Anybody have a tablet with a 4G data plan?

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I currently have an iPhone 4 as my only handy device and with increasing work loads and less office time I'm thinking about getting an iPad Mini Retina and having a data plan for ease of use on the go. Plus I just really want one.

£15 a month rolling contract for 10GB data with 3 seems a good deal. I tend to use up to 2GB per month on my phone, but could easily use more if I wasn't keeping my eye on the usage because of the 'Fair Usage' policy and extra charges.

Anybody else do this or thought about it?

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I had a good look at one yesterday in the Apple Shop, Bullring. Though it was absolutely rammed. £419 for the 16GB Cellular Retina, which is enough storage for me.

I can't see any unlimited data deals for tablets and I'm not sure what they'd do if I used a phone sim in one. Tethering will be very handy. EE has 4G in my area and 3 has 'Advanced' 3G with a 4G rollout due this year. My 3G speeds have been great with EE, contract now ended. I'll pop into the shops and see what sort of deals I can get.

Thanks for the replies.

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tim0409 said:

The best deals I have found for loaded sims have either been on Amazon or eBay - worth a check.

Top tip! Will keep my eye out.

Thanks.

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Thought I would pop back to this thread and mention that I bought the iPad. Real nice gadget, does everything I need and some cool extras and apps I didn't know about which have been useful.

I also bought a 4G 10GB pre-loaded EE sim for £15 and it lasts 90 days. Speeds are around 16MB download on this with around 10MB upload wherever I get signal and coverage is very good. In Birmingham City Centre it's even faster.

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Mr Pointy said:

Podie said:

I also use the EE 4G SIM - had no issues, not sure why you'd bother with a contract.

Do you get these from Amazon or from EE direct?

Mine was from Amazon. I went into the EE shop in Brum and they were clueless, ordered sim from Amazon, came in two days.

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bradders said:

on these restricted sims (time or data limits), are they already active at purchase, or do you activate them when first required (for time limit purposes)?

Stick the sim in your device and set it up as prompted, then the time limit begins. I haven't used much data yet.