Pretty much this. Tethering to my phone kills the battery and there are lots of places that don't have free or reliable wifi. The GPS also comes in handy - even if you download an offline app like Navigon or Garmin and don't use any data at all, the cellular iPad has GPS built-in whereas the wifi model doesn't. Again, using my phone for GPS kills the battery and the rMini mounts perfectly in my car.
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Pretty much this. Tethering to my phone kills the battery and there are lots of places that don't have free or reliable wifi. The GPS also comes in handy - even if you download an offline app like Navigon or Garmin and don't use any data at all, the cellular iPad has GPS built-in whereas the wifi model doesn't. Again, using my phone for GPS kills the battery and the rMini mounts perfectly in my car.
Wifi only = No Gps. Which i thought would be ok but wasn't.
Tethering is also too inconvenient for me. I travel a bit for business.
16Gb was ok just, but i got one from a Telco with 4gb data plan so got the 32Gb for a few dollars more a month.
Should of known as my previous iPads were 4G/LTE. Was worth a try.
As a guy who used to travel frequently and had four separate phone/data plans for my iPhone and iPad, I have since lost any interest in the LTE models. For those with very good smartphones, it just seems extraordinarily extravagant and wasteful (not to mention borderline lazy) to do anything but tether. Any frequent traveler will always carry a charger or spare external battery anyway so the battery drain shouldn't be an issue. GPS can be used on the iPhone. I just really don't see the point aside from very marginal convenience for having an LTE enabled iPad.
And yes, I know this is just my point of view. I understand that there are others who may rely more on their iPads than I do.
And yes, I know this is just my point of view. I understand that there are others who may rely more on their iPads than I do.
I bought the verizon air and love it. I just wish it were not noticeably heavier than the non cellular version. I liked how well balanced the wifi air felt. The cell version definitely feels top heavy comparatively speaking. I had the wifi only version since launch and today picked up the verizon model. I suppose if you go right for the cellular model you'll not notice a thing, but having held the wifi only version every day for weeks, I do notice the added weight
Great for you. Bad for me. I travel all over the USA and find the quality of WIFI signals varies widely. Some places it is worse than dial up. So 4G LTE is the only way for me. I was on top of a mountain in Idaho 9300 ft up and tested my Verizon LTE and it was 4 bars and blazing fast.
I went cellular for the first time because I went with the AT&T Next program and also have a boatload of data that no one else uses on my family's mobile share. It's convenient to have for sure, I don't have wifi at work so I use it there.
Just your point of view that we are extravagant, wasteful and lazy? How simply disingenuous of you!
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I agree it's great for people who travel allot. Majority of people don't travel all that much. For those people it's more cost effective to tether to the iPhone .