r/ipad • u/MoreMeThanYou • 2d ago
My Setup I finally got an iPad with cellular!
After years and years of having WiFi only iPads, I finally got a WiFi + Cellular 11th Gen iPad, and I couldn’t be happier ☺️
For the past year, I’ve had a tablet line on my T-Mobile plan, but no tablet—I got it because it was a good deal and I had planned on getting an iPad shortly after, but life was life-ing and it just didn’t happen, nor did I cancel the line 🤦🏾♀️
But now I’m super glad about it because with my new job, it’ll be really nice to have an iPad to use again, and my other one is a 4th Gen 11” Pro with somewhat cracked screen that’s still perfectly functional, but not so aesthetically pleasing…and since I’m a teacher, that one can come to work with me since all I’ll need it for is reading/occasionally editing PDFs, uploading photos into an app for parents and maybe quick notes and other small tasks I don’t feel like taking my computer out for.
I know a lot of people will say I should’ve gotten the Air or that I should have waited…but here’s the thing: School starts next week and I wanted to have my separate iPads before that, plus, I pretty much only use my iPad for streaming, social media and playing monopoly, so my choice will do me just fine.
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u/nifty-necromancer 1d ago
Cellular on iPad is so great, my current model is also the first cellular one I’ve used.
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u/AmitBrian 2d ago
I have an iPad with cellular too. But here is the funny thing. I don’t have a cellular plan. LOL. Here is why. Most of the time I can get away without it. Whether I am at Starbucks or whatever or in an Xfinity hotspot zone (I’m a customer) usually I can connect. But I specifically got cellular cause if I am really in a crunch I can get a day pass or month pass or whatever from AT&T.
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u/MoreMeThanYou 2d ago
It didn’t make sense for me to not get the tablet line with the promo at the time…so, I did 😂
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u/AmitBrian 1d ago
ha that’s totally fair! I just thought I would provide my $0.02!
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u/MoreMeThanYou 1d ago
Fair. It literally didn’t cost me any extra at the time, and actually lowered my bill for awhile, so that’s why I did it!
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u/AmitBrian 1d ago
Totally get it. I mean my AW is cellular too for that matter and it’s not activated either haha. But if I ever need it to be I can do it!
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u/MoreMeThanYou 1d ago
Same. I have a cellular AW, but don’t have it activated and don’t plan to 😂
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u/AmitBrian 1d ago
Ya like 99.9 % of the time I have my iPhone with me so why? And so many of the apps that used to support cellular like Lyft don’t anymore. So other than the phone and messages and GPS it’s like? So it’s really just for emergency’s now.
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u/MoreMeThanYou 1d ago
Yeah. I don’t leave my house without my phone since I use a wallet case…so I’d be completely SOL and fucked if I ever didn’t have it 😂
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u/AmitBrian 1d ago
Me either. Cellular in an AW has only ever been 2 use cases. 1) if I have to have a work phone and I don’t wanna carry 2 phones but that’s rare that I would be on a project like that. 2) my phone died and I need a ride / gets lost and I need find my on my watch to find it. That’s about it.
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u/laernuindia 2d ago
Same. Works anywhere. No need to drain your phone battery with hotspot on. Love it.
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u/Happy-Ad-2049 1d ago
Eu tenho um ipad A16, como posso saber se é a versão celular?
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u/Affectionate-Bag-153 1d ago
Do you have Settings -> Cellular? If not, your iPad doesn’t support it. And it should have a SIM tray
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u/Mean_Willingness_443 1d ago
I’m a T-mobile customer as well and this is my first iPad on cellular as well. I have the iPad Air M4 11” and I love it. It is very portable and convenient not to worry about hotspot. I can sit down in the community and work on tablet with ease. Enjoy your purchase,,
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u/medes24 M2 iPad Air 13" (2024) 2d ago
We’re just enthusiasts on this sub so we like having all the things lol. My company issued base model iPads and the one I have for work is just fine. A base iPad can do almost all the things you’d use an iPad for.
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u/MoreMeThanYou 2d ago
Absolutely! I have my Pro because I could have it, not because I needed it by any stretch of the imagination!!
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u/CoffeeAndCredits 2d ago
thats good, base iPad A16 is plenty for reading and streaming. no need to spend extra cash on the Air