Do I need a phone to use iMessage on my iPad?

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Do I need a phone to use iMessage on my iPad

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Re: Do I need a phone to use iMessage on my iPad

You don't need a phone. But you will only be able to use iMessage with an email address and not a phone number. And you will not be able to SMS (text) message.

https://support.apple.com/explore/messages?cid=iOS_settings_explore_messages