By the way, when I get my new phone, what do I do with my perfectly cromulent current smartphone? In the past, I sent my old (dumb) phones to one of those donation services (I think they went to the troops overseas or something). It's locked into Verizon contract so I doubt I could sell it...
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Vonnie K - Jun 20, 2012 4:54:52 am PDT #20317 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
le nubian - Jun 20, 2012 5:02:44 am PDT #20318 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so your new phone will not be on your Verizon contract?
Vonnie K - Jun 20, 2012 5:24:44 am PDT #20319 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
No, my new phone will be also under Verizon contract.
Wait, does that mean that once my new phone is activated, my old phone is now unlocked and can be sold? I actually have no idea what happen to old phones once the contract is shifted to an upgraded phone...
le nubian - Jun 20, 2012 5:34:35 am PDT #20320 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Okay, I am not sure I understand you, so let me reply this way:
Last year, I sold my Iphone 3gs and other things. 3GS was no longer registered with my ATT account (since I got an iphone 4). Check the following places for comparison pricing:
a) apple itself. They will buy back laptops and phones and ipads
b) amazon (payment is in the form of amazon gift certificate)
c) gazelle.com (payment goes to paypal.
I have used all three and generally speaking the process has been smooth.
Jon B. - Jun 20, 2012 5:39:44 am PDT #20321 of 25501
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My guess is that it won't be unlocked, but that anyone will be able to use it with their own Verizon account.
le nubian - Jun 20, 2012 5:43:21 am PDT #20322 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
it will be locked to verizon, but if the person takes it to verizon, they can use it for their service.
Vonnie K - Jun 20, 2012 5:49:26 am PDT #20323 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Oh, cool. Verizon offers pre-owned Incredibles at $50 with 2 year contract so I guess I can at least get some part of that. I did not know Amazon buys used cellphones! Will investigate. Thanks!
Gudanov - Jun 20, 2012 11:42:20 am PDT #20324 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I just got a Xoom 2 WiFi tablet, and I was wondering if there were some must-have Android apps that I should look at.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 21, 2012 5:10:46 am PDT #20325 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My cat stepped on my laptop (macbook Pro) keyboard, and somehow turned the screen off. Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut. I am getting impatient with google.
tommyrot - Jun 21, 2012 5:13:45 am PDT #20326 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Try the screen brightness button. My cat dims my laptop displays to nothing all the time.
eta: Cats seem to know all sorts of keyboard shortcuts that do weird things....