I just received my 3G iPad purchased in the US. I had to really, and I mean really cut down the sim card but it fit inside and has a connection to the 3G network here in Finland. Yes, yes, yes.
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Confirmed: US purchased 3G iPads work in Europe
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As expected and congrats
I have to admit, I was a bit nervous. If you or anyone else is interested I will post pictures of the sim card that it comes with, my new sim card and the amount of trimmings that is left over.
I have to admit, I was a bit nervous. If you or anyone else is interested I will post pictures of the sim card that it comes with, my new sim card and the amount of trimmings that is left over.
Go ahead I am planning to try and cut up my 3 out of my 7 old simcard to practice
Vodafone UK will be charging pay monthly customers £5 on their next bill for a new micro sim.
I rang up yesterday and asked, but the lady said they're not available yet.
I rang up yesterday and asked, but the lady said they're not available yet.
I don't live in the UK but I'm just curious whether the £5 is per month or one time charge?
In sweden they will charge like $4 a month to use 2 sim cards. The gain with this is that I can use data on 2 devices at the same time.
I have to admit, I was a bit nervous. If you or anyone else is interested I will post pictures of the sim card that it comes with, my new sim card and the amount of trimmings that is left over.
Looks like some delicate trimming, you have to come very close to the chip I can see, exacto is probably best I guess.
I have the same thing here in Finland. It is a great deal. REAL unlimited data for only 9.90 a month.
Yes, please do. My iPad arrives from USA tomorrow and I've got my knife ready to start trimming
I used scissors.
Yeah. And for an extra $4 you get to use the iPhone as normal and get data on an iPad or whatever unit you want for the same cost as your iphone had
With 1 plan???
Why the hell I am still here stuck with a country where $30 data plan FOR EACH DEVICES is "revolutionary"... (and AT&T still doesn't allow tethering lol)
Yeah. And for an extra $4 you get to use the iPhone as normal and get data on an iPad or whatever unit you want for the same cost as your iphone had
Exactly. I tether my iPhone to my MBP every day for about 8 hours.
Love it, love it.
With 1 plan???
Oh how I'd love to move to Scandinavia....
Do you mean Finland or Scandinavia? Finland is Nordic, but many people often confuse them as being Scandic.
Do you mean Finland or Scandinavia? Finland is Nordic, but many people often confuse them as being Scandic.
The poster I was referring to was talking about Sweden... I thought they're Scandic? I guess not
Pardon me I'll edit my post
No need to edit dude. It is all good. I was just joking a bit, but this thing is rock solid on my 3G network, so you should be good when you do yours.
With 1 plan???
Why the hell I am still here stuck with a country where $30 data plan FOR EACH DEVICES is "revolutionary"... (and AT&T still doesn't allow tethering lol)
Yeah, with one plan. My carrier only allows 5 GB of data transfer per month though. Although I've yet to hear anyone actually getting their speed limited after 5 GB. I pay close to $30 a month though, but then u can get the dual sims and whatnot. And I can tether my iPhone if I want, when I asked customer service if they allowed tethering they said "You can consume an unlimited amount of data in any way you want". Seems AT&T doesn't like it's customers.
EDIT: by the way, Sweden belongs to scandinavia.
Well you pay close to $30 and you can just add SIM cards and use the same plan for multiple devices... This is a much much better idea than having to pay $30 for iPhone as well as $15-30 for iPad.
To AT&T defense, however, if they allow tethering with their ever so crappy network, nobody could get on the 3G network
I am lucky that places where I live have zero AT&T problem whatsoever but my friends in dense cities in California and New York reported some crazy 56k speed on their 3G devices
Well you pay close to $30 and you can just add SIM cards and use the same plan for multiple devices... This is a much much better idea than having to pay $30 for iPhone as well as $15-30 for iPad.
To AT&T defense, however, if they allow tethering with their ever so crappy network, nobody could get on the 3G network
I am lucky that places where I live have zero AT&T problem whatsoever but my friends in dense cities in California and New York reported some crazy 56k speed on their 3G devices
The difference is most likely population. Sweden got a total of 10 million inhabitants, so there isn't too much problems with overloading the networks. I usually get my 3 Mbit when tethering my iPhone 3G to my MBP. Sometimes there are advantages to living in a small country
The difference is most likely population. Sweden got a total of 10 million inhabitants, so there isn't too much problems with overloading the networks. I usually get my 3 Mbit when tethering my iPhone 3G to my MBP. Sometimes there are advantages to living in a small country
I totally understand... used to live in Singapore for years and it is really not that hard to provide 100% coverage in an island nation
Then again, the reasoning behind paying 2x $30 for two devices still boggles my mind
I totally understand... used to live in Singapore for years and it is really not that hard to provide 100% coverage in an island nation
Then again, the reasoning behind paying 2x $30 for two devices still boggles my mind
Yeah, it seems strange you guys haven't gotten a big price fight amongst your carriers. I pay 34 bucks a month and get unlimited data and around 5.000 text messages, then pay 10 cents a minutes for calls, calls to people with the same carrier as me is free. And this is pretty standard for Sweden, some carriers have a bit cheaper data plan or that you pay 1-2 cents less a minute for calls outside your own carrier.
Seems your carriers either have bigger costs per customer or they all agreed on some "common lowest price" long ago