Poll of the Day > I'm old and whatever, how do I get a new cell phone?

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Ok, I get the Step 1 here... just buy the thing

But I want the new phone to have, like, my phone number and contacts and stuff.... this is my first time replacing a celly

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It's all saved on the sim card.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_card

Just go into a cellular store, they usually help you with all that stuff

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Ogurisama posted...

Just go into a cellular store, they usually help you with all that stuff

This, when you buy a phone they usally ask

oh, ok - I was using my mobile provider's website

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Lokarin posted...

oh, ok - I was using my mobile provider's website

that is also an option

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Personally I advise against going into the store if you are grandfathered into a nice plan.

Usually they will make you switch and try to push you onto a new phone. The last time I just bought a new phone, swapped SIM cards and the phone usually walks you through it.

Take it with a grain of salt, however. I'm also old, and this is only my 3rd cell phone since 1998 or so.

I just buy the phone, put my sim card in it and then my phone company automatically updates my account.

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Jen0125 posted...

I just buy the phone, put my sim card in it and then my phone company automatically updates my account.

If that works then that's what I'd prefer to do, 'cuz basically my phone's problem is that it was ancient when I got it and I don't need a fancy phone


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If you swap sim cards 99% of the time you have the same exact phone number.

The phones themselves will let you import stuff from the other phone. I just setup a new iPhone 13 and it had a feature to link to my old Samsung S7 to transfer stuff.

Im gonna build a phone myself from scratch

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If you have an old phone I would recommend first buying a phone online at whatever is a good price and looking at reviews on phones a bit and looking at your chosen price range and what features are most important to you. Then go into whatever cellular store you plan on using (make sure the phone you buy either supports that particular provider or is 'unlocked'), and have them transfer your number to the new phone and give you either a new sim or use your old sim (well if your phone is ancient can't do this), not sure if they can transfer contacts, I just manually put all the ones I care about back in.

Doing the number transfer process is either difficult or impossible I believe to do purely online.

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Zedonra posted...

If you have an old phone I would recommend first buying a phone online at whatever is a good price and looking at reviews on phones a bit and looking at your chosen price range and what features are most important to you. Then go into whatever cellular store you plan on using (make sure the phone you buy either supports that particular provider or is 'unlocked'), and have them transfer your number to the new phone and give you either a new sim or use your old sim (well if your phone is ancient can't do this), not sure if they can transfer contacts, I just manually put all the ones I care about back in.

Doing the number transfer process is either difficult or impossible I believe to do purely online.

Depends on carrier, I have T-mobile went onto their own website picked the phone I wanted, they shipped it to my place and I just swapped sim card and that was it.

Again the sim card dictates the phone number and that is what gives a cell phone cell service.

Monopoman posted...

Depends on carrier, I have T-mobile went onto their own website picked the phone I wanted, they shipped it to my place and I just swapped sim card and that was it.

Again the sim card dictates the phone number and that is what gives a cell phone cell service.

Yeah I have t-mobile and I just swapped the sim and it connected to the network

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I can connect to LTE directly if I take my shirt off

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I just use a pay as you go phone. Works out cheaper for me and does what I need. You can buy those cheap enough if you just want a basic phone.

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I'm only 22 and I couldn't tell ya.

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If I buy an unlocked phone on amazon will it just work if I put the SIMMY in it?

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Most likely, so long as its the same sim size

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Got a motherfuckin phone ad on this topic btw...


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