Iphone 3gs to the new iphone4

I just brought the iphone 3gs not even a week ago, and now I see that the iphone4 is coming out, how can I get this phone instead? I know they have a 30day return th but how does this work? it would've saved me a hassle if they would've said new phone coming out you might wanna wait.
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On April 5, 2010 I purchased an iPhone 3GS from my local Apple Store. Within a few days a friend at Apple mentioned a new IPhone was in the works, rumored to be available June or July. Apple's return policy is 14 days, but I called the Apple Store twice to verify that AT&T had a 30 day return policy and that they DID NOT CHARGE A RE-STOCKING FEE when I returned it! It's possible that charging the restocking fee varies by Apple Store (but I doubt it). Call the store that you bought your 3GS from and ask specifically their return policy on your 3GS. If you bought it from an Apple Store, I expect you will have good news!

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This only seemed to become an issue once I updated to ios 5.1 and funnily also affected my Ipad even though i hadn't updated the software yet. I have since updated the software on my ipad thinking it might help too but that only made things worse!! So I am not sure if it's an ICloud issue, but when i try to disable ICloud my devices lock up as well.
The battery life is also shocking!!
I have hard reset both devices, restored both devices, reset the setting and tried a whole host of other suggestions (like closing background programs) on this forum buit nothing works and i am tearing my hair out.
I looked in the phone and ipad log and there do seem to be low memory reports though i don't know why these are occuring now when they never have before??
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but you should have a backup in itunes.
Every time you sync your iOS device iTunes creates a backup. go check if its there, iTunes Preferences >Devices. and there you should see if you have a backup, and in case from which date the backup is.
And ofcourse you can get your icloud data back by just logging in with your Appleid under icloud in settings on the iphone.
But anyway, if the iPhone works when you restor it as new: try adding your backup, and see if the issue comes back. And experiment with your backup and try to work out what is causing the issue, my guess is that its some app! Good Luck!

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Yes, you will be able to use it provided that the 16GB version of 3GS is either factory unlocked or locked to AT&T network (in case of a carrier locked phone).

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
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Please help!
I am trying to update my
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Is your carrier still AT&T? What error message do you get when you try to activate it?
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1. Your antivirus is blocking access to gs.apple.com.
2. Your phone is jailbroken.
3. Your computer has been used at some time in the past to jaibreak some iOS device (not necessarily the phone with the problem), and its network database was corrupted by the hacking software that was used.
4. Apple's activation servers are down (very rare, and never for more than an hour or so).
For 1. try disabling your antivirus.
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No.
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