Two iPhones, one Sim card..

Hi I have a question, i have a 8GB iPhone & recently purchased a 16GB one afew days ago.. I want to use both of them.. you know, swap out my sim card back and forth inbetween the two..
anyways..
I knoticed when I try to register my new one iTunes asks me if I want to replace my old phone with this newer one; and well, to be honest I'm scared to register it because I dunno if it will reconize my other 8GB iPhone -
but my question is: Will I be able to use both phones with 1 sim card?
Message was edited by: I Love Ace Frehley

That is kind of hard to answer. I have three iPhones, two are 8GB and one is a 16GB. Two are running 1.1.3 and the other is running 1.1.2 On the two that are running 1.1.3, I can switch the sims between the two 1.1.3 iPhone, I just have to connect the iPhone to iTunes for a moment till I see the iPhone is activated message.
If I try to switch the 1.1.3 sim to the 1.1.2 iPhone, nothing happens and the iPhone won't activate untill I put it's own sim back in. I even tried restoring one of the 1.1.3 iPhones with the 1.1.2 sim in it and the iPhone still would not activate. So it appears there is something preventing a sim swap between 1.1.3 and 1.1.2 iPhones but it works between two 1.1.3 iPhones.
Your experience may be different.

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