I tried using an iPad Mini as a phone. 

I knew a lawyer who used an older iPad mini as his primary work device with no phone. He said it was great because most judges wouldn’t allow phones out in their court, but were fine with attorneys reading and taking notes on their tablets. He could go to court with just the mini and pencil in his jacket pocket, and not have to worry about a briefcase with files and junk going through security, and he could tell without interrupting court if his secretary had something urgent that he needed to step out to handle or if the text was just his buddy asking if they were still on for drinks next week.

You guys made that channel’s vision so well. Fantastic cinematography, locations, clean aesthetics. Well done.

I don’t know what the carriers allow in Canada. But in the US iPads allow phone calls over Wi-Fi and Data using an an apple feature called iCloud Calling. It links the iPad to my cell phone number and allows me to make outgoing and receive incoming even if my phone is turned off or hundreds of miles away. Just FYI. I use it daily.

I use my iPad mini 2021 as my main device. Sold my iPhone 13 Pro as soon as I started using this. It goes in my sling bag at work and calls come through to my earbuds. It's a nicer screen size for my old eyeballs. Coupled with a keyboard and mouse I use it to run my business while I'm out as well. Best thing I've ever bought 🙏🏽

This channel really makes me wish LMG would do more outdoor shoots. The camera and colour work in all these Mac Address videos have been phenomenal, compared to how lacklustre the studio content can sometimes look. I see them constantly tweak/struggle with the colour grades in TechLinked and Short Circuit but I've never failed to be amazed at the work they can do outdoors.

We do this for my 10-year old brother. It's set up where he can FaceTime or iMessage my parents or I when needed, and we have it locked down so he can't FaceTime/iMessage randos on the internet. Bonus: he also gets no spam calls.

Samsung galaxy z fold 3 : and why I’m here

I did the same thing for 2 days, it’s annoying to carry around since I’m used to the 13 mini, but it does most the things I want it to do just fine! I don’t really make phone calls anyways, I can always use FaceTime audio

When I was younger and didn’t rely much on cellphone calls or data, I did use an iPad mini as my primary device for like 3 years. Granted, I constantly had wifi so it wasn’t that much of a pain. It was a bit difficult at the end because of the lack of flexibility but I’d say that for someone who doesn’t move much or lives on a campus, you can totally daily drive an iPad mini .

The Production Quality of his Videos is just outstanding to me

Some of the best camera work I've ever seen out of LTT. Good job guys!

Thank you for making this video. 💯 I was just literally considering doing this. Your context was very and thorough and fun as well. Got a lot of value from this.

lol, dang, you beat me to this video. I used the iPad mini for a whole week as my only phone and it was...interesting to say to least. Lot's of work around to make it work!

I like that you're looking at different uses for a tablet. We forget that we can do so much more with our tech. Mobile broadband plans are typically for tablets yes.... But.... It is possible to buy a phone SIM plan & put the SIM card in the tablet. I'm not an apple user myself but I know that some tablets come with a phone dialer app built in. [Like Samsung & other brands] I've done it myself [here in UK] on a temporary basis, but it was some time ago.

I’m so glad I found this, I love your channel already

Well now I wish i'd made THIS video. Fantastic work as always!

For me, I was looking at the Mini as an at-home phone replacement. Instead of looking at a small cell phone screen at home, I look at a tablet screen. But it's also not too large to move around easily like the iPad Pro.

I had a 10th gen iPad ru-vid.comUgkxUGaHtKW8MwCql2fPyIm9-ftTqSMzKFFA . Felt it getting pretty slow at times even after doing a reset. So I am using that as a tablet for my 5 year old son and got this 9th gen version. MUCH faster, a little slimmer, smaller bezels, all around a leap forward. Plus, for the price that’s about $130-$150 cheaper than a current new model this is a nice deal. I look forward to the M-series CPUs coming into iPads which will really help future proof these tablets better but these latest CPUs are pretty strong and should do better to last several years with no compromises.

some of the best production quality i’ve seen on youtube. Badass!

