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People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones

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180 points K0IN | 6 comments | 17 Nov 25 02:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source | bottom
1. znpy ◴[17 Nov 25 07:45 UTC] No.45951612[source]▶
I wonder if i could di the opposite: make an iPad believe it’s an iPhone. I don’t see no reason why i couldn’t use my iPad’s built-in modem to make and receive calls. I mean, i could just bring my ipad and my airpods around and be done.
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2. halapro ◴[17 Nov 25 07:49 UTC] No.45951633[source]▶
An iPhone for $399? Preposterous
3. trvz ◴[17 Nov 25 08:59 UTC] No.45951960[source]▶
iPadOS 26 brings the Phone app to iPad, so you can do exactly that now.
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4. znpy ◴[17 Nov 25 09:38 UTC] No.45952154[source]▶
That still requires an iPhone to be around though. Basically extra hardware that shouldn't be needed.

So that's still BS.

5. kotaKat ◴[17 Nov 25 10:46 UTC] No.45952450[source]▶
Long, long ago there were some jailbreak hacks to pull this off. It was some funky mess with swapping modem firmware and pulling in the iOS dialer, if I recall.

Closest thing you can get now is that they finally brought the dialer app to the iPad... I can sort of make calls now through my cellular iPad using my iPhone's voice account with the "wifi calling on other devices" feature.

6. badc0ffee ◴[17 Nov 25 22:14 UTC] No.45958978[source]▶
Assuming you're talking about the cellular modem - wouldn't you need to have a voice plan and a phone number, not just a data plan like you'd typically get for a tablet?