Can I use an iPad bought in US with data plan in Germany?

Or buy a prepaid data card, is most of the time cheaper than a data plan.

Does it work with the New iPad Air as well in Germany? Without a restriction to an US Provider?

And what is the Data plan? Is this required in all iPad?

Ahoi Quisi!

To get a networkwork connection with your iPad in a mobile network, your iPad needs a SIM card. Otherwise you are restricted to the availability of WLAN.

If you got a SIM card of your provider of your country, you will be able to get a connection in Germany but you will have to pay for the roaming, which normally is very expensive.

So it is a good idea to get a SIM card of a local provider.

There are 2 ways to get this card.

1. Contract, you pay monthly a certain amount and get connection. The prize varies in speed and amount of data

2. Pre paid: you buy a SIM with a certain amount of data volume, e.g. 5 GB, when it's finished, you have to buy a new amount.

Number is preferred when you only stay a few days in a foreign country.

Number 1 is preferred when you stay longer as the contracts usually last for a couple of month or 1 or 2 years

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