Gyp wrote:

> In message <2007012002281075249-chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmailcom>, Chris Boyd
> <chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmail.com> writes
>
> >You may not want to register the handset as your upgrade, but it *was*
> >your upgrade, so you have to! The only thing you have to remember is
> >if your phone ever gets lost/stolen make sure they bar the handset you
> >were using, rather than the handset associated with your account (all
> >your 6070's!).
>
> In theory yes, however when I phoned up to report a stolen phone a
> couple of years back, I told them at that point that the phone wasn't
> the one that was originally supplied with the SIM.
>
> The Orange rep checked back against my billing records and confirmed the
> make and model of the phone from the IMEI on the records and blocked
> that one.
>
> > It's not going to stop anyone else registering it as their phone if
> >Orange ask the new owners for an IMEI.
>
> And quite right that is too.
>
> >If you don't register it, it will just happen automatically after x
> >amount of days - and its far better to specify the time for your SIM
> >swap rather than have it happen when you're least expecting it (and
> >nowhere near the new SIM).
>
> I registered the SIMs by phone, and they switched over within a couple
> of hours as expected
> --
> Gyp
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Okay, thanks guys for the input. We'll register the new SIM and just
tell them the new phone won't be being used (for what that's worth).

Mathew