US purchased iPad with AT&T sim

Atilathehun · 24-04-2012 02:44PM #1

I have an iPad purchased in US. It has an At&T simcard.
Would it be locked to AT&T, or could I purchase a card over here from one of the Irish networks, which would work?
The iPad was bought in an apple store, without a contract to AT&T.

Thanks.

Smcgie · 24-04-2012 02:50PM

Yes should do, just put your Irish sim in and away you go.

andy1249 · 24-04-2012 04:55PM

As I understand it that will be locked to AT&T , they will unlock on request , but you must request !

Reganovski · 24-04-2012 05:17PM

andy1249 wrote: »

As I understand it that will be locked to AT&T , they will unlock on request , but you must request !

Negative. iPads are not locked to any network

coylemj · 24-04-2012 05:18PM

andy1249 wrote: »

As I understand it that will be locked to AT&T , they will unlock on request , but you must request !

It's not locked to any network if he bought it in an Apple store. The only differentiator when buying in an Apple store applied to the iPad1 and iPad2, there was a specific model for AT&T and a different model for Verizon but the device wasn't actually locked to either network when you bought it direct from Apple.

Buying for use in Europe or any GSM network in an Apple shop in the US, you had to ask for the AT&T model because the Verizon model didn't take a SIMM. That did not mean that the device was locked to AT&T, the issue was that you didn't buy the Verizon model.

OP, you will be up and running straight away if you just slot in a local SIMM.

andy1249 · 27-04-2012 06:46PM

Negative. iPads are not locked to any network

AT&T shop in Arizona Mills Mall , on Baseline in Phoenix , they are locked to AT&T in there ! I know this , I was there. Its standard price when locked , extra for it to be unlocked.

I asked while I was in there buying a US sim for my iphone.

Its quite possible just an AT&T store thing , but there you go !

coylemj · 27-04-2012 09:29PM

andy1249 wrote: »

AT&T shop in Arizona Mills Mall , on Baseline in Phoenix , they are locked to AT&T in there ! I know this , I was there.

'I know this, I was there' - you make it sound like some type of mystical revelation. You bought a device in an AT&T shop and guess what - it was locked to AT&T. This how networks all over the world tie in their customers, they subsidise the phones and sell them at a big discount (in some cases give them away for 'free') to customers who commit to a minimum contract. The bigger the committed spend, the less the customer pays for the phone.

The OP's iPad was bought in an Apple store so it was unlocked. Apple do not retail iPhones or iPads locked into network packages. When you buy an iPad1 or iPad2 in an Apple Store, they call the models which can take a SIMM the 'AT&T' model to distinguish it from the Verizon model as I explained above but purchased in an Apple Store, what you get is an unlocked model.

andy1249 · 28-04-2012 07:28PM

'I know this, I was there' - you make it sound like some type of mystical revelation.

Dont be such a Drama queen , I quoted what I was replying too!

nava · 29-04-2012 11:38AM

coylemj wrote: »

The OP's iPad was bought in an Apple store so it was unlocked. Apple do not retail iPhones or iPads locked into network packages. When you buy an iPad1 or iPad2 in an Apple Store, they call the models which can take a SIMM the 'AT&T' model to distinguish it from the Verizon model as I explained above but purchased in an Apple Store, what you get is an unlocked model.

Ipad's As far as I know Ipads are never locked to any network, it might come with a SIM but only to get you started.
Iphone's when bought in Apple store (US) can be bought locked with a contract or unlock, Irish apple store only sells unlock Iphones.

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