Need a Hotspot? Buy the iPad from Verizon.

Anand Lal Shimpi over at AnandTech reports that he has tested the new iPad as a hotspot device, and it far exceeds current Verizon Hotspot products supporting LTE from Novatel and Samsung. These devices provide about a 4+ hour window of support currently while the new iPad when setup to minimize battery usage was able to go 5 times longer to about 25.3 hours. Hands down no comparison. The people over at The Verge confirmed this with their own tests.

This seems to be one of the benefits that Verizon has over AT&T right now. AT&T is reportedly working on adding this feature to their service but I haven’t seen a timeline as to when it will be available. Of course LTE coverage is spotty at best for anyone so this may not be of concern or a benefit for you. But it is out there and is pretty interesting how well it is working.