I've been doing this for almost 2 months now. I've used google voice as my primary number for 5+ years, and I always carry a set of airpod pros and wf1000xm4s with me, so setting up calling and texting was braindead easy. I usually keep my phone in my backpack anyway so swapping it for an iPad wasn't a problem. being able to use the apple pencil and bigger screen when working on technical drawings makes a world of difference. I since picked up a galaxy z fold 3, and carry both, but I actually default to the iPad more often when I'm out and about because it generally performs better and I'm less worried about damaging it.

I’ve been waiting for someone to try this

I subscribed. This is amazing. The video and sound quality is phenomenal. Thanks for this upload!

The shots are beautiful and so vibrant and satisfying to look at!

Why am not at all surprised this guy is left handed.

I really enjoy Jonathan's content on Mac Address, its extremely well put together, thought out, and edited. Looking forward to more. Great stuff

Good explanation and the video recorder it was very nice!

This is now by far the best Mac Address video, and it's exactly the kind of content I was hoping this channel would be.

I like this channel because it contains a lot of my favourite LTT tropes and polish without feeling too tied to that channel. Feels fresh and exciting!

I had an iPad Air as my only mobile device once. My iPhone were in service, and It was distant 2015 out there. It was surprisingly smooth experience. Internet access completely covered all of my communication, and I had all apps I needed for studying. Combined with having one less obstacle (personal hotspot) to internet, overall it even better suited for my use case. And I found myself wasting less time in some time-killer apps.

Excellent video and of course I love the setting. Such a great contrast to the high tech topic. I look forward to seeing more of your videos!

Production quality is lit ❤ amazzing bro keep it up

i love that you make use of the season and generally go outside a lot in your videos

Love Mac Address, but that graph at 2:16 does a terrible job conveying relative performance. Three of the four devices have run times within four seconds of each other on a nearly three minute task. For all practical purposes, they are the same, but the iPhone Pro Max looks way faster in this graph. And the iPhone 13 looks sluggish compared to the rest if you are just looking at the graph, when in reality its only 6% slower than the Pro Max. I understand the point was the emphasize the difference between the devices' performances, but if people have a hard time distinguishing the relative sizes of the bars with the full graph, then people will have the same difficulty noticing any real world performance difference between the devices.

Wow! I've been thinking about this! Thanks for the vid.

This Chanel is amazing format and editing

Damn, I love this channel's style, so clean with amazing backgrounds and fun host.

The ipad mini is one of my favorite devices, a bunch of my friends hold private pilot licenses and it's use for navigation and routes etc are super super handy. It's really easy to bring as a carry on and during longer flights if they got another one they can use it for reading etc it's handy :)

This is a great channel! I only caught sight of you folks in recent times, but it’s now among my favourite channels.

this channel is much more entertaining than I imagined, super impressed with the quality

I used the ipad 2 (the first one with a back camera) as my phone for a year and a half. The app i used was talkatone with a google voice number. It was weird as hell, but when the largest phone was smaller than the current iPhone 13 mini, it was the best. Plan for it was half the price of a phone plan at the time too. I may try this again:)

This is actually something I really wondered when the iPad Mini came out. Especially because the iPad Mini with cellular is a similar price to an iPhone.

This is my first time watching a MA video and I quite liked the style, subscribed! Btw I didn't know it's a LMG production until Brandon's name showed up so, kudos LMG, love your content!

I just watch only this video on this channel right now . I love this channel, so I subscribed. Keep it up :)

I love the random "not actually a set" shots you use on this channel.

The way this is presented is outstanding, just vibe of the outdoor space and natural script is on another level

First time on this channel. Great stuff love the presentation.

Super cool video. Great content on this channel as always!

I love this channel so much it bring the 🔥 and I’m not talking about his hair!

