Pre-loaded sim for ipad

dannyjo22 · 13 Dec 2013 at 16:54

Ever since I got my ipad 3 I have been using £10 3GB preloaded sim cards from Amazon on Three. My last one is about to expire and for some reason the cards have gone up to £20.

They usually last me the 90 days they are loaded for. So 1GB a month on average is enough for me.

Anyone have any other sources for still getting these for around a tenner?

adscan · 13 Dec 2013 at 18:07

Giffgaff are pretty well priced.

Morfik · 13 Dec 2013 at 22:23

Yeah it's a shame those Three cards went up in price. It was great value before.

Invertigo · 14 Dec 2013 at 03:02

EE ones are around £9/10 for 3gb, and I'm assuming they work with 3g

dannyjo22 · 14 Dec 2013 at 08:18

adscan said:
Giffgaff are pretty well priced.

Thanks but for their prices I might as well go monthly contract

Invertigo said:
EE ones are around £9/10 for 3gb, and I'm assuming they work with 3g

Thanks I will check them out, I have a EE payg card coming to check what my coverage is like in real life

dannyjo22 · 14 Dec 2013 at 09:31

Invertigo said:
EE ones are around £9/10 for 3gb, and I'm assuming they work with 3g

Where are you seeing those?

I'm getting £15 on their site for 3gb with only 30 days validity.

Morfik · 14 Dec 2013 at 10:19

There's a 6Gb 90-Day one with 4G from EE on Amazon for £20:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EE-Combi-valid-after-activation/dp/B00DUWOODE

But that's not really any better value given the iPad3 isn't compatible with UK 4G.

sydeccles · 16 Dec 2013 at 14:00

I thought ipad 3 was 4g (well mine is)

Bluecube · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:35

What about Ovivo? You pay £20 up front and that's you for 1Gb a month. They do throw some ads at you when you're net browsing but for a one off payment of £20 I can live with that. They use the Vodafone network so pretty good coverage. I use an Ovivo SIM for a wifi dongle.

Vertigo · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:41

sydeccles said:
I thought ipad 3 was 4g (well mine is)

As with the iPhone 5, it'll only work on EE's 4G service using technically non-standard UK 4G frequencies. Only the iPad Air, iPhone 5S and 5C will work with all UK 4G services.

Vertigo · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:48

Morfik said:
There's a 6Gb 90-Day one with 4G from EE on Amazon for £20:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EE-Combi-valid-after-activation/dp/B00DUWOODE

But that's not really any better value given the iPad3 isn't compatible with UK 4G.

Nice find - the nano version is even slightly cheaper! Ordered one to give it a try in my iPad Air

Scope · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:48

A certain well known high street chain are selling these sims (Three, 1month/1gb) for £2.99 at the moment.. I've ordered a few so it will last me a while.. I was previously using the 3gb version myself but they seem to have increased in price recently.

Scope · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:50

sydeccles said:
I thought ipad 3 was 4g (well mine is)

It is, only not on the UK networks (iPad doesnt support our freq).

Jaaay · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:53

Why not try Ovivo?

http://www.ovivomobile.com/offer/ovivo-for-data/

Scope · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:54

Jay™ said:
Why not try Ovivo?

Because it is on Vodafones network? I cant wait to get off that network, it was good 10 years ago (2G), not any more.

Morfik · 17 Dec 2013 at 12:43

Vertigo1 said:
As with the iPhone 5, it'll only work on EE's 4G service using technically non-standard UK 4G frequencies. Only the iPad Air, iPhone 5S and 5C will work with all UK 4G services.

This isn't quite right.

The iPad 3 isn't compatible with any UK frequencies.
The iPad 4 & iPad Mini (1st Gen) is EE (& potentially Three) only
The current iPad Air and iPad Mini Retina are compatible with all.

dannyjo22 · 19 Dec 2013 at 18:21

Scope said:
A certain well known high street chain are selling these sims (Three, 1month/1gb) for £2.99 at the moment.. I've ordered a few so it will last me a while.. I was previously using the 3gb version myself but they seem to have increased in price recently.

Thanks for that, I'm going to order 10 to keep me going for the next 12-18 months as and when I need them