I'm hoping someone hear can help clarify my understanding of 3G/4G LTE networks and how this would work with a phone and a tablet running navigation. In another post, I discussed that I'm looking for a new phone and I'm considering switching to AT&T. They have good coverage in the places I go and they are GSM so swapping between phone and tablet should be easy. Rather than go with the latest $600+ smartphone, I am considering a GSM dumbphone that handles 4G LTE and can tether to a PC (a Sonim XP5 checks all of those boxes), as well as an Android tablet that handles 4G LTE. Is my understanding correct - if I had a GSM phone with a data plan and a GSM 4G LTE tablet, I should be able to swap the SIM card back and forth depending if I wanted to use the tablet without a WIFI signal. Is that correct? Then if I wanted, when driving, I could plug the SIM card into the tablet to have navigation with a larger screen?
If all of this is true, it seems that I could get a phone that performs better than a smartphone as being a PHONE and I get a larger screen in the tablet when I want it, rather than buy another fragile piece of tech that costs $600+, all for roughly $200. FYI - I'm looking at the Sonim XP5 phone and LG G Pad tablet. I'm open to other 4G LTE tablets EXCEPT Apple products.
http://www.sonimtech.com/index.php/products/device/device/SonimXP5_15
https://www.amazon.com/LG-V410-16GB-Unlocked-Android/dp/B00MLI3AE2
Thanks!
If all of this is true, it seems that I could get a phone that performs better than a smartphone as being a PHONE and I get a larger screen in the tablet when I want it, rather than buy another fragile piece of tech that costs $600+, all for roughly $200. FYI - I'm looking at the Sonim XP5 phone and LG G Pad tablet. I'm open to other 4G LTE tablets EXCEPT Apple products.
http://www.sonimtech.com/index.php/products/device/device/SonimXP5_15
https://www.amazon.com/LG-V410-16GB-Unlocked-Android/dp/B00MLI3AE2
Thanks!