IPad mini retina as a phone

I am thinking of buying a new iPad mini Retina. I saw the option to buy a 32GB model that is WiFi and cellular, so that means it will work as a phone, correct?
Can I use my iPhone number on the mini as well? How do you set that up?

chuck kendall wrote:
Actually you can use the ipad mini as a phone and it actually makes the best and cheapest phone to have, and you aren't held down to a phone plan. And you can have a dedicated phone number to make and receive calls. At times people aren't aware of all it can do. But thats why there's people like me
Here are the steps
1.  Get a cellular equiped IPAD. It will be data only ofcourse.
2.  Get a google voice account. ( you will be assigned a phone number)
3.  Download Talkatone
4.  After setting up Talkatone with your google voice number, You'll be able to make and receive calls and text and it will be your primary phone.
Cost every month. Just the cost of your data plan. Cheapest phone ever. 30 bucks a month.
  As I said, you can use an iPad with VOIP services - no one ever said you could not use it as a Phone.  You can use just about any internet enabled device with VOIP as long as there is software for that device.
You cannot use the phone number assigned to your iPad data plan as a phone number however.

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