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Which Android PAD has a SIM card slot?

Started Jan 15, 2019 | Discussions thread
Ken Gosden Veteran Member • Posts: 3,025
Re: Which Android PAD has a SIM card slot?

You don't say what country or region you are in and that will affect the ability to do what you say.  As far as I know all USA tablet models that support SIMs will not support a voice SIM.  The carriers lock their IMEI's to data only on their networks.  Now I have never tried placing a voice enabled SIM into a tablet to see if it would at least support data, but I do know that you cannot receive voice calls on a USA tablet from the SIM phone number.  In fact, my experience is that even SMS texting is not possible via the SIM.  Both voice and SMS can be achieved on a USA tablet using third party apps that provide a virtual phone number which is SIM/device independent; think Skype, TextFree, etc.

Interestingly the opposite is also true in the USA.  If you purchase a grey market international tablet with GSM and attempt to get USA carrier service you will have to buy a voice based SIM since the IMEI is registered as a phone.

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