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Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 1:00 PM

Delayed Activation for Christmas

I am getting an upgrade for my son for Christmas.  What I want to do is order the phone thru the at&t store, keep it in its original box until Christmas and activate it Christmas morning after he opens the gift.  He now has  an Apple 4 and the new one will be the Galaxy 5.

 

Can I do this.  The AT&T store about 2 miles from my house says there is no way.  I have to activate it right at time of purchase discontinuing service to his old phone.  Not much of a suprise because he was with me when we updated his mothers phone for her birthday.  We had to tell her that the network was probably having trouble (for 8 hours) before we gae it to her for her birthday.

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9 years ago

Phones purchased in store are activated at the time of purchase. If you order from online store, those can be activated later

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9 years ago

Thank you for the reply. I don't doubt that you are correct but in regards to business, it is just wrong.

I will order it thru the AT&T store and have it delivered.
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