If you use a Wi-Fi + Cellular version of the iPad, your tablet may come with a SIM card slot tucked into the side. In the United States, the only major carriers that use SIM cards are GSM-type ...

The iPad's Subscriber Identity Module connects the tablet to cellular data when Wi-Fi is unavailable. Unlike the iPad Mini, which uses a nano SIM card, the standard iPad uses a slightly larger micro ...

Along with Touch ID and a gold model, Apple introduced a radical new feature with the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. A new type of SIM card that isn’t restricted to just the one network. Instead you pick ...

You may need to perform some extra legwork to connect an earlier iPad to cell networks. MacRumors has learned the company stopped activations for the Apple SIM in certain iPads as of October 1st. If ...

Apple's new iPad Pro announced on Monday features an embedded SIM card, allowing customers to switch mobile carriers for data both at home and while travelling abroad -- instead of being locked into ...

Apple's iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 launched with a very, very pleasant surprise: If you splurged on an LTE model, you could choose whether you wanted to jump on Sprint's, T-Mobile's or AT&T's networks ...

The multi-carrier Apple SIM in the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 lets US customers purchase data from either AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile. But it turns out that if you want the option of switching carriers, ...

Apple's new iPad Air and Pro models were announced earlier today. If you were planning to buy a model with cellular support, you should know that the company has revealed on each product listing that ...

Apple's new SIM cards for the upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 are designed to allow users to easily switch between different carriers. However, it seems that the feature will not be available for ...

Owners of cellular iPads are no longer able to use a supplied Apple SIM to activate a data plan for their tablet, forcing users to either use a different physical SIM or move to eSIM. Apple included ...

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If you’re one of the many folks like Aaron Nelson at Hijinks Inc. who feels like paying over $85 per month for both data and voice service is a little extreme, the idea of paying only $30 per month ...