Saving text messages from my iPhone 4?

I want to change carriers to get better phone service, but will need a new phone. I want to save my text messages from my iPhone 4 onto my MacBookPro.
How do I do that?

You can do your backup either to iTunes or to iCloud, which ever way you have been doing them in the past. This support document might make it easier for you to chose if you haven't been backing up in the past. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5262 Make sure for safety sake that you import the pictures from your camera roll and that you sync contacts and calendar data to a supported application on the computer. Then follow the information in this support document for putting data from old device onto the new device. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109

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