Unboxing the iPad 3G: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hello and welcome back to my channel, YouTube! Today, April 30th, I'm excited to share with you the unboxing of the brand new iPad 3G 64GB model, courtesy of Fenex. As you can see from the packaging, the box looks identical to the Wi-Fi only version I already have, which is quite interesting.

As we open up the box, we find that it says "iPad Wi-Fi with 3G 64GB USA" on the bottom right corner, which confirms that this is indeed a 3G model. The packaging also includes a small window at the top, which has a black plastic piece to enhance reception for the 3G signal. This is a clever design move by Apple to improve connectivity.

Inside the box, we find all the usual suspects: the iPad itself, a USB cable, an 10W power adapter, and an instruction manual. However, what catches my attention here is that there's a PIN required to remove the SIM card slot from the side of the device. This is a new feature for me, and I'm excited to learn more about it.

Before we dive into the unboxing process, let's take a look at the comparison between this 64GB 3G model and the Wi-Fi only version. As you can see on the right-hand side of the box, we have the 16GB Wi-Fi only model alongside our new 64GB 3G model. The main difference here is the black bar on top, which serves as a visual guide when using the device.

Now that we've got all the packaging out of the way, let's take a closer look at what's inside. As I mentioned earlier, we have the iPad itself, the USB cable, and the 10W power adapter. The instruction manual is also included, which provides us with important information on how to use our new device.

To activate the iPad, I need to connect it to iTunes first. Once that's done, I can proceed with restoring from a backup of my current iPad. This process should take a few minutes, during which time the iPad will restart and attempt to sync with my iTunes account.

Now that the iPad has restarted, I'm going to skip the syncing process and show you how to register your 3G access with AT&T instead. To do this, I need to go to settings and select "Seller Data" followed by "View Account." My seller data account should be blank at this point, which is expected.

Once my account information is displayed, I can submit all the necessary details, including my private info and preferred data plan (in this case, 250MB for $4.99 or unlimited data for $29.99). The process takes only a few seconds to complete, during which time I'll be shown a message indicating that AT&T cannot process the request.

Luckily, after retrying the activation process, I was able to successfully register my account with AT&T. This means that my data plan is now active, and I can enjoy internet connectivity via 3G on my new iPad!

