Hi, You select a carrier as part of the purchase process. I did this in the U.S., and my phone came with a sim card and was ready to go once I went through the setup process on the phone.
Best, Anna On Mar 3, 2013, at 2:33 PM, "Troy Sullivan" <troysulliva...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you buy directly from Apple, how do you set it up to your carier? or do > they ask you that upon purchase. Just wanting to know for future refference. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Miller" <miller...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: stuck sleep/power switch on a 4S > > > Hi, > > Yes, I've had that happen to me, but on an iPhone 5. As far as you getting > refurbished ones, they're brand new. They simply go in the back in the store > and grab a new phone. Your AppleCare will transfer over to the replacement > phone as well. > I was also told that phones purchased through Apple are tested more before > they're actually sent to stores for sale, as opposed to carriers, who just > get phones shipped straight to them after manufacturing. > On Mar 3, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Katey Glass <katey...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a 32 Gig iPhone 4S that I purchased on Oct 15, 2011 and I have Apple >> Care Plus for it. Unfortunately my sleep/power switch has become very hard >> to use. I have always had my phone in a case & have never dropped or gotten >> it wet. Currently I have a speck candyshell case on my phone, however even >> when I take the phone out of the case it's still very hard to get it to >> sleep/wake using the switch. >> >> I do have a Genius Bar appointment this afternoon, and until then I've been >> using the assistive touch menu as a work around, however I've seen on the >> internet that some people have had problems getting Apple to exchange their >> phones,now they could be people who don't have Apple Care Plus but I know my >> phone is under warrenty as ironically I was at the Apple Store on Friday and >> was able to exchange my power cable which was fraying. >> >> Apparently this is a well documented thing that happens to iPhone 4 & iPhone >> 4S's. I'm shocked as one would think as much as we use the home button that >> that would wear out much faster! >> >> My question is has anyone on this list had their power/sleep button become >> hard to use? If so, did Apple exchange the phone? I know I could upgrade >> to the iPhone 5 but I don't want to, I'd like to see what happens this year >> with the new update. >> >> This is my original iPhone 4S, I had 3 iPhone 3GS's (all exchanged through >> the Genius Bar) as I had battery problems with the first 2 so within a 1.5 >> year time span I had 3 3GS's and in the same amount of time I have only had >> 1 4S. Oh yeah, do you know if the phones you get when you exchange them at >> Apple are they refurbished or are they new? >> >> Thankks, >> Katey >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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