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iPhone 6?.....No - keeping my iPhone 5

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Morgan Freeman

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Jul 28, 2014
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Everyone is going to buy the iPhone 6, but instead i will buy the iPad mini retina 3 with cellular, and just use that as my phone, if you are able to do that? Can you receive the 'green';) messages on an iPad mini with sim-card?
 
I don't think that's possible, as that would require the iPad to have phone service. When you use iMessage your technically using Apple servers and not cellular providers.

Morgan Freeman said:
Everyone is going to buy the iPhone 6, but instead i will buy the iPad mini retina 3 with cellular, and just use that as my phone, if you are able to do that? Can you receive the 'green';) messages on an iPad mini with sim-card?
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Okay, so you are saying that it would be stupid for me to use my iPhone5-simcard in my mini, as i would only be able to use the data on the sim-card, and not make phonecalls or sms? But im sure you can use iMessage over cellular with iPad, at least it highly believe it.
 
Morgan Freeman said:
Everyone is going to buy the iPhone 6, but instead i will buy the iPad mini retina 3 with cellular, and just use that as my phone, if you are able to do that? Can you receive the 'green';) messages on an iPad mini with sim-card?
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Green messages. No.

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Morgan Freeman said:
Okay, so you are saying that it would be stupid for me to use my iPhone5-simcard in my mini, as i would only be able to use the data on the sim-card, and not make phonecalls or sms? But im sure you can use iMessage over cellular with iPad, at least it highly believe it.
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Blue iMessage, yes.
Green SMS, no.

Hangout/GTalk to Android, yes.
 
Well okay, but with IOS 8 i will be able to use green messages and answer phonecalls with my iPad mini as long as i have my iPhone 5 under the same wifi as the iPad, right?
 
dluke88 said:
Correct. As this page says you will be able to send and receive the 'green' messages on your iPad.
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Green messages is easy to say and understand ;) But thanks!
Don't you think Apple will make continuity work with cellular in maybe IOS 9 and the next OSX?
 
Morgan Freeman said:
Everyone is going to buy the iPhone 6, but instead i will buy the iPad mini retina 3 with cellular, and just use that as my phone, if you are able to do that? Can you receive the 'green';) messages on an iPad mini with sim-card?
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You cannot send or receive SMS on an iPad w/ cellular. There are 3rd party apps you can use. On iOS 8 you will be able to though.
 
I haven't seen anyone using their iPad as a phone, but I'd imagine a bluetooth headset would make it easier.
 
Morgan Freeman said:
Everyone is going to buy the iPhone 6, but instead i will buy the iPad mini retina 3 with cellular, and just use that as my phone, if you are able to do that? Can you receive the 'green';) messages on an iPad mini with sim-card?
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Loved you in Shawshank Redemption.
 
If you want to make/receive calls on the iPad mini and get "green" messages it has to be on the same WiFi network as your iPhone, in iOS8.

I'm not sure if sticking an iPhone SIM in the iPad would circumvent that, but would be interesting to see.
 
I'll definitely be updating to the iPhone 6. I can't imagine why someone would try to use the iPad mini as a...phone. Lol. Someone just needs to get the 5.5" iPhone 6 and be done with it.
 
I'm curious. What are some of the reasons people are updating to the 6? I can't decide whether I want to or not. I have a 5.
 
kupkakez said:
If you want to make/receive calls on the iPad mini and get "green" messages it has to be on the same WiFi network as your iPhone, in iOS8.
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From reports, tethering the iPad to the iPhone (either Bluetooth or WiFi) will get you the same result. :)

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=19387201#post19387201

kupkakez said:
I'm not sure if sticking an iPhone SIM in the iPad would circumvent that, but would be interesting to see.
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It won't. The iPad will only ever use the SIM card for data. You might be able to get SMS as alerts but you won't be able to reply to them.
 
Samtb said:
I'm curious. What are some of the reasons people are updating to the 6? I can't decide whether I want to or not. I have a 5.
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I am paying $25 extra per month to be on a subsidized phone plan, so I might as well get my money's worth by upgrading every two years for only $200. I love my iPhone 5 so I may just move to a contract free plan and stay with the 5.
 
Samtb said:
I'm curious. What are some of the reasons people are updating to the 6? I can't decide whether I want to or not. I have a 5.
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How long have you had your 5 for? If you're happy with it there shouldn't be any reason to upgrade. For me, I depend on my phone a lot and can always benefit from the newer technology. I normally give Apple products 2-4 years lifespan before needing upgrade, I have a first generation iPad that can't do much anymore since it couldn't be upgraded to iOS 7 (and to think that it was only released in 2010!)
 
mad3inch1na said:
I am paying $25 extra per month to be on a subsidized phone plan, so I might as well get my money's worth by upgrading every two years for only $200. I love my iPhone 5 so I may just move to a contract free plan and stay with the 5.
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Upgrade phone, sell new phone, keep iPhone 5, make a nice profit....
 
bransoj said:
Upgrade phone, sell new phone, keep iPhone 5, make a nice profit....
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That assumes the subsidized total over 2 years is less than $450. I pay $25 extra per month, or $600 total, so even if I did that, I would lose $150 just for the effort assuming I could sell it at retail price. The only benefit of a subsidy is that you have an amortized payment. It doesn't mean you pay less. Unless your equivalent contract free plan costs has less than an $18 difference per phone, you aren't making any money off of that deal.
 
tiartrop said:
How long have you had your 5 for? If you're happy with it there shouldn't be any reason to upgrade. For me, I depend on my phone a lot and can always benefit from the newer technology. I normally give Apple products 2-4 years lifespan before needing upgrade, I have a first generation iPad that can't do much anymore since it couldn't be upgraded to iOS 7 (and to think that it was only released in 2010!)
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2 years. The only reason id upgrade is for 4g but I only have a 1gb data plan so I don't know of there's a point. I use an ipad for most things other than calling or texting or occassional looking things up on the web.
 
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