On Apr 10, 2012, at 13:55, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend of mine will be buying his first Apple product and it will be an > iPad 3rd gen. He's a professor here in the states but does a fair amount of > teaching in Italy (sometimes 3-4 months out of the year). > > Is he better off getting the Verizon version given the better LTE coverage > here in the US and the option to make a Verizon iPad a hotspot?
Yes. Unless you live in an area with no Verizon coverage you would be a fool to buy the AT&T one. > What about setting up some temporary cellular coverage while in Italy - can > the Verizon iPad use the GSM radio or is it locked for CDMA only? If > CDMA-only, would this preclude him from being able to use it over cellular > while in Italy? I thought I read that the Verizon iPads were being shipped with GSM unlocked, but everyone assumed this would be "fixed". > _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
