Forum Discussion
Data only Sim vs Voice Sim
Afaik someone mentioned to me that the data-only SIM has its number hidden but is in other ways no different to the usual phone-plan SIM - if you just pop that into your router it'll work the same way as if you were hotspotting directly from your phone for example .. so you should be good to go straight away. Also works from the price perspective. You're not going to use the SIM for calling anyways so no worries I guess.
Spot on jassingh
A data only SIM simply has its number hidden / switched off, but you can make calls and send texts through them. Smarty sells an add on allowing you to do just that.
As per my other post in this thread, a ‘normal’ phone SIM works well in my iPad Mini 6. I believe, but haven’t tried it yet, that, if you use a ‘normal’ phone SIM in a tablet, whether Android or Apple, then you can make / take calls, and send / receive messages through WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram.
Interesting JJP2 that bridges the gap between the two then - can users currently migrate from a 'data plan' to a 'voice plan' easily or nah?
No definitive idea, but I THINK it should be easy to migrate from a data plan to a voice plan, because :
1, Data only SIMs merely have the number hidden / switched off
2, Smarty allows you to purchase an add on to make calls and send texts on a data only SIM, so the number must be live - AFAIK, there is no instruction telling you to contact Smarty to “switch the number on”
