Well I debated getting the LTE model on the mini and seems this personal hot spot with my AT&T plan with my iphone 5 is working really well. I'm on it right now without a wifi here in Flagstaff but have just a marginal 4g signal and I am quite impressed. At first I thought I always have my IPhone with me that I really did not need to have the mini with LTE and its working out very nicely without a LTE model. I bought my son a wifi only mini yesterday so given our share plan this may work out plus we saved some money on purchase and also 10 each per month for service. So not a bad option if you have a share data plan. It may not be perfect for everyone on all occasions but for the times you want to do this It does work nicely. Happy Thanksgiving everyone