What Happens To Old Phone When You Upgrade?

I can now upgrade my phone with Cingular. If I do, what happens to
the old phone with the same number? Do they just deactivate the old
phone when they activate the new one?

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When you usually upgrade your "phone" with Cingular - they only give
you a new phone, the number remains the same. The old phone can still
be used. They don't disactivate it.

Somewhere around 12 Apr 2006 08:30:01 -0700, while reading
alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>:

>When you usually upgrade your "phone" with Cingular - they only give
>you a new phone, the number remains the same. The old phone can still
>be used. They don't disactivate it.
Actually, that's incorrect. Assuming they are GSM phones, both are equally
"activated". It's the SIM card that determines which one is "active". You
can put the same sim card in either phone, and use it normally. The number
is on the sim card. You can swap phones with another Cingular user, and it
will work fine if you each keep your sim cards (in 99% of the cases, at
least).

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Somewhere around Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:48:46 -0700, while reading
alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from RAH
<[email protected]>:

>I can now upgrade my phone with Cingular. If I do, what happens to
>the old phone with the same number? Do they just deactivate the old
>phone when they activate the new one?
If it is GSM, it can usually be used as a backup, if you put the current sim
card in it. The number is on the sim card.

Or, you can donate it to various charitable causes, as all modern phones can
be used to dial an emergency number even without activation.
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:05:14 -0700, Marty <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Somewhere around Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:48:46 -0700, while reading
>alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from RAH
><[email protected]>:
>
>>I can now upgrade my phone with Cingular. If I do, what happens to
>>the old phone with the same number? Do they just deactivate the old
>>phone when they activate the new one?
>If it is GSM, it can usually be used as a backup, if you put the current sim
>card in it. The number is on the sim card.
>
>Or, you can donate it to various charitable causes, as all modern phones can
>be used to dial an emergency number even without activation.

My current phone is a V551 which I really like. I have the
opportunity to get a free V557, which is the updated version. I would
do it only to have a backup. Nothing wrong with the V551. I thought
about getting the RAZR, but then i would need two, different power
cords and PC data cords. My wife's phone is a V557, so I would like
to keep things compatible.

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:27:01
-0700, RAH <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:05:14 -0700, Marty <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Somewhere around Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:48:46 -0700, while reading
>>alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from RAH
>><[email protected]>:
>>
>>>I can now upgrade my phone with Cingular. If I do, what happens to
>>>the old phone with the same number? Do they just deactivate the old
>>>phone when they activate the new one?
>>If it is GSM, it can usually be used as a backup, if you put the current sim
>>card in it. The number is on the sim card.
>>
>>Or, you can donate it to various charitable causes, as all modern phones can
>>be used to dial an emergency number even without activation.
>
>My current phone is a V551 which I really like. I have the
>opportunity to get a free V557, which is the updated version. I would
>do it only to have a backup. Nothing wrong with the V551. I thought
>about getting the RAZR, but then i would need two, different power
>cords and PC data cords. My wife's phone is a V557, so I would like
>to keep things compatible.

There is very little difference between the V551 and V557. Unless it's
nearing the end of its life, I recommend keeping the V551 until there's
something significantly better.

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:09:03 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>My current phone is a V551 which I really like. I have the
>>opportunity to get a free V557, which is the updated version. I would
>>do it only to have a backup. Nothing wrong with the V551. I thought
>>about getting the RAZR, but then i would need two, different power
>>cords and PC data cords. My wife's phone is a V557, so I would like
>>to keep things compatible.
>
>There is very little difference between the V551 and V557. Unless it's
>nearing the end of its life, I recommend keeping the V551 until there's
>something significantly better.

Thanks John. I was just concerned about my being able to get the
phone free now. If that option stays open, I guess I might as well
wait until something new comes out instead of wasting my free phone
for something I don't really need right now.

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:04:32
-0700, RAH <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:09:03 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>My current phone is a V551 which I really like. I have the
>>>opportunity to get a free V557, which is the updated version. I would
>>>do it only to have a backup. Nothing wrong with the V551. I thought
>>>about getting the RAZR, but then i would need two, different power
>>>cords and PC data cords. My wife's phone is a V557, so I would like
>>>to keep things compatible.
>>
>>There is very little difference between the V551 and V557. Unless it's
>>nearing the end of its life, I recommend keeping the V551 until there's
>>something significantly better.
>
>Thanks John. I was just concerned about my being able to get the
>phone free now. If that option stays open, I guess I might as well
>wait until something new comes out instead of wasting my free phone
>for something I don't really need right now.

Your upgrade eligibility won't go away.

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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Per RAH:
>I can now upgrade my phone with Cingular. If I do, what happens to
>the old phone with the same number? Do they just deactivate the old
>phone when they activate the new one?

In my experience, they just move the SIM card to the new phone and let you worry
about what to do with the old one.

Many people then take the old one to a local (there's one in our township
building) "recycling" site and dump it there. Then some cheap guy like me
comes, rummages through what's there picks one out and uses it for another five
years or until it dies from salt water exposure like one of my 3595's did the
other day - whichever comes first.
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