New ipad

[Sharonj11]

I’ve bought my son iPad as an add on for his Xmas . Is it ok not to activate until then??

[Owen_2k4 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

The iPad should be fine until Christmas, if you have a SIM card you will need to activate you will be able to do so separately from the iPad.

Hope this helps!

Thanks and have a great day!

[Sharonj11]

Hi I’m new to this and hopefully someone can tell me why I got sim to activate and number when I bought an iPad as an add on ? 
and do I activate it ?

[Sharonj11]

Thank you for the help 🤗

[Owen_2k4]

No worries, I hope you have a great Christmas.

[Owen_2k4]

Hello, just saw the reply.

With the iPad you will have a SIM card which will allow the iPad to connect to the EE network to use mobile data when there is no WiFi connection. Hope this helps. 

Thanks and have a great day!

[James_B]

Hi @Sharonj11,

Welcome to the EE Community. 🙂

The SIM will be for your iPad's mobile data plan. It should be pre-activated and ready to use.

James

[Chris_B]

@Sharonj11   Because you purchased an iPad that has a contract. You’ll be billed before you even switch the iPad on.    Your under a 24 month contract with that iPad and you’ll get a set allowance of data per month,  just like you do with your phone.