Solved: buying a sim card for an i pad

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2013

I am thinking of buying an i pad and dont know anything about them, other than I tried my mates the other day and thought it was great.

I would use the i pad at home where I have broadband, but we do go away in the caravan a lot so obviously some of the places we go I can not connect to broadband as we are usualy in the middle of a field.

So can I buy a sim card for just a month while we are away? If I can is there a certain i pad I need to buy.

Sorry I am so thick but the wrong side of 50 and find it all quite daunting

version7point0 · ‎03-09-2013

Take a look over here for O2's iPad SIMs.

http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/ipad-sim

I would make sure you are buying a 3G version as the WiFi only will require you look at conneting differently while out and about.

Make sure to check the coverage where you will be using it, typically whenever I go camping I find signal is hard to come by.

http://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

Depending on what phone you have you could also consider "tethering" which allows another WiFi device, such as an iPad, to share your phones internet connection.

If you have more than one device needing a connection you could also look at O2's Pocket Hotspot, which is like your home WiFi box but portable (it takes a SIM card and looks like an old mobile) and allows up to 5 devices to connect at the same time.

http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/mobile-broadband/o2-pocket-hotspot

Hope this helps.

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version7point0 · ‎03-09-2013

Take a look over here for O2's iPad SIMs.

http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/ipad-sim

I would make sure you are buying a 3G version as the WiFi only will require you look at conneting differently while out and about.

Make sure to check the coverage where you will be using it, typically whenever I go camping I find signal is hard to come by.

http://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

Depending on what phone you have you could also consider "tethering" which allows another WiFi device, such as an iPad, to share your phones internet connection.

If you have more than one device needing a connection you could also look at O2's Pocket Hotspot, which is like your home WiFi box but portable (it takes a SIM card and looks like an old mobile) and allows up to 5 devices to connect at the same time.

http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/mobile-broadband/o2-pocket-hotspot

Hope this helps.

adamtemp64 · ‎03-09-2013

You need to buy an ipad that is wifi and cellular I.e takes a SIM card

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Anonymous · ‎03-09-2013

Can I just go to a 02 shop and buy a sim card, do I have to take a i pad with me or will it fit any?

version7point0 · ‎03-09-2013

It needs to be a certain SIM card, the newer iPad takes a nano SIM, the older ones take a micro SIM, the store will need to know which one you are planning on using.

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2013

Great advice from the guys there.

And your not "thick" !

A stupid question is a question not asked in the first place.

One thing to note is the difference in price from a WiFi Only iPad to a WiFi & Cellular enabled version.

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2013

Can I buy an I pad from an 02 shop or do I need to go to Tescos or similar?

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2013

You can buy one from where you like.

Shop around.

Argos sometimes do good deals.

Or somewhere like CEX.

Bambino · ‎03-09-2013

Amazon too.

I DO NOT WORK FOR O2

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2013

@Bambino wrote:
Amazon too.

I'm sensing you may have got one from there ?

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