I tried using the built -in Apple SIM of the 9.7 -inch iPad Pro that was just released in the United States

Apple SIM that combines local prepaid SIM and good overseas roaming

　Apple SIM is a SIM card issued by Apple, a device maker, in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzys, Turkey, and the United States.Can be purchased.The Apple Store is that shop where you can report on the start of sales with each new iPhone release.It can be used only for iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 4, and iPad Mini 3, which can be used only for Apple products.

　The biggest feature of Apple SIM is that data communication is possible with this SIM card and credit card, from contracts to the start of use around the world.For example, when a Japanese travels to the United States, it usually uses the overseas roaming function of a telecommunications carrier (for example NTT DOCOMO, au, SoftBank, etc.) that is usually contracted in Japan, or is sold by US telecommunications carriers.You need to buy a prepaid SIM card.

　The weakness of overseas roaming is cost, and apart from the plan called "All -you -can -eat in the United States" provided by SoftBank only for iPhone users, it is around 1000 to 3000 yen for daily (from midnight to 23:59 in Japan).It is.If you use it for a week, it may exceed 20,000 yen.

　The weak point of a local prepaid SIM card is that you need to physically get the SIM card in some way.For example, you have to get a SIM card by going to a communication carrier shop after arriving at the site, and a prepaid contract must be made.Until you land at the airport and get a SIM card, you can't do it even if you want to check the directions on Google Maps.

　Apple SIM is a mechanism that combines such a good place to buy a prepaid SIM locally with such overseas roaming. If you turn on the iPad or the 9.7 -inch iPad Pro with the user put in the Apple SIM, it will automatically connect to the contract line provided by Apple. Users are displayed there (multiple communication carriers are prepared in many countries), so if you select the desired communication carrier and include credit card information, the contract is completed and data communication is possible. become. The fee varies depending on the country and telecommunications carrier, but in many countries it is cheaper than when roaming overseas for many days in a Japanese communication carrier, and it is not necessary to obtain a separate prepaid SIM card as mentioned. So it is convenient to be able to use it online as soon as you arrive at the site.