Data-only for iPhone 5? (ie. Put iPad sim in iPhone 5)

[supak111]

Yea I dont get it either, shouldn't matter to them what device we use to use up our 3gb of data iphone/ipad same ****

[surjavarman]

They care because if everyone was using data only simcards for their iphones they wouldn't make any money on their call minutes. Which are their cash cows.

[bohbot16]

Originally Posted by Loodydo

I can confirm that this works well on Verizon. Don't even have to mess with apn settings. I chopped an ipad sim down to size, poped it in my iphone5, and it has worked like a charm for 2 months now. Hard to do better than 10$ a month iphone5 data only plan.

Originally Posted by supak111

As I've said before it works on ATT iPhone 5 just change APN settings. Its just that LTE only works a day or 2, after a few days they kick you down to 4G.

So it seems like the best route to get a data-only iPhone looks like this:
iPhone 5 -> Verizon iPad Mini NanoSIM in a Verizon iPhone 5
iPhone 4/4S -> AT&T iPad MicroSIM in an AT&T iPhone

[KoukiFC3S]

Should work just fine with a Verizon iPad mini sim.

[617aircav]

Originally Posted by SHirsch999

How about getting an iPod touch and a mifi instead of an iPhone?

And how is that equivalent to what the op is trying to do? He wants an iPhone 5 and not an iPod touch. They are different.

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Originally Posted by surjavarman

They care because if everyone was using data only simcards for their iphones they wouldn't make any money on their call minutes. Which are their cash cows.

Wrong. The cash cow is now data. That's why data prices have gone up with these new plans from att and Verizon.

[Firestrife]

They have hearing impaired data only plans, but I wouldn't know about how to get one.

[bohbot16]

This would be an awesome setup for the tech savvy member of a family that has one of those Share Everything plans. The SIM would be added to the plan for $10/month as an iPad and you could use Talkatone or Skype.

[Turnpike]

Originally Posted by Loodydo

I can confirm that this works well on Verizon. Don't even have to mess with apn settings. I chopped an ipad sim down to size, poped it in my iphone5, and it has worked like a charm for 2 months now. Hard to do better than 10$ a month iphone5 data only plan.

Does this data come at a 4G LTE speed?

[ronkuba]

Originally Posted by Turnpike

Does this data come at a 4G LTE speed?

Yes, LTE works!

[VolceOntra]

So do we need to activate the Sim on an iPad first prior to using it with the iPhone (ATT)?

[Giuly]

iPad Mini?

[ronkuba]

Originally Posted by VolceOntra

So do we need to activate the Sim on an iPad first prior to using it with the iPhone (ATT)?

Yes, on verizon I activated the ipad first. Should be the same with att but I heard att shuts off LTE

[NewAnger]

I don't have an iPad but I do have a Nexus 7 activated on both AT&T and T-Mobile.

To get the AT&T sim card to work on my iPhone 4S, i went to unlockit.co.nz on my phone and installed the AT&T APN for broadband. Try that out and see what happens.

[supak111]

You don't need an iPad to sign up. For AT.T you can Sign Up for an iPad plan and activate the SIM at:

---https://dcp2.att.com/OEPNDClient/---

You then put that sim in your iphone and download the APN setting.

PS you need to have an IMEI number from any LTE iPad when signing up!! You are tricking at.t into thinking you are using an LTE iPad but you really aren't. Wont let you sign up if you try to use your iPhones IMEI of course. Easy way to get an LTE iPad IMEI is from a display model iPad at apple store.

DO NOT use the IMEI from an older non LTE iPad, if you do at.t will sign you up for a 4g, non LTE plan.