And that's it for today's unboxing and tutorial! I hope you enjoyed watching this video, and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them in the section below. Don't forget to like and subscribe for more content, and we'll catch you all in the next video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello YouTube It's Detroit Borg today is April 30th and the iPad 3G has finally landed this is an iPad 3G 64 gig model just arrived from fenex and it's about 210 so let's go ahead and unbox this thing it's interesting that this is a 3G model but the picture on the box is actually the Wi-Fi model 3G model has a black plastic upper portion that uh helps to increase the reception for 3G signals uh and this picture seems to be the Wi-Fi model only there's no other indication on the box that this is a 3G model looks exactly like the box from the Wi-Fi model I already own now it does say down here iPad Wi-Fi with 3G 64 GB USA so of course we have this little T to pull it up so of course we can identify this as a 3G model because it has this black plastic window at the top and also on the side is a little SIM card slot so right here you use a little pin to push open the SIM card slot and pop it out and this is a micro SIM of course everything else is the same 30 pin dock and the speakers the volume rocker and the accelerometer switch the lock screen headphone back and microphone let's get the plastic off so there here we go I need to connect this to iTunes to activate it before I do that let's take a look at the comparison between this and the Wi-Fi okay on the side we have the 16 GB Wi-Fi only model and this is the 64 GB 3G model and from the front the only thing that differentiates them is this black bar at the top which is kind of handy because it also helps you to visually orientate the iPad when you're using it so you can see on the back we have no window on the Wi-Fi model and the window on the 3G model everything else is otherwise the same now let's take a look at what's inside this box should be just like the Wi-Fi Molly unbox earlier this month of course we have a little box with some instructions well this is a little different this one actually has a PIN to remove the SIM card slot you can see that right here this is a little SIM card ejection tool and a little diagram explain how to do it iPad manual iPad warranty information and of course Apple stickers here we have the USB cable and the 10 W wall or USB power adapter of course this is the US version with the two pin all right so I have my iPad Dot already connected to my iMac so let's go ahead and connect the iPad 3G so iTune should appear right now iPad accessing iTunes store let's get started since I already have an iPad I'm going to go ahead and do a restore from a backup of my current iPad so it's going ahead and restoring from my backup as you can see right there okay the iPad has restarted and was attempting to sync to my iTunes account but I want to skip that because that's going to take some time and instead I'm going to go and show you how to register your 3G access with AT&T okay so I have my iPad 3G here now I can see I have a little 3G icon active right now on the top left corner um I can activate this by going to settings go to seller data go to view account my seller data account comes up and right now I have no account so it should be blank okay so I see a form here with all the private information which I'll submit off screen and I have the option to select data plans 250 megab of data for 30 days for $4.99 or unlimited data for 30 days for $29.99 and of course that is the one that's selected by default so let's go ahead and enter that information in okay I've registered my account and I'm seeing the terms of service let me hide that keyboard I'm going to click agree so I see my personal information I'm just going to click submit please wait while the page is loading this should only take a few seconds to complete unfortunately it's telling me that AT&T is not able to process your request we apologize for any inconvenience please try again later all right well unfortunately I can't use it right now not sure what the problem is but could be activation load today all right good news looks like I finally got AT&T to register my account so I'm all set to go so let's try it out data plan activated your data and your AT&T cellular data plan has been successfully activated let's try it out so there we go internet via 3G on your iPad once again this is Detroit Borg thanks for watchinghello YouTube It's Detroit Borg today is April 30th and the iPad 3G has finally landed this is an iPad 3G 64 gig model just arrived from fenex and it's about 210 so let's go ahead and unbox this thing it's interesting that this is a 3G model but the picture on the box is actually the Wi-Fi model 3G model has a black plastic upper portion that uh helps to increase the reception for 3G signals uh and this picture seems to be the Wi-Fi model only there's no other indication on the box that this is a 3G model looks exactly like the box from the Wi-Fi model I already own now it does say down here iPad Wi-Fi with 3G 64 GB USA so of course we have this little T to pull it up so of course we can identify this as a 3G model because it has this black plastic window at the top and also on the side is a little SIM card slot so right here you use a little pin to push open the SIM card slot and pop it out and this is a micro SIM of course everything else is the same 30 pin dock and the speakers the volume rocker and the accelerometer switch the lock screen headphone back and microphone let's get the plastic off so there here we go I need to connect this to iTunes to activate it before I do that let's take a look at the comparison between this and the Wi-Fi okay on the side we have the 16 GB Wi-Fi only model and this is the 64 GB 3G model and from the front the only thing that differentiates them is this black bar at the top which is kind of handy because it also helps you to visually orientate the iPad when you're using it so you can see on the back we have no window on the Wi-Fi model and the window on the 3G model everything else is otherwise the same now let's take a look at what's inside this box should be just like the Wi-Fi Molly unbox earlier this month of course we have a little box with some instructions well this is a little different this one actually has a PIN to remove the SIM card slot you can see that right here this is a little SIM card ejection tool and a little diagram explain how to do it iPad manual iPad warranty information and of course Apple stickers here we have the USB cable and the 10 W wall or USB power adapter of course this is the US version with the two pin all right so I have my iPad Dot already connected to my iMac so let's go ahead and connect the iPad 3G so iTune should appear right now iPad accessing iTunes store let's get started since I already have an iPad I'm going to go ahead and do a restore from a backup of my current iPad so it's going ahead and restoring from my backup as you can see right there okay the iPad has restarted and was attempting to sync to my iTunes account but I want to skip that because that's going to take some time and instead I'm going to go and show you how to register your 3G access with AT&T okay so I have my iPad 3G here now I can see I have a little 3G icon active right now on the top left corner um I can activate this by going to settings go to seller data go to view account my seller data account comes up and right now I have no account so it should be blank okay so I see a form here with all the private information which I'll submit off screen and I have the option to select data plans 250 megab of data for 30 days for $4.99 or unlimited data for 30 days for $29.99 and of course that is the one that's selected by default so let's go ahead and enter that information in okay I've registered my account and I'm seeing the terms of service let me hide that keyboard I'm going to click agree so I see my personal information I'm just going to click submit please wait while the page is loading this should only take a few seconds to complete unfortunately it's telling me that AT&T is not able to process your request we apologize for any inconvenience please try again later all right well unfortunately I can't use it right now not sure what the problem is but could be activation load today all right good news looks like I finally got AT&T to register my account so I'm all set to go so let's try it out data plan activated your data and your AT&T cellular data plan has been successfully activated let's try it out so there we go internet via 3G on your iPad once again this is Detroit Borg thanks for watching\n"