I would like to buy an iPad Air for Sprint, however, sprints LTE offerings at this point pretty much suck. Will I be able to purchase a sprint iPad and put another carrier's SIM, such as AT&T or T-Mobile in it until such time that sprint's LTE offerings have matured?
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iPad Air-OTHER
No, you would need to see if Sprint offers unlocking in order to use it with a different carrier.
Unlike the iPhone, the GSM portion of all US-sold iPads, including for Sprint, is not locked. From the Apple Store web page for the iPad Air:
iPad Air with Wi-Fi + Cellular can roam worldwide on GSM/UMTS networks. In countries without compatible LTE networks, iPad Air will operate on GSM network technologies such as HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA. When you travel internationally, you can use a nano-SIM card from a local carrier.
A Sprint-model iPad may not be officially supported on another US carrier, but it should work.
Regards.
Well.. That's what I thought.. iPad=no Carrier lock, but I've not heard a definitive answer.. I want to use it Domestically... I just ordered an at&t iPad nano sim and will buy the sprint iPad.. I'll give it a shot.. worst case scenario, I will return the iPad Air and get an at&t one..
Varjak - thanks for the clarification
OP - my bad on the wrong advice.
Did you ever find out if it's true to use a AT&T SIM card inside a Sprint iPad Air?
Did you ever find out if it worked; using AT&T on the Sprint iPad Air?
I have confirmed the Sprint iPad Air model is fully unlocked. I bought the iPad Air 128GB WiFi + Cellular Sprint. Right after I took it out of the box, I popped the Sprint SIM and popped in the AT&T SIM and booted it on and it works perfectly now.
THANKS
Yes it works. I tried it
Will a sprint iPad Air be carrier locked or can it be used on other carriers
