Apple's Multi SIM for iPad Air 2 To Be Locked By AT&T

Apple tree launched the iPad Air ii with several distinctive features on lath. Apart from being the thinnest tablet on the marketplace today (something which will modify soon, thanks to Dell) the iPad Air ii also comes with the A8X and Apple Pay on board. The A8X is Apple tree's latest brood of Cyclone power, which can be said to be one of the top mobile processors in the market currently. For an in depth analysis of the A8X, click here.

Autonomously from the A8X, decreased thickness and Apple tree Pay, the iPad Air 2 will also come up with Apple SIM. Apple SIM is a universal SIM bill of fare, which will let y'all to switch carriers on the go. With Apple SIM, users will no longer exist limited to a single network, and will take the option to choose from a multitude of carriers. Well, at least if they don't plan on using the iPad Air 2 with AT&T.

AT&T To Lock Apple tree SIM To It'southward Network On The iPad Air 2 Afterward Activation.

The carrier has confirmed today that the iPad Air ii and iPad Mini 3 variants using the Apple SIM volition non exist able to use other networks as the Apple SIM within them volition be locked once the devices have been activated. In order to switch networks, users will have to replace SIM cards manually, which was also the case before the launch of the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini iii.

Apart from AT&T, Sprint customers are also in for a scrap of bad news today. An Apple support documents states that devices on Sprint will not be shipping with an Apple SIM. Instead, they volition transport with a Sprint legacy SIM. And then far, it seems that but T-Mobile is the carrier which has not taken any steps to hamper carrier switching.