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Ipad 2 help for complete novice! Lol

help!
i want to buy my husband a 64g wifi and 3g white ipad 2 for xmas
i understand this is around £660
but we will need some data too
what is the best way to do this?
we have free wifi at home through another deal so would this cover him for use indoors? like it does our iphones?
if so, i would just need data package, nothing massive
any advise?
x

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  • beanys
    beanys Posts: 86 Forumite
    depending were abouts you live in the country 3 have very good pakages for IPADS you need the sim only so you can use it away from home on 3Gs but all the mobile companys do data packages on either pay as you go or contracts
  • im in north east uk
    we have mobile phone contracts with orange
    if he is covered using home broadband/wifi, then does anyone do data packages without wifi?
  • Chorlie
    Chorlie Posts: 1,029 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Unless you're planning on watching the likes of iPlayer or YouTube on it when out and about you won't need that much.

    A cheap way is to buy a 3 month / 3GB Three Network Data Sim off the likes of eBay or Amazon for about £10 this should last 3 months, you will need to cut it down to make it fit but that's easy and just replace it every 3 month.

    But the Cheapest option is to buy a WiFi only iPad 2 and if you already have an iPhone uses the Hotspot Connection to link the two devices and use your Mobile Data Package, you'll need to check your package and how much of it you use, but that way there isn't the extra Data Tariff Costs and the iPad is cheaper.
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