Old iPhone

I currently have a Verizon iPhone 4. I don't want to upgrade, I want to get a cheap phone with a cheap plan.
If I switch my phone number to a new phone can I still use the iPhone 4 like an iPod Touch? I especially want to keep using Kindle and keep all my books.
Kevin

Doesn't answer all questions, for instance I have a Verizon iPhone so there is no sim card. Also, it is a currenty active iPhone. If I buy a new phone that is not an Apple phone and Verizon switches my phone number over does the phone part of the iPhone go inactive?
Would I still need to re-activate with iTunes?
Would my Kindle account still remain active if I don't change the phone's name or would I have to add it as a new connection?

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First, you don't have a 5+ year old 3GS. The 3GS has only been around for under 4 years. In fact, 5 years ago there were NO iPhones; the original iPhone (2 generations before the 3GS) came out on June 29, 2007 - not quite 5 years ago. The 3GS was released June 19, 2009.
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I have taken it back to the Apple store genius bar, but they say they don't see anything wrong. Well unless you use it all day and experience the problems when they happen, you wont see anything wrong. But there are lots wrong with it. But this would be the same store as I purchased the phone. And they backed up my old Iphone 4, but were not able to get anything to load back onto my new phone. So, I lost pretty much everything. But over time, some of my contacts have started showing up, although i am still missing over 800 of them.

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Nope.
Something went wrong.
I've done it twice now and followed the directions on http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Doesn't work. I have no contacts indicated and no notes, etc... from my old iphone.
I have an iphone 4 - so there is no SIM card. Maybe I didn't back up the data properly from the old iphone. I haven't deleted anything yet so I guess I could do the whole process over...
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Before selling or giving away an iOS Device...
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I know it sounds weird, and that is the reason I posted my question. Because my case is not like all the ones I've found online and it's confusing. I added a screen capture of my itunes with my old iphone (the one that houses my playlists) connected to it.
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