PLEASE HELP IM NEW TO SIMS 4

@Moonlight_Love12, you're welcome! 🙂  I'm sorry the laptop you wanted is sold out! 😢  I hate when that happens! 

Yes, the Sims 4 base game has swimming pools, ghosts and toddlers!  But it did not have any of those when it first came out. ☹️  EA added them later for free, in a game patch! :eahigh_file:  So, all those were free and for anybody who gets the game now will have those in their game from the start! 😉

@SheriGRdescribed the Sims 4 as a dollhouse on steroids (I love this description! ❤️:eahigh_file: ) Well if that is true, then I would say The Sims Mobile is a dollhouse on coffee! 😃 

The Sims Mobile (as with all mobile games, especially free ones) is a less detailed version of the Sims.   That is just the nature of mobile games -- they are usually geared more toward a casual gamer, while PC and console games (like on PS2 or Xbox) are usually geared more for someone who really likes gaming! (Not that there aren't some casual gamers on consoles or PCs, and not that there aren't' serious gamers who play mobile games -- its just that if you are going to spend more than $5.00 to get a game, you are probably going to dedicate a lot more time playing it than a game you can just play on your phone while waiting in the doctor's office or on the bus, etc. 😃

I am not the most tech savvy person (I usually help people here with gameplay questions), but the Sims mobile is made to play on smart phones and tablets! :eahigh_file: (The Sims 4 however is not! ☹️ )  So, that means that it would shock me if you couldn't play the Sims Mobile on the tablet you are considering getting!  However, if your tablet or smart phone has so many apps on it or has its storage pretty full in other ways, then you might have difficulty playing the Sims Mobile.  My phone is so full right now that I can't even download it! 😳 I would have to erase other stuff on my phone first!  🤭  I don't know if you have a smart phone, or if you do how full its storage is, but if you don't have a lot of stuff on your phone already, then you should be fine. 🥳  In that case you wouldn't even need to buy a tablet.😉  But if your phone is full (or you don't have one) then you would need to buy the tablet.

Also, in order to play Sims Mobile, you will need to have a "persistent Internet connection".  So if you don't have one in your home, you will have to play the game in a place like the library, or coffee shop, restaurant, etc. 🤨

And while the Sims Mobile is free to play, it does offer in-game purchases.  Most mobile games are set up this way.  Those purchases aren't necessary in order to play the game, but they often are items that people really want.  If you are tight on money then I would resist the temptation to buy in-game purchases, at least until you have enough money to purchase them.  Also, if you are under 18, your parents might have to buy them for you.  These purchases aren't really "expansion packs", but could sort of be viewed as a kind of mini-expansion.  The difference being that these type of purchases usually only offer one item, while an actual expansion offers many items or abilities. 😉 So you don't have to worry about EPs, GPs, or SPs with the Sims Mobile …. you would only have to consider in-game purchases.

As for your other question about job opportunities in The Sims 4 base game, most jobs give you an opportunity for a raise along with other items that you can only get if you unlock it by getting promoted! 😎 (Well you can also use a cheat to gain access to those locked items, but that is a different story! 😃) You wouldn't need a pack for to get those promotion benefits.  But if you want to own a restaurant, retail store, or vet clinic, then you would need an expansion pack that corresponds to those.  

I hope I explained this well enough! 😳  I also hope you enjoy what ever you end up getting! 🥳