, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Eric Johnson

You dont have to sell your old iphone. My local apple said you can upgrade your old iphone with the new 3G & GPS.

I'll believe this when I see it. That's a risk I'm not willing to take, so if I wait and don't sell now and get a proper amount for my 16GB then I lose out on upgrade.

Duckman · 05-13-2008, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Eric Johnson

You don't have to sell your old iphone. My local apple said you can upgrade your old iphone with the new 3G & GPS.

Forgive me here Eric...is the APPLE company stores telling you and/or quoting the new features of iP2? Last time I talked to them...they looked like a was about ready squeal on an affair they were personally having. All I got was a shrug of the shoulders...dang what is the stores phone number.

I would love to get a couple quotes about what you just said....

Duckman · 05-13-2008, 11:51 AM

Just talked to my nearest APPLE store...Germantown, TN. They have no info...he skirted the subject a little by going the "the don't tell-us nutt'n" thing. I tried to hit him with what if I buy one today type thing.

Nothing about buying back, just the new software upgrade coming in June...

The still have 16gb...and I can find either here in Little Rock with no problem.

electoman · 05-14-2008, 03:17 PM

Well, the sim card is 3G, removable and when I put it in my Tilt, I had 3G connectivity. It is just a guess on my part but, I believe that we will be able to purchase a new phone without a lot of hassle and just change cards over. We will soon see.