The laid back and use case centered approach of this review is awesome! Instantly subscribed, great videography too in the natural locations 👌 P.s.: I always wanted something "mini tablet"-sized to use as a phone: imagine seeing something cool while walking in the park and being able to sketch it right away, imagine being able to properly watch RU-vid vids or reading an ebook on a train ride, imagine having a big navigation map for when you're travelling, imagine having an on the go movie night in your car with your friends/gf/bf while eating some fast food (...)

I truly enjoyed this video. It was very light, informative and learned something new. (I didn't know that you can install an app to turn an iPad into a phone, or at least, to receive a text message). Thanks so much! Inspired here!

this video is absolutely stunning to look at

actually a very interesting take. I'm a big supporter of the mini (ipad mini 4 user) and when it goes slow or dies, it will be replaced without delay by the newest gen. It is exactly perfect for mobile netflix and dji controller.

Haven't been an Apple user since 2016.... But this video is really made with love and doesn't feel as sensationalist than other LMG productions. More of this video across the other channels with other topics.

This video genius, we appreciate u for dis one my guy!

You had answered me everything. Thanks!

This is such a fantastic format of vids. Love IT! This is the most unique channel LTT has created yet.

You actually don't need to be on the same Wi-Fi network to make/receive calls using your iPhone's cellular plan. You can enable "Wi-Fi Calling on Other Devices" in Settings so you can make and receive calls on your iPad even when you aren't on the same Wi-Fi network, or if you have a cellular iPad, when you're using its cellular data and away from your iPhone.

Thank you for this video. I was wondering this.

I love the outdoor setup

04:49 new ringtone for your iPhad

Thanks for this video. Been needing to answer a question to an aunt about this exact topic

This was such a delight to watch!!! 👏👌

Thanks for making this video. I want an iPhone mini so badly. This info is great to have

I have used a tablet as a phone for years! Data plan is super cheap but I use it much differently than described here…

I used to use the iPad 1st Gen as an actual phone because it actually had a cellular baseband. With a bit of jailbreaking I could restore the Phone icon as well. I really enjoyed it. Of course from then on they removed the cellular baseband so I could only use data from then on. I loved the look I got when the iPad rung and I put it up to my head to talk like it was just a uber large mobile phone. Good times!

Calculator and weather are here now :) Great vid.

Lovely Cinematography

So... I've been rocking a tablet as a phone since 2013, when I got my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0. I'm currently on a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2, and planning to upgrade to a Tab Active3 soon. I gotta say, as someone who lives in this niche it's nice to feel seen! Although I should mention that all my devices have had full native phone capabilities (including earpieces). I lost the self-consciouness about weilding an 8" phone many years ago and I generally enjoy the comments I still regularly get when pulling it out to have a code scanned or tapping to pay. "Oh my god! Is THAT your PHONE?" "That's not a phone right? It's just a tablet?" Funilly enough, almost all my tablet-phone devices have also had pen support (my beloved Sony Z3 Tablet Copmpact did not), and I've always loved the freedom of being able to pull out my S-Pen to jot down a note or sketch something out. Thanks for spreading the word! Tablets are phones too!

1:19 This has happened to me lots of times. The pencil is in the right side and you need to hold it with the other hand because you are left-handed. I laughed because of how often this happens to me

I just have to say I love the way you insert your sponsor spots. This should be a reference for the hole paid contend thing.

Beautiful scenery of fall foliage in this video. I am on team iPad mini 6th gen.

Brilliant! I have and do want to use an iPad as an iPhone. Thank you for the detailed possibilities and pitfalls. So well thought out including the cellular plan limitations. Thank you so much!! I use an iPhone 13 pro max an still have that fantasy of having an iPad mini sized iPhone.

I’ve been loving the Mac Address content! Beautiful videography and editing and Jonathon is a great host. One bit of constructive criticism, the Lightroom raw export chart (2:18) is very misleading. It needs to reflect the small differences more clearly rather than making some devices look magnitudes faster than others!

