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Old 20-02-2010, 17:09
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I'm awaiting delivery of a 3GS iPhone from o2 after deciding to upgrade my previous 3G iPhone online.Will the 3GS iPhone come with a new simcard or do i simply put my old simcard in it? I'm a little bit concerned as 18 months ago i upgraded from a Nokia N95 to a iPhone at the Carphone warehouse to a iPhone 3G i was told by the assistant to use my old simcard which i did. All was fine till after a few days the iPhone stopped working. I rang up for advice and was told i should have used a new simcard which came with the iPhone (of which there was never a mention of at the time of purchase) I thought no problem it's working ok now after swapping the simcard over. Then a few days later i recieved a bill for £450 for data charges. I rang to query this explaining that i had followed the assistant's advice and was basically told tough you'll have to pay I insisted on speaking to a manager who was more sympathetic and was told to return to the store. I eventually (after about six weeks ) had my money refunded. Sorry if this is a bit long winded but you can see my concern at making an error again
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Old 20-02-2010, 17:42
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Use the SIM that you currently have in your iPhone 3G. The 3GS should come without a SIM if you are just upgrading from a 3G.
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Old 20-02-2010, 17:55
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Out of interest why would you upgrade from a 3G to a 3GS when there will be a new iPhone handset in a 3-4months
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:05
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Use the SIM that you currently have in your iPhone 3G. The 3GS should come without a SIM if you are just upgrading from a 3G.
Thanks for your help Pisonic
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:10
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Out of interest why would you upgrade from a 3G to a 3GS when there will be a new iPhone handset in a 3-4months
Well that's not confirmed but i guess you maybe right. I just felt it was time to upgradeand liked the idea of being able to take video as well as photos plus my previous model was 16gb this is a 32gb. Maybe i'm just impatient
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:11
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I want to keep my old iphone as spare. Can i just put an old o2 simcard in and use it as pay as you go?
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:16
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Well that's not confirmed but i guess you maybe right. I just felt it was time to upgradeand liked the idea of being able to take video as well as photos plus my previous model was 16gb this is a 32gb. Maybe i'm just impatient
Steve Jobs has always said in public there will be a new iPhone every 12months.

and your 32gb will only be half the 64gb the new one will be. plus its fairly common knowledge the camera is going to be much improved if that's important to you.
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:22
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I want to keep my old iphone as spare. Can i just put an old o2 simcard in and use it as pay as you go?
The best bet is to put the old iPhone on £20PM iPhone Simplicity Tariff - this way you still get unlimited data and use of WiFi hotspots etc. There's a thread here somewhere here about this.
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:23
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Steve Jobs has always said in public there will be a new iPhone every 12months.

and your 32gb will only be half the 64gb the new one will be. plus its fairly common knowledge the camera is going to be much improved if that's important to you.
Well i,m sure i'll be happy with the iPhone 3GS which is the main thing but thanks for your replies legends
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:29
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fair enough, was just trying to stop your bruises from kicking yourself in a few months
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:32
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It's not all bad news. As the contract terms are 18 months and you can upgrade in the 17th month, you'll be due for an upgrade soon after the release of next years model

(unless you went for the 24 month deal)
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Old 20-02-2010, 18:40
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It's not all bad news. As the contract terms are 18 months and you can upgrade in the 17th month, you'll be due for an upgrade soon after the release of next years model

(unless you went for the 24 month deal)
Yes 18 months contract
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