Most modern tablets are equipped with slots for installing SIM cards, thanks to which the user gets the opportunity to make calls, send messages and use the Internet through 3G and 4G networks. In this regard, many have a question whether the device can work without a SIM card. This article will discuss the functionality of tablet computers that work without SIM cards.
Why can I use a tablet without a SIM card?
The content of the article
- Why can I use a tablet without a SIM card?
- Internet access on a tablet without a SIM card
The answer to the above question can be unambiguously positive. To work in the absence of a SIM card, the device may well be fully functional. For example, using a tablet you can:
- Browse web pages on the Internet
- View video files (movies, cartoons or videos from popular video hosting sites);
- communicate with relatives, friends and colleagues through social networks;
- work with office programs and installed applications;
- create notes, use the alarm clock, calendar and other "basic" functions of the device;
- listen to music and audio files.
Important! One of the few inaccessible functions for tablets without SIM cards is the inability to send SMS messages, which, however, can easily be replaced by communication through any messenger.
Internet access on a tablet without a SIM card
Developers of modern tablet computers also make sure that users have access to the Internet even without the use of SIM cards. There are two main ways to do this:
- connection via wi-fi network;
- connection via a special USB modem.
It is worth noting that the first option is much simpler to execute. In order to connect the tablet computer to the wi-fi network, you must be in the network coverage area of the nearest “distributing” Internet device and know the password from it. As such a device can be:
- modem with support for appropriate technology;
- smartphone in modem mode;
- laptop or computer with a wireless adapter used as a wi-fi module.
If the password for the corresponding network is known to the user or the network is not password protected at all, then for to connect to the network, it’s enough to search through the tablet for available access points, and then, selecting the desired one, connect to her.
Important! A tangible minus of this method is its “binding” to the distributing object, however, in the case of distributing the network from a phone or laptop, the situation is somewhat simplified.
As for connecting via a special modem, for its implementation the tablet computer must have an appropriate input in its design. If there is no corresponding connector, then you can try to look for a special adapter that will allow you to connect the devices to each other.
In fact, such a modem gives access to the Internet according to the same principle as 3G and 4G networks with a SIM card. Its only drawback is that the additional wires sticking out of the case and leading to the modem create inconvenience.
If we consider the two options above, from the point of view of the speed characteristics of the Internet, then most often this In this case, the connection via wi-fi wins over the connection via the USB modem, and using the Internet in the first case is much more convenient.
