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iPad 3 / ipad mini go plan plans
why would anyone in their right mind want to waste $9.99 for the sim kit to get prepaid go phone data
for their ipad (ipad 3 / ipad mini only ), when they can just get the ipad data sim card for free from any at&t store ??? the regular ipad data sim card will work on any ipad 1,2,3,4 or air.
is the $9.99 charge for sim card a way to charge people a fee who do not want to refill their accounts with credit cards ?
at&t has had prepaid wireless service with no contract since the introduction of the ipad 1. i do not understand why they suddenly have this new go phone service which is limited to only ipad 3 and ipad mini. and they want to charge you for a sim
before the introduction of gophone ipad sim, it was impossible to activate a go phone sim in an ipad, a fact i found out for myself.
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10 years ago
Hi rigormortis,
Some of our partner stores, such as Best Buy, Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, etc sell SIM cards seperately from traditional plans. They choose what they want to charge for their product as they are not part of AT&T (This is why sometimes you will see one of these locations have deeply discounted devices opposed to the AT&T Stores)
Most AT&T Company Retail stores are now selling the SIM kits for tablets for $15, but it also comes in the box with a $15 refill card (effectively free).
These kits have adapters in them for all sizes of SIM and will work with any iPad device. I believe that person you spoke to or the package you read was mis-informed/mis-typed. These sims are usually marked with a green "thumbprint" meaning they are set to activate once put into a tablet device.
Hope thie helps!
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