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Hi, I bey the iPad Pro 11 phone, but there is a problem with my phone when I enter the SIM card it does not support. It says there is no phone card and it is inside. Please help in this matter. Thank you.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jul 16, 2020 2:09 PM

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Posted on Jul 17, 2020 4:01 AM

If using Cellular services with your iPad, a SIM for a mobile phone is unlikely to work. You require a Data SIM - also known by some Carriers as Mobile Broadband. These SIM are intended to provide access to Cellular Data Services only.


An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or Messaging features. An iPad with Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. An iPad is not, and can never be, a standalone substitute for an iPhone.


However, If paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features. For the most part, an iPad using Continuity is able to access Cellular calling features, of the iPhone, when both the iPad an iPhone are in close physical proximity and are connected to the same WiFi network - but this is not the end of the story.


More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:


Continuity

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204681


SMS/MMS Messaging

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386


WiFi Calling

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203032

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Jul 17, 2020 4:01 AM in response to suliman210

If using Cellular services with your iPad, a SIM for a mobile phone is unlikely to work. You require a Data SIM - also known by some Carriers as Mobile Broadband. These SIM are intended to provide access to Cellular Data Services only.


An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or Messaging features. An iPad with Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. An iPad is not, and can never be, a standalone substitute for an iPhone.


However, If paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features. For the most part, an iPad using Continuity is able to access Cellular calling features, of the iPhone, when both the iPad an iPhone are in close physical proximity and are connected to the same WiFi network - but this is not the end of the story.


More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:


Continuity

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204681


SMS/MMS Messaging

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386


WiFi Calling

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203032

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