Thread: Best Tablet
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Old 21-12-2013, 20:46   #16
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Re: Best Tablet

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
To answer the OPs point about wanting 3/4G as well as WiFi, stop and think for a moment about how you use a tablet. It is not a phone, you can't easily use it walking down the street the way you do with a phone. Chances are you are only going to get it out when you are sitting down somewhere, and then you can usually find a hotspot to connect to. I have a 3G slot in my iPad, not from choice but because the end-of-line model I bought on eBay just happened to have one. But I have never put a SIM in it and in 3 years I can probably think of only a handful of times I'd genuinely wished I'd had one.

When I come to replace my iPad I won't be seeking out a model with a SIM slot.
... to add to that:

Also consider that, depending upon what phone you have, you may be able to "tether" it to a WiFi only tablet and use the phone's 3G/4G connection when not able to use WiFi.

I have only ever had WiFi iPads, and on those rare occasions when I've not been able to use WiFi I have just tethered my iPad to my phone and used the phone's 3G connection.
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