I just bought a new iPad mini for my daughter for Christmas and I wanted to see if there is a way to upgrade it to cellular. There isn't. I tried to use their trade in, and they offered me to recycle it for free. They are depreciating their own products. This iPad is 30 days old. Basically brand new. So sad.
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They never accept the latest versions of their products for trade-in, but the offer to recycle it for free suggests the trade-in web page mistook what you were offering as an obsolete model instead of the latest. Maybe it misunderstood which model year iPad mini you had.
They usually will take hardware back with no questions asked within 14 days after purchase (in the USA), longer around the holidays but not a full month into the new year.
The website allows you to enter the Serial Number. I did purchase the new gen retina display iPad 2 but I didn't think that I need to buy cellular until my daughter tried to text one of her friends through messages and it didn't work. Just to rob people's money.
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Hello~ You can text on iPad using WiFi or hotspot…
Send and reply to messages on iPad - Apple Support
How to set up a Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Apple is a very customer oriented company and wants happy ones.
~Katana-San~
Thanks. But I think she needs a phone to do that and she doesn't have a phone yet.( She is 10) I'm not an IPhone person, neither my wife, and we can't help her. There is a way to send messages over wifi?
Thank you so much!
Hello once more~ You are most welcome.
~Katana-San~
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