Apple is discontinuing the iPod

Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by nytesky on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @01:03PM (#31329509)

We have a bunch of old iPhones for kids, but we can’t setup iMessage on those phones without an active phone number. We can setup iMessage (email based) on iPad and iPod Touches, so this is frustrating. I want my kids to not be full on cellular internet, but I like that they can message relatively safely friends and family with iMessage.

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by FactolSarin on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @01:36PM (#31329897)

We use a cell service called Tello for my kids phones. For $5/mo you can get a plan with 100 minutes of voice calls, sms, and no data whatsoever. It's perfect for my kids, since I don't really want them to have mobile data anyway

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by rsync on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @04:47PM (#31332488)

Thank you!

I have been looking for a cheaper, no-data SIM card to use with 2FA Mules - this is very helpful.

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by mstolpm on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @01:10PM (#31329577)

I'm using an old iPhone without a SIM card as a spare device and iMessage works on it WIFI-only. But I have to admit that initial setup of the Apple ID wasn't done on this phone. Perhaps you could setup your kids Apple IDs on another device and then use them on the old phones with iMessage as well?

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by refracture on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @02:59PM (#31331124)

You're missing something; I have a first gen SE that's got no SIM and it has email based iMessage setup and working. It's for my son to FaceTime with family.

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by skinnymuch on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @02:48PM (#31330942)

I don’t believe this is true or something let’s me not need any [working] sim in my phones. I can log into an iCloud account and FT, iMessage accounts on non sim working phones too.

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by lkxijlewlf on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @02:06PM (#31330330)

I thought you could set iMessage up to use an email address. I did that before but it's been a while.

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by lotsofpulp on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @02:27PM (#31330652)

You do not need a phone number for iMessage. You can make an apple account with an email address, and use the email address as your Apple ID.

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Re:Apple is discontinuing the iPod by piperswe on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @02:50PM (#31330974)

Strange, I have iMessage set up on an old iPhone XS with no SIM and no phone number tied to the Apple ID

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