Nexus 4 on AT&T

[MrSherms]

I've purchased iPhones through AT&T's website before. I'm pretty sure they arrived un-opened, and it was up to me to activate them. Have you looked into the online option?

 

[qreepii]

Ran across something interesting today. Someone I know had an ip5 mailed to them but got an email saying the nanosim would be activated automatically in 10 days. Will post if I hear more.

They are using an ip4 and didnt want to change devices until it died. I know strange, but att upgrade might be mandatory who knows.

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[srkmagnus]

Ran across something interesting today. Someone I know had an ip5 mailed to them but got an email saying the nanosim would be activated automatically in 10 days. Will post if I hear more.

They are using an ip4 and didnt want to change devices until it died. I know strange, but att upgrade might be mandatory who knows.

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That's not a big problem. Knowing this, you might want to order an adapter now so that if this happens it won't be that big of an issue.

 

[jimmiekain]

Alight, so I'm planing to upgrade to the Nexus 4 from my iPhone 4. I'm on AT&T and I have an upgrade available. I'm also on a family plan and as much as I'd like to try the prepaid route, I'm going to stay on contract.

I was thinking of using my upgrade to buy an iPhone 5 on contract, then sell it on eBay, and use the profits to pay for the Nexus 4. I was hoping to get the iPhone up-opened, but I talked to some friends of mine that work at Best Buy and they claimed that if I were to use my upgrade that I would have to have the phone activated since the 5 has a different sized SIM card than the 4.

Since the Nexus and the iPhone 4 both use micro sim I was hoping I could buy the iPhone 5 un-opened, sell it to buy the Nexus and just pop in my sim card without having to go back to AT&T and get my sim switched again.

You guys have any insight into this process?

Thanks!

This is too funny...

Its funny to because I had almost the exact same idea and I thought nobody else was thinking like that. Here is what I came up with.

Right now, I'm on sprint and have the Galaxy S II Epic 4g Touch.
I wanna get the Nexus 4 and I'm sick of sprint anyway.
Since T-Mo has terrible service in my area and I cant get AT&T service without a contract I might as well order a new line of service online
I figured that if I order online they will ship me the iphone 5 brand new and un-opened.
I'd go to the nearest AT&T store and buy a micro sim (since the ip5 uses a nano sim)
I'd use the sim in my nexus 4 and sell the iphone 5 for about $500

I'm just not sure if the phone would be unopened or not when they ship it from at&t.

I actually planned on going to the at&t store to ask and if they say no then i was gonna go the apple store and ask.

I really wish AT&T had a cheaper bring your own phone plan like T-Mo does... ($69 for unlimited everything)

 

[rthorton]

Thanks for all the replies guys!

It sounds like my best shot is buying the phone online and either getting AT&T to make me a new SIM, or just get an adapter for nano-micro. And that sounds like it should work pretty well.

But if my contract is under an iPhone 5, will they set up that contract for some crazy LTE prices? Is there a way to change that plan to HSPA+ after I get the Nexus 4?