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Re:iPad Pro by freshyill on Monday June 05, 2017 @11:17PM (#14494461)
I don't understand why people don't just tether to their phones. It just works, and you don't pay any extra for another device on your account. Biggest downside I can see would be draining your phone's battery a bit.
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Re:iPad Pro by kartickv on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:52AM (#14495511)
I did that once, and I wished that I could plug my phone in to my iPad to charge it. That didn't work because the iPad uses Apple's proprietary Lightning connector rather than the standard USB-C. If my iPad had USB-C, I could have plugged my Google Pixel into it with the USB-C to USB-C cable Google gave me.

This is another limitation of the iPad — like a computer, but with arbitrary limitations like non-standard ports.

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Re:iPad Pro by mmargerum on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @08:11AM (#14505596)
The problem for me is it doesn't just work. Inexplicably , my iPad jut will not connect to my phone. Usually when I need it most.
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