Comments on: iPad: Why so much more for the Wifi + 3G model?

By: BEN

BEN — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:14:22 +0000

It depends on who’s your cell carrier. If it’s AT&T, then you can maybe just buy the ipad wifi instead of the 3g, since even if you are outside your home, there are thousands of wi-fi hotspots for AT&T customers that you can use for free. But if your carrier if let’s say T-Mobile, Verizon or Sprint, thdn you cannot take advantage of the AT&T’s wi-fi hotspots outside of your home.

And if you will use your ipad mostly at home where you supposedly have wi-fi, then just buy the wifi model.

Finally, the difference is $130.00 and whether you’re gonna use it more at home ot more outside, or whether you’re with another carrier other that AT&T, then it’s still is a smart move to buy the 3g model. What’s $130.00 for let’s say two to three years of ipad usage. That’s about 3 to 4 dollars a month and you don’t have to worry about internet coverage wherever you are. Plus you can explore tethering so you can use the data service on your cellphone and don’t have to pay the monthly data service with AT&T for the ipad. After all your ipad and cellphone both have bluetooth technologies.

By: Wayne Dixon

Wayne Dixon — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:21:15 +0000

The 3G on the iPad is just for data only. There is no phone feature for the iPad at the moment.

By: Nonono99

Nonono99 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:01:07 +0000

So 3g is just for Calling? I have a phone… So should i just get`the wifi?

By: iPhoned

iPhoned — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:48:50 +0000

The problem with these virtual teardown sites by people who’ve never run so much as a hot dog stand is: it doesn’t matter what the parts cost! It’s everything else that goes into the product that costs the most money, duh. So what if Apple wants to charge $100, or $1,000 for a cell phone inside, it’s their product kids! I notice there have been plenty of people (often PC Bot Apple haters), bashing Apple for a hand held computer that costs a couple of hundred dollars. Where were the complaints when Motorola came out with the MicroTac Digital flip phone line and some models cost $1,500+ unbundled over 10 years ago!!!!

By: Will Hains

Will Hains — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:49:48 +0000

I had the same thought as I was watching Steve announce the pricing for data. I imagined a meeting with AT&T where Apple pointed out their repeatedly demonstrated ability to induce customers to upgrade their hardware to the latest model every 2 years or less. So a subsidy generated from the purchase price of Apple hardware is not a one-time bonus, it’s a revenue stream – and a very reliable one.
This makes sense especially when you think about the iPad being unlocked and prepaid. AT&T and the other iPhone carriers worldwide can expect to face new competition for Apple 3G products. Here in Japan, heavyweight DoCoMo has already announced plans to sell iPad micro SIMs. Presumably SoftBank will also see some of that $130.

By: Apple iPad

Apple iPad — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:10:10 +0000

It’s to bad they went exclusively with AT&T. I’m tired of hearing AT&T whine about iPhone users are straining their networks.

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