Apple SIM can not activate new mobile information plans on iPads

Apple SIM know-how is not obtainable to activate new mobile information plans on iPads. The Apple SIM, first launched by Apple in 2014, is a programmable SIM card that may very well be configured with totally different operator profiles, eliminating the necessity to purchase a bodily SIM from the service itself. The change was first noticed by MacRumors.

Apple quietly made the announcement by way of its cellular data support page, which says that assist for brand new activations utilizing each the usual Apple SIM and embedded Apple SIM would cease from October 1st, 2022. Apple recommends that anybody affected by the change ought to contact their service for particulars on activate a mobile information plan on their iPad.

The Apple SIM first appeared as a bodily nano-SIM card within the GPS + Cellular variations of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, and went on to be supported by further iPad fashions since its launch, together with as an embedded SIM in later iPad Pro fashions. Supported carriers embrace AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile within the US, with further carriers provided in different areas. You can examine in case your iPad helps Apple SIM by trying up the technical specifications of your iPad model on the Apple web site. MacRumors notes that each one fashions of the iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, and iPad launched since October 2018 assist eSIMs — so, no Apple SIM required.