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All iPads Which iPad do you have? WiFi or Cellular?
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Wifi (all of them).
My personal phone is an iphone 5 with unlimited data including tethering for hotspot, my work phone is a Galaxy S2 with unlimited data and tethering included, and I have a mifi supplied by work with my laptop.
I really don't need another data sim, so a cellular iPad made no sense considering the extra cost, especially as the iPhone 5 hotspot works so well and is so easy to use.
My personal phone is an iphone 5 with unlimited data including tethering for hotspot, my work phone is a Galaxy S2 with unlimited data and tethering included, and I have a mifi supplied by work with my laptop.
I really don't need another data sim, so a cellular iPad made no sense considering the extra cost, especially as the iPhone 5 hotspot works so well and is so easy to use.
Ipad 2 ATT (for home use so I do not have a data plan on it)
iPad 3 ATT (for travel....I have a monthly data plan)
iPad mini Wifi
iPad 3 ATT (for travel....I have a monthly data plan)
iPad mini Wifi
16GB iPad 2, WiFi and AT&T 3G
I've never used cellular data but bought the capability just in case.
I've never used cellular data but bought the capability just in case.
My iPad 1 and 3 were both WiFi only. I got very close to buying the cellular iPad mini as I'm curious to see how much difference having data always available makes. In the end however my financial sense won out and I bought the WiFi only model again. £100 extra plus £5 a month is a lot money when I'm not out and about that much and I've got tethering for the occasions that I need it.
I think it was the right choice because I've since setup Bluetooth tethering to my iPhone and that works pretty slickly. I can get my iPad on the internet without pulling my phone out of my pocket which gets close to what I want.
I think it was the right choice because I've since setup Bluetooth tethering to my iPhone and that works pretty slickly. I can get my iPad on the internet without pulling my phone out of my pocket which gets close to what I want.
All those little, insignificant bills add up to be quite a bit.
Cable/Internet package
iPad
cell phone data bill
netflix
satellite radio
itunes match
cloud storage
etc
etc
Curiosity killed the cat
Unless Martian cats are the big news NASA referred to I doubt that happened.
I wonder why people need to say WiFi + Cellular; it's not like you can buy an iPad without WiFi.
Got the wifi version since I use my ipad at home mostly. If I do take my ipad outside I use my phone as a mobile hotspot.
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This poll is biased. Lots of "wifi" answers because they already have a cellular phone. So they own a wifi iPad but are using the phone's cellular some of the time. Makes perfect sense for those kinds of people that want to own both. Also makes sense that they aren't likely to buy an iPhone with cellular and an iPad with cellular when the latter can leverage the former's connection at no additional cellular toll. It probably takes a "money to burn" type to pay up for the technological overkill.
I'd like to see the same poll of people without cell phones (tethering options)- there's probably about 6 of that kind of person left, right? I bet that would paint a different picture.
I own the LTE version mostly for the GPS hardware. No phone at all- VOIP via wifi instead... and VOIP via cheap LTE data options only when necessary. My "big iPhone" cellular toll will probably be < $60/year since most of my needs for connection will be met with wifi.
I'd like to see the same poll of people without cell phones (tethering options)- there's probably about 6 of that kind of person left, right? I bet that would paint a different picture.
I own the LTE version mostly for the GPS hardware. No phone at all- VOIP via wifi instead... and VOIP via cheap LTE data options only when necessary. My "big iPhone" cellular toll will probably be < $60/year since most of my needs for connection will be met with wifi.
Before I used to say why not just Tether but now that carriers allow us to share data off our Super Phones, it's LTE or nothing for me.
I'm paying $2 to share my iPad 3 32GB LTE with my sister's 6GB data. I used her account since she uses less than a GB each month. We all have 6GB plans.
It's much more convenient than Tethering worrying about Battery Life.
I'm paying $2 to share my iPad 3 32GB LTE with my sister's 6GB data. I used her account since she uses less than a GB each month. We all have 6GB plans.
It's much more convenient than Tethering worrying about Battery Life.
And how do your bills explain why the the country is broke?
I don't have any of those bills except a cell phone bill. Not even a cable bill.
Stop looking too far into it. The point is, there are plenty of people in this country who are flat broke, but yet still have all of the above or any combination of them, all of which are luxuries.
My only point is that I'm not going to have a bill for an iPad. If you want one, more power to you. Personally considering I don't even use my data allowance on my phone as it is and it doesn't roll over, why on earth should I sign up to let ATT have another chunk of money out of my pocket when I have cellular data for my iPhone going unused?
Might be a different story if I could pull the data from my data pool, regardless of device. But selling me a phone data plan that I barely use 20% of, and then selling me an iPad data plan that I wouldn't use more than 10% of when I could just use 30% of my total data plan I'm already paying for is not something I would agree with. Cell carriers are slimebag crooks as it is. Another example is if you have an unlimited phone data plan, there is zero reason you should have to pay additional to use an iPad. Device shouldn't matter.