Wifi or LTE iPad 3? Which would you buy?

[Garz]

Wifi for me. There's no LTE remotely close to me so no point in paying for it.

But as long as your in a 3G area, you can still get that until LTE deploys in your area.

 

[dalvik]

i'm getting wifi only. I have LTE on my GSII Skyrocket already.

 

[paul-c]

I just need LTE on my phone. I stick to wifi only tablets.

 

[Bl00dRunzC0ld]

But as long as your in a 3G area, you can still get that until LTE deploys in your area.

I already give AT&T enough money, and it doesn't look like my city will be getting LTE any time soon. I'm fine with WIFI.

 

[mountainman]

Wifi for sure. Will use TetherMe with my iPhone 4. That is, until a JB for the iPhone 5 is found (and TetherMe gets updated), then it will be iPad HD/3 with iPhone 5. Would there be a better combo than that?

 

[LCW]

Thought long and hard about 4G LTE but like many, no LTE in my area and probably not for a while. I have hotspot enabled on my iPhone already, so really no need for the 4G version of the iPad. Plus downloading movies from iTunes, I'd use wifi anyways just due to file size - would blow through any cell data limit in no time. And if I need cell data access (if no wifi) I always have my iPhone with me. My iPad 2 is wifi only and I have not felt I'm missing anything by not having cell data on it. Maybe 1 in 100 times it would have been handy. Saves me $130 too. So have an iPad 64gb WiFi on its way the 16th

 

[rclark1114]

No interest in the LTE models at all. I don't want to pay for another data plan. If I need to, I will add the hotspot feature to my phone plan.

 

[j7469]

I've been patiently waiting for an Apple LTE device. I hoped it would have been in the iPhone 4s but obviously it was not. Now that the new iPad has it I'm in & the fact that Verizon is offering free hotspot is a huge bonus.

Practically everywhere I travel for work has VZW LTE so I will benefit from it. I can wait for he 16th

 

[EdwinG]

I ordered the Wi-Fi iPad, because almost everywhere I go, I either have Wi-Fi access or a 3G network (ok, it's not 4G, but still) on my iPhone, and since I can use the Personal Hotspot feature for free, why not use it. It saves 130$.

 

[emirozmen]

Probably i wont but if i am i would go with the LTE

 

[paula30]

Wifi for me please

 

[BlackBerry Guy]

Wifi only. I have a 6gb data plan on my phone that includes tethering, so gonna use hot spot instead if I need to.

 

[m_jameson1]

I am having a personal battle with this. I thought I had decided on the 3G/4G 32 gig, however I just learned that for the price of 1GB of data on the iPad, I can tether 2GB of data from my Verizon iPhone without loosing my unlimited (grandfathered) data.....

I have a feeling I may be going with a 32 white wifi.

I have serious doubts that I will ever need data, because as everyone has stated, there is wifi nearly everywhere AND i can only see needing/wanting data when you are on a long roadtrip, in which case i can tether lol.

my personal battle continues for another day or so

 

[cardfan]

I am having a personal battle with this. I thought I had decided on the 3G/4G 32 gig, however I just learned that for the price of 1GB of data on the iPad, I can tether 2GB of data from my Verizon iPhone without loosing my unlimited (grandfathered) data.....

I have a feeling I may be going with a 32 white wifi.

I have serious doubts that I will ever need data, because as everyone has stated, there is wifi nearly everywhere AND i can only see needing/wanting data when you are on a long roadtrip, in which case i can tether lol.

my personal battle continues for another day or so

Personally, my reasons are for convenience. It can be a nuisance to turn on wifi hotspot on phone everytime to use the ipad when out and about. Not to mention the hit to phone battery. The ipad has much better battery life.

That said, if this were 3G only, i'd go with wifi. LTE and free hotspot makes it worthwhile though IMO along with opening up the option for Verizon. My AT&T service has been pathetic in recent months.

There's also some side benefits like GPS for the retina maps & nav apps. My daughter gets a kick out of seeing maps and the dot where we are when on road trips.

Is this worth an extra 130? For me, yes, especially every time you can just pick up the ipad and start using it immediately and not worry about tethering. Like the ipad 2, i should be able to resell it for 650-700 in a year or so anyways.

 

[j_benj]

The fact that the data plan can be enabled/disabled as needed and I don't need to sign a contract for it, I'm LTE all the way. I could tether with my iPhone but I have a thing against burning up my phone's battery to use the internet on my iPad.

EDIT

There's also some side benefits like GPS for the retina maps & nav apps. My daughter gets a kick out of seeing maps and the dot where we are when on road trips.

Oh man I didn't even THINK of this.. I have a car charger for the iPad.. using it as a huge GPS unit on a road trip would be AWESOME. Thanks for the idea

 

[Duvi]

LTE version for me. I can add and remove the data plan whenever I want.

 

[Garz]

LTE version for me. I can add and remove the data plan whenever I want.

Exactly why I am doing it.

 

[trentandrews]

Does anything change on this because of verizon's new plans that are coming out.

 

[Eileen89]

I went with WiFi/LTE because I like having a backup. A week ago we lost our power due to a storm and our WiFi was out for several hours. I was still able to use my iPad on AT&T's HSPA+ area thanks to getting the LTE model.


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[cardfan]

If I'm not mistaken, you can use your verizon SIM in any device that accepts them, even smartphones. Use the SIM from a Verizon iPad for a data-only plan on your smartphone | How To - CNET