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replacing my phone with a payg phone
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Posted by: TSC_Busami

i was wondering if i can replace my regular phone with a payg

would that work or are payg phones different then a regular phone?

Posted by: efparri

The phones are the same. If you purchase a GoPhone from AT&T, either online or from a corporate store, they expect you to use it as such. AT&T does not approve of purchasing a GoPhone as a replacement for a contract phone. You should add the minimum amount of balance to the phone before appropriating it as replacement for a contract phone. Make a few calls as a GoPhone before you put in the contract SIM card. There are reports that AT&T blocks the use of a GoPhone which has not been used as a prepaid phone first. It supposedly happens after a few days of use.

Posted by: cerps

I've been using a GoPhone that I bought at Best Buy for 3 months now and haven't had any problems. I never activated the pay as you go minutes. I just popped my contract sim card in right away.

Posted by: blackengaard

Actually I've broken my phone and lost my phone before.

When I called in about buying another phone, they told me instead of ordering a new one from them, which would be full price, you could go online and get a GoPhone and take the airtime card off it.
I'm not sure if that's what AT&T tells the reps to do but it seems pretty legit to me if around 80% of the reps I spoke to told me to do it.

Posted by: vitin

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Originally Posted by blackengaard

Actually I've broken my phone and lost my phone before.

When I called in about buying another phone, they told me instead of ordering a new one from them, which would be full price, you could go online and get a GoPhone and take the airtime card off it.
I'm not sure if that's what AT&T tells the reps to do but it seems pretty legit to me if around 80% of the reps I spoke to told me to do it.

nokia 6085 refurbished full price $20.00 in at@t website w free shipping is main backup phone