First the story, it's short. Was out riding my bike when my phone jumped out of the holster and hit the pavement. I stopped hard to get it figuring it would probably just be banged up but OK. What did I do? Slammed on the brakes and went into a skid. What did I skid on? The PHONE! Tore it to shreds. Too bad I didn't wipe out too, it would have been doubly funny!
What would you tell someone who has broken their phone? I think my options are:
- buy a new phone w/ contract (see next paragraph)
- buy a go-phone and use my current SIM
I know there are some good deals on Amazon but I don't think I can't partake as I am currently on a family plan with 4 phones. I don't think Amazon will let me add a new contract phone to a current family plan. (This is where you experienced users come in! ).
Cheers.
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RAHMEIN Posts: 4
Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:05 pm
cingular allows a maximum of 5 lines for each family talk account. BUT, credit-wise, you have to qualify for those 5 lines. If you already have 4, I'm sure your credit is good enough for 5. And why would you want to add another line? if u qualify for an upgrade you can just get a new phone but keep the same line. if u add another one its $10 a month which is $250 over a 2 year period... I would just go with the prepaid phone idea you had.
BigRUSS Posts: 2118
Phone Model: two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider: RussCo
Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:48 pm
thats why you buy insurance , and only get phones that are isureable, if you do the prepaid idea make sure you activate it as a prepaid then put your sim in and throw the other away
RAHMEIN Posts: 4
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:18 pm
actually you can keep the prepaid sim card and never activate it. you can use it as a back up for whatever reason u may need it. your original sim card can be put in one of the go phones right away and there is no need to activate the sim card that comes with it...
Jadall Posts: 389
Phone Model: Nokia 3300,Nokia n-gage, SEt290a
Service Provider: Cingular
Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:47 pm
no they will shut the phone off if you don't activate it first so use the $10 up on it and be done put your sim in.
elmo01 Posts: 2342
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:45 am
Jadall wrote:
no they will shut the phone off if you don't activate it first so use the $10 up on it and be done put your sim in.
the new sim isnt in the system until activated...so it can be used as a spare...
the 10 bux pin the OP can give sell to any gophone pay as you go customer....
BigRUSS Posts: 2118
Phone Model: two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider: RussCo
Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:02 pm
no i cant if the new sim is not activated and the phone is used the account will be suspended under suspition of fraud/stollen equipment, i see it about 5 times a week
colione112 Posts: 100
Phone Model: Pearl
Service Provider: AT&T
Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:58 am
Actually, you don't have to activate the prepaid card..
The phone will be shut off if the phone's IMEI isn't sold out through the stores register. As long as you bought it (and didn't steal it) you don't have to worry about it getting shut off.
elmo01 Posts: 2342
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:20 am
BigRUSS wrote:
no i cant if the new sim is not activated and the phone is used the account will be suspended under suspition of fraud/stollen equipment, i see it about 5 times a week
russ... go back and read the OP
a sim is not assigned to a phone number until that phone number is activated...therefore it can be used as a spare sim... (not his issue but a point to remember) all go phone come out of the box un-activated... the MIN and ICCID are paired at that time not before..
if the phone was bought from a dealer or a store or online the IMEI will have been scanned at the time of sale ergo will not trigger a POSA warning...
steva11 Posts: 1677
Phone Model: w810i/pearl
Service Provider: Rogers
Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:08 pm
elmo thinks he's better than all of us now that he knows everything about prepaid!
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