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ipad3 wifi or 4g if you already have a smartphone???.
basically my decision is going to save or loose me £100 for the same device just with or without 4g/cell.
Im just stuck on this issue or else it will be a ipad3 straight away today. I have a smart phone with the ability to teather the mobile broadband. So hopefully i can use that when i ever need the internet out and about on my ipad . however what else will i loose out on if i go with the wifi only version? |
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Go for the wifi one.
I'm not sure the 3G/4G ones are that popular actually. As you say, smartphones can either tether the ipad for you or you can just use the phone anyway. Save the £100. |
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It's not just a case of an extra £100 though it's also the added monthly cost of an additional data plan too.
I got the wifi only version and use my iPhone to tether saving me the £100 extra plus I'm saving monthly by not having to pay for an additional data plan. |
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It's not just a case of an extra £100 though it's also the added monthly cost of an additional data plan too.
I got the wifi only version and use my iPhone to tether saving me the £100 extra plus I'm saving monthly by not having to pay for an additional data plan. So apart from 4G/cell that's it? I believe GPS isn't included too - but again, the phone and sat nav do that. |
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Jeez I totally forgot about that ! - even Pay as You Go will just add to my mobile BB bill.
So apart from 4G/cell that's it? I believe GPS isn't included too - but again, the phone and sat nav do that. |
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Go for the WiFi only.
If you can already tether anyway, so don't need the "Cellular" version for data, the only other thing the extra £100 will give you is GPS. Not really worth it when, as you say, you have it on your phone anyway. I've got a WiFi only iPad 3 (and before that had a WiFi only iPad 2). I've never missed having 3G or GPS on it. On the rare occasion I'm using it somewhere without WiFi, I just tether it... |
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basically my decision is going to save or loose me £100 for the same device just with or without 4g/cell.
Im just stuck on this issue or else it will be a ipad3 straight away today. I have a smart phone with the ability to teather the mobile broadband. So hopefully i can use that when i ever need the internet out and about on my ipad . however what else will i loose out on if i go with the wifi only version? I believe the cell model also has a higher resale value. |
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Using the iPad with its comparatively big screen as a sat nav compared to a normal sat nav will require the cell model for the GPS function. I actually use it quite a bit to get a much bigger picture of where I am at and where I am going.
I believe the cell model also has a higher resale value.
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Hmm you should have gone to specsavers!
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