Time for a new phone

[Josh]

If I absolutely had to buy a phone right now I’d probably get an Apple refurbished 12 Mini or 12 Pro and pay for two extra years of AppleCare+ on it.

[steve-in-kville]

This just got interesting.

Made the voyage out to the AT&T store. Guy behind the counter tells me he can't sell me a phone since we have pre-paid plans. I explained that it shouldn't matter, a SIM card is a SIM card no matter what phone it's in.

Nope, doesn't have anything that works on my plan in stock.

So I went on eBay and found a Motorola Moto G that checked all the boxes. Problem solved (hopefully)

[RZehr]

This just got interesting.

Made the voyage out to the AT&T store. Guy behind the counter tells me he can't sell me a phone since we have pre-paid plans. I explained that it shouldn't matter, a SIM card is a SIM card no matter what phone it's in.

Nope, doesn't have anything that works on my plan in stock.

So I went on eBay and found a Motorola Moto G that checked all the boxes. Problem solved (hopefully)

Maybe you should have sat in his store, told him you would buy it online at AT&T, and then pick it up at his store:
https://www.att.com/buy/prepaid-phones/ ... epaid.html

[steve-in-kville]

This just got interesting.

Made the voyage out to the AT&T store. Guy behind the counter tells me he can't sell me a phone since we have pre-paid plans. I explained that it shouldn't matter, a SIM card is a SIM card no matter what phone it's in.

Nope, doesn't have anything that works on my plan in stock.

So I went on eBay and found a Motorola Moto G that checked all the boxes. Problem solved (hopefully)

Maybe you should have sat in his store, told him you would buy it online at AT&T, and then pick it up at his store:
https://www.att.com/buy/prepaid-phones/ ... epaid.html

I was tempted to tell him I've been swapping SIM cards in phones since he was in diapers.... been I instead thanked him and left.

[steve-in-kville]

Ordered on eBay Thursday evening, new phone arrived today. Was able to swap out SIM cards and I had the option to transfer my apps and data and decided I needed to clean house anyway.

Got the important stuff figured out. I'll keep the old phone close by in case I need something on it.

[Josh]

Newer phones use eSIMs. Makes changing phones more of a pain.

[steve-in-kville]

This thing had a 100% charge in no time.

[GoodGirl]

For what it’s worth, we are totally an Apple family.
I like my iPhone & wouldn’t want to switch.

We usually buy the second newest model (so not the newest one) & get good cases, and they tend to last a long time.

We have some pretty old ones that our younger children (tweens & young teens) can do very basic things on.

[steve-in-kville]

For what it’s worth, we are totally an Apple family.
I like my iPhone & wouldn’t want to switch.

We usually buy the second newest model (so not the newest one) & get good cases, and they tend to last a long time.

We have some pretty old ones that our younger children (tweens & young teens) can do very basic things on.

We've been using Android stuff for years. Does the job. I've bought cars that ran for less than those cost.

[GoodGirl]

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We've been using Android stuff for years. Does the job. I've bought cars that ran for less than those cost.
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