If you bought an iPad with Wi-Fi, thinking you’d never need data outside your home, and now you’re in a situation where you’d like to add a SIM card so you can browse without depending on your iPhone, you have a problem, but it can be solved.
It’s clear that we can’t magically create a slot for this, but there are alternatives that will allow you to have an internet connection, and even make calls using this method, without the iPhone being nearby or without a nearby Wi-Fi network, and can be independent of them.
How to get mobile internet on an iPad with Wi-Fi
It’s quite frustrating to have to use our iPad on a long trip, and not have internet, since we opted for the cheap version, and despite there being SIM cards that offer us 8 GB of data for 2 euros, like those from Simyo, we can’t buy it, since there’s no way I can take advantage of it, or is there?
Well, we do have an option, and it will be thanks to a portable device that will act as a mediator, since, as we said, incorporating it directly into an iPad that doesn’t have a slot is physically impossible.
We’re talking about a portable WiFi router, which will not only allow us to have internet access on the iPad and be able to call with it, but will also allow us to connect 9 more devices, so we could use that connection for another mobile phone, another tablet, or even a console.
It has a built-in battery, so you only have to worry about remembering it, since even if you put it in a backpack or even in the trunk of your car, it will offer enough coverage to connect, meaning it won’t have to be right next to your iPad.
Here’s a highly reviewed Amazon recommendation, though you can choose the model that most appeals to you or best suits your needs, depending on price, battery life, connectable devices, or desired 4G or 5G coverage.
It is true that it will not be as comfortable a method as an iPad with its own 4G built in, however, it has its advantages, such as being able to reuse this portable router and always acquire devices without a cell phone, including others such as the Apple Watch, or not using as much battery, since the WiFi network will always consume less, despite the fact that the router has to be charged of course.
You can add any SIM card, some even allow up to two different ones, always choosing the one with the best coverage, so it will depend on you, the rate you want to add to it, or even use the SIM from your mobile and give WiFi to everything at the same time, although it would not make much sense, since to do this you can put the iPhone in router mode.
