| ▲ | wpm 4 hours ago | |
If "just hotspot your phone" was hunky dory why does Apple sell iPads with cellular modems? Also, have you ever used an iPad with a cellular modem? It's a far better experience than tethering. One (larger) battery to run down instead of two, lower latency (the extra hop from iPad to phone over Wi-Fi is gonna add at least a few dozen ms to every single web request), and best of all, I don't have to think about it. I don't have to wait, or fumble around with my phone. I take my iPad out on the train, turn cellular data on in the control center, and in half a second I'm connected to 5G. It's a vastly better way to connect on the go. Tethering is a last resort for me. | ||
| ▲ | cguess 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> If "just hotspot your phone" was hunky dory why does Apple sell iPads with cellular modems? Because iPads are fundamentally different than laptops. Workers use tablets in the field all the time, often for shorter, quick, one-off checks and such. If you're in a fleet truck or on a job site, having a tablet on the passenger seat to check on work orders is easy. Pulling out a laptop is a much bigger pull, and more awkward. | ||
| ▲ | raw_anon_1111 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
And T-Mobile offers unlimited on device data plans for iPads for $25 a month. They would never offer that for tethering or laptops. | ||