Wifi iPad 2 = $130 in savings = extra GB per month of data

[FrancoRumors]

If you go the wifi iPad 2 route and plan on tethering with your iphone 4 via AT&T you are starting off with 4 GB per month. If you factor in the $130 you save by forgoing the 3G iPad 2 route you can use that money and use and extra GB per month...$10 per GB over 4.

 

[Mjmar]

True

 

[COSWORTH]

if the wifi had a built in gps i would go that route, but apple packages them with the 3g

 

[Mlrollin91]

I've been thinking about that for the last week or so, I just really don't want to lose my unlimited. I use roughly 4GB a month so I would be okay. Its just the fact of never being able to get it back.

 

[sam2428]

Cost savings yes, but is it worth it when it will drain your phone battery relatively quickly?

I plan on tethering too though (to my android phone), but only if i really really need to. Other than that, my phone should do anything i need it to if i dont have wifi available...buts just me

 

[Julien]

if the wifi had a built in gps i would go that route, but apple packages them with the 3g

I'm upgrading from WiFi to 3G not for the 3G but GPS. I see it as $130 for a GPS receiver.

 

[nixiemaiden]

I'm upgrading from WiFi to 3G not for the 3G but GPS. I see it as $130 for a GPS receiver.

This is how I see it too although more like $180 if you don't want data. Most of the navigation apps that include maps cost $50-$60.

 

[TheBaconKing]

I'm upgrading from WiFi to 3G not for the 3G but GPS. I see it as $130 for a GPS receiver.

So can you use the GPS receiver without activating the 3G data? I already tether my iPhone to my Macbook pro when I need to, so I could use the wifi tether for my iPad if I needed to download some maps. I just thought that the way the GPS worked in the iPad was that it determined your location by locating the nearest cell towers.

 

[INeedAMacBook]

UK ftw.

If you're in the UK on the 3 network, you can have truly unlimited data for no extra, including the 4.3 hotspot feature. I feel sorry for all you american's who have to pay loads

 

[canyonblue737]

If you go the wifi iPad 2 route and plan on tethering with your iphone 4 via AT&T you are starting off with 4 GB per month. If you factor in the $130 you save by forgoing the 3G iPad 2 route you can use that money and use and extra GB per month...$10 per GB over 4.

The tethering plan is $20 instead of $25 per month for the iPad 3G so that is another $60 in savings on top of the $130. So you can go 19 GB over in a year and still break even.

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Isn't the iPad not a true GPS chip?

 

[deeddawg]

Isn't the iPad not a true GPS chip?

The ipad is a tablet, not a GPS chip.

The ipad1 has a true GPS chip built into the 3G versions. See any of the teardowns easily available via Google search.

Presumably the same will be true of the ipad2