Best course of action for buying an iPhone

[smsiphone]

I've been with Sprint since 2000 and I'm thinking about jumping ship over to AT&T to get the iPhone. My wife is also on Sprint with me (shared plan), so she'll be switching too (however she's not interested in the iPhone, not sure how that's possible :) ). What I would like to know is what is the best way to go about switching to AT&T (I've never switched before)? Should I go to an Apple store to get the iPhone there and then head over to an AT&T store to get a phone for my wife and add her to my new AT&T plan? Or should I just go to an AT&T store and kill 2 birds with one stone? Is it a pain in the arse to go to Apple and then to AT&T?

Forgive me if this seems like a silly question, but as I mentioned before, I've never switched providers before, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this.

Thanks for your help!

[Germansuplex]

How long until your Sprint contract is up? First, if it's only a few short months, you may want to wait. If, for whatever reason you don't want to wait, then do as follows:

Research the phone. Is there anything on Sprint that you can't live without that iPhone doesn't have, or vice-versa? Too many people jump to the iPhone and then crap themselves when they find out you can't tether, or there's no picture-text. Just be sure to research.

Make sure you pay attention to the price plans and the two-year commitment.

If everything looks good, then simply take note of your Sprint account number and go to AT&T. You can port your numbers over to your iPhones. This will cancel your Sprint accounts, and you may have to pay an early termination fee with them.

I would just go to AT&T. You may run into stuff that can be done there that can't be done at an Apple store. It just makes more sense to me. Apple will not sell you a phone unless you get everything set up there anyways, so there would be no need to go to AT&T. If you need to go to an Apple store, just call in advance and make sure you can set up a new line of service with an additional line for your wife.

[smsiphone]

Thanks for your response!

Turns out my contract with Sprint is up...and has been for a while.

I will use the phone as a phone and surf the web occasionally, play games, no tethering on anything like that, just basic stuff.

My plan is to pick a plan, then add my wife as a 2nd line to my plan ($9.99) which I think I can do and we'll share the minutes, etc. My wife isn't into fancy phones (taking pics, web, email, etc). She just wants a phone that makes calls, and has a good speaker phone.