Hey thank you much for the video . I really like the iPad mini. I’m gonna get one & probably use it as a phone . Thanks again 🎉

Very informative and helpful. Thank you.

I replaced my cell phone with a first generation iPad, back when those were new. Providers prevented me from having a reasonable cellular data plan for just a tablet (for no good reason), so I relied on wifi. I used Grand Central Station (now Google Voice) for phone calls. It was great back then. When the iPad kicked the bucket I got a killer deal on a cell phone plan and a free phone, which I'm riding to this day. Now, with phones being so large, and phone calls being such a small part of the purpose of a phone, there's even less reason to have a smart phone. I'm actually considering ditching cellular computing entirely these days. There aren't really places where I *need* data and don't have free wifi any more, except maybe on a road tip for maps and traffic.

If you want to run this way, I think the best workaround is to use a cheap used iPhone and just run your iPad over the phone's mobile hotspot. Then the phone can forward imessage and phone calls, you can just get the cheaper WiFi only iPad, and you still have a normal phone-only option for when the larger iPad is not convenient. Even when we do get a folding iPhone, it's going to cost $2k like Galaxy Fold. iPad mini + a used Xr is like $750.

I really love this channel.

i discovered that function using headphones, while doing some work outside... it came quite handy but i usually answer on the phone. still the greatest is the continuity that gives you when working with multiple devices. sometimes i even answer on the computer

I fully agree that this sells the idea of a folding iPhone perfectly and I can’t wait for one ether. I would honestly try using one as my phone if it had Face ID. I hated Touch ID and don’t want to go back to it. If I did use it as my phone through I would just use an Apple Watch cellular model to make/ receive calls, carry AirPods with me and just leave a cheap iPhone at home for the Watch to connect to.

That's so cool that you did this, it seems like a whole lot of us had this same idea! I feel like in the future with just a little more push like it could honestly be possible for it to be the larger-size iPhone for some poeple.

the cinematography and editing is so fire in this video

Mines coming in a few days looking forward to it.

LMG, That is how you do a dbrand sponsored video : first we see the bare device and what it normally looks like, then how it looks with the sticker and even how to apply it. This was much better, you should always do it this way.

The presentation and format, the idea, and the slightly less scripted moments where the personality of the host shines through are all things that no one else is doing in the Apple tech space and I really enjoyed it! Keep pushing!

Nice video dude!

I don't know what your formula is, but this video is one of the very few videos I actually watch without skipping (Very few...like...this is probably the fifth). Awesome video!

5:26 dude really puts a folio case over the debrand skin to cover it up lol

The only issue with them filming outside now is that I used to live right near where they film these and it's making me miss it even more than I otherwise would.

Great video. I’m one of those that is currently trying to use my Ipad Mini as a phone during my work commutes on trains. So far so good. I did encounter the issue of having to bump up my iPad’s data plan as the paltry 500 MB that came with the original plan crapped out after about 2 hours of RU-vid watching. I like the larger form factor from my iPhone 11 Pro Max. I can see your comparing this to a foldable but I don’t think it’s as akin to the Samsung as it is to the MS Surface Fold’s large form factor and phone functionality. I too am awaiting Apple to get on the folding bandwagon but until then, this seems to be working just fine.

i learned and enjoyed, thanks.

2:16 This is totally not a great way to show a 10 seconds difference. Makes iPhone 13 look like total garbage, if you're not looking at the numbers.

No, he’s just using the iPhone 20

Amazing cinematography

I used the same app for a long time for a phone number and used a iPod touch actually, supper light, small and easy to bring with me. The leap for this years back was that in both places I have lived there is a shaw wifi network that covers the entire city and that means I get the full home internet speeds, and no data cost.

3:25 "Google Voice is a good option" meanwhile: 1.7/5 rating

I’ve been waiting for someone to make this exact video ever since the new mini came out and everyone was talking about using it as a phone

Great content!

That sneeze at 4:48. 😄😄

Finally someone actually tried it lol