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Activation, Step by Step<br />

Activation means signing up for a plan, turning on the service, and either<br />

finding out your new phone number or transferring your old number to the<br />

<strong>iPhone</strong>.<br />

Until you activate, the <strong>iPhone</strong> can’t do much of anything. It can’t make calls,<br />

play music or video, or get on the Internet. So no, you can’t buy an <strong>iPhone</strong> and<br />

hope to use it as a fancy iPod: Without an AT&T account, it just won’t work.<br />

Signing up for AT&T service is required.<br />

For that matter, the <strong>iPhone</strong> is a locked GSM phone, meaning that it works<br />

only with an AT&T account. It won’t work with Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, or<br />

any other carrier, and you can’t insert the SIM card (page 8) from a non-AT&T<br />

phone and expect it to work.<br />

Here are the screens you’ll encounter as you click Continue to work your way<br />

through the signup process:<br />

•<br />

•<br />

•<br />

Wel<strong>com</strong>e to Your New <strong>iPhone</strong>. Aww, isn’t that nice?<br />

Are You a New or Existing AT&T (Cingular) Wireless Customer? If<br />

you’re already an AT&T or Cingular customer, clicking Replace a phone on<br />

my account with this <strong>iPhone</strong> lets you transfer your old phone number and<br />

calling plan to the <strong>iPhone</strong>. You’ll just have to pay $20 more a month for<br />

the <strong>iPhone</strong>’s unlimited Internet service.<br />

All bets—and all discounts—are off if you have an AT&T business account.<br />

Click Add a new line to my existing account if you intend to keep your old<br />

phone as a backup, but add the <strong>iPhone</strong>.<br />

If you’re not already with AT&T/Cingular, click Activate one <strong>iPhone</strong> now to<br />

get your new <strong>iPhone</strong> signed up. To activate more than one <strong>iPhone</strong>—for<br />

example, to get one of AT&T’s family plans and get additional phones<br />

for your spouse and kids at a huge discount—click Activate two or more<br />

<strong>iPhone</strong>s on an Individual or FamilyTalk plan.<br />

Transfer Your Mobile Number? You can bring your old cellphone or<br />

home phone number to your new <strong>iPhone</strong>. All your friends and coworkers<br />

can keep dialing your old number—but your <strong>iPhone</strong> will now ring<br />

instead of the old phone.<br />

Appendix A

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