2 iphones, same account. Swap sims?

I have an account with two iphones on it.
My son has a 1st generation iphone that he dropped and is now barely working. My son is elegible for an upgrade. I have an iphone 3GS that I bought at launch. If I buy a new iphone 3GS to replace my son's original iphone, would it be possible to swap sim cards so that I would keep the "new" iphone 3GS and my son would get my few month old iphone 3GS? This is something my son wants me to do. Also, how would I go about transferring all of my data (pictures, mp3s, contacts etc...)from my iphone to the new one? Thanks.

Dude, you probably have this solved by now, but hey..if in the future, simply take both phones, and two separate computers (Mac or PC) do a FULL backup on both phones to to each computer via iTunes...(don't back up both phones to one computer, backup one iphone to one computer, and back up the other on another computer)... power off both phones, swap SIM cards and power them both back on....switch the phones to the computer that has the backup you want, after identifying the iphone in the list, ( it will still show the original name) then right click on the phone in the list and select "restore from backup".... do that on both computers (phones) and they will now be switched !!
I have done this, so I know it works.... Good Luck !!

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Given:
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Sorry to hear you are having issues with your new iPhone. If you are having issues receiving iMessage messages across your iPhone and your Mac, you may want to double-check that your phone number and your Apple ID are correctly linked and that all your contact addresses/numbers are set up, as outlined in the following article:
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage - Apple Support
You may also be interested in the new SMS feature of Continuity for Yosemite and iOS 8. This enables similar functionality for SMS and MMS messages:
Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support
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Dude, you probably have this solved by now, but hey..if in the future, simply take both phones, and two separate computers (Mac or PC) do a FULL backup on both phones to to each computer via iTunes...(don't back up both phones to one computer, backup one iphone to one computer, and back up the other on another computer)... power off both phones, swap SIM cards and power them both back on....switch the phones to the computer that has the backup you want, after identifying the iphone in the list, ( it will still show the original name) then right click on the phone in the list and select "restore from backup".... do that on both computers (phones) and they will now be switched !!
I have done this, so I know it works.... Good Luck !!

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Hi, I have iPhone 4S (not due upgrade) my hubby has IPhone 5s can we swap sims in each our phones? Many thanks

Not a simple matter of just swapping sims. First, go to your carrier's store & get new sims for each phone...you a nano for the 5S, your husband a sim for his phone. Then:
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HT204053 My wife and I each have an apple computer and an iPhone. Setting them up with the iCloud put us on the same account. I take a lot of photos on job sites and she takes her own photos we have to scan though each others photos to find our own. Ho

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