Previously exclusive to EE and Vodafone in the UK, you can now purchase the Apple Watch LTE version under contract with O2. Please visit www.o2.co.uk/watch-help or talk to us in the store. o2 on contract. But my wife has an iPhone with simulation to use. Can I set up an Apple Watch mobile for a family member who doesn`t have their own iPhone? If your carrier supports using a managed Apple Watch, you have the option to add the watch to your plan during setup. Look for the option to set up the cell phone, then follow the on-screen instructions. If your service provider doesn`t support this, you may be able to use a different service provider. I bought an Apple Watch yesterday and I`m also on O2. I bought the mobile phone, but as you have already been told, you cannot add it to your O2 contract.

When I tweeted them yesterday, their responses were: This could also be a contract issue, so the NVMO EE, Vodaphone, and O2 don`t want to allow the Apple Watch to support whether they can use this premium service to retain customers to their highest-paying plans. Yes, it will be able to connect to the network 3, here is the difference between a cellular watch and a GPS watch; Connecting Apple Watch to their iPhone or watch only works with o2 Companies rarely share the details of the contracts they sign between companies. And few employees of these companies know the details. The lawyers of the company, the managers of the company are those who know what is in the contracts. Again, this would be for a 36-month contract that you can shorten if you wish. Otherwise, it would cost you just under £530 over the life of the unit. You can consult the different offers directly on the O2 website. Can`t you buy the Watch from Apple because this information you just told me could change things, it`s possible that the watch is linked to O2 because if you have a watch plan of them, they probably assume that you also have a phone contract with them and you just add the watch to an existing O2 phone contract. If your watch can`t connect to the iPhone via Bluetooth, it tries to connect to a Wi-Fi network known as a fallback – this is a compatible 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network (some exceptions apply) that your iPhone was previously connected to while your Apple Watch was connected to the iPhone via Bluetooth. If it is a cellular watch, the watch and the phone must come from the same network provider.

A mobile rate must be added to your existing contract, so if you have an O2 Sim in your phone, the mobile rate must also come from O2. To see the phone number assigned to a family member`s Apple Watch after you set up the phone, go to Settings on your watch, then tap Phone. In the United States, the NVMO Xfinity (Comcast Cable Wireless Service) supports apple Watch. Most likely because they signed a contract with Verizon to allow the Apple Watch to use the Verizon network through Xfinity. Xfinity is one of the few NVMO in the U.S. to offer Apple Watch support. Many others, including the various pay-as-you-go brands, which are actually just the alternative brands T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T. An "active" watch is the watch that connects to your iPhone within range via Bluetooth and can be customized via the Apple Watch app. When the active watch is within Bluetooth range of the iPhone, it uses the data volume of the iPhone`s airtime plan. If the watch is connected to Wi-Fi instead, it will continue to offer a number of features, including receiving and sending messages via iMessage.

If your carrier offers Wi-Fi calling and supports them in your plan and is enabled on your iPhone, you can also use Apple Watch to make calls and (depending on carrier support) to send and receive SMS/SMS. Apparently, this is a licensing issue. Apple is preventing VMNOs such as giffgaff, virgin and Tesco from offering mobile eSim contracts. It`s really disappointing, as a loyal Giffgaff customer, I don`t want to switch to one of the other networks. Even worse, it limits the use of the Apple Watch as a device, which I can recommend as a assistive technology for parental controls and support for vulnerable adults. Customers with sometimes low incomes and the need not to be tied to long contracts are prevented from accessing a service that offers fall protection and follows relatives such as adults with memory problems and children. Apple should consider extending this access An example offer for the Apple Watch 4 is £14.50 per month, £20 in advance and the rolling internet plan costs £5 per month. You get the first six months of airtime for free, but here it`s a 36-month contract, so you`ll pay for the next 30. Keep in mind that if you decide to add a cellular plan later, make sure your network provider supports the cellular clock in the UK, which is EE, Vodaphone or O2.

Find out how much you want to pay to get the device you want in www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones, www.o2.co.uk/tablets for tablets or o2.co.uk/shop/smartwatches for Apple Watch Cellular. Be sure to follow these steps before giving the watch to your mother. I need advice. I want to buy Apple Watch 6 for my wife Among the providers, all consider Apple contracts as the limiting factor to provide access to eSims. I would like to know the truth about this so that I can identify who needs to be pressured to make the changes. I am now wondering if it is mentioned whether the parent companies that contract the NVMO set the limits? The lack of transparency on this issue is frustrating, but I think it highlights the nature of the coat and dagger of much of commercial contracts! Your iPhone and Apple Watch must use the same network provider, unless the watch is set up for a family member who doesn`t have an iPhone. If you change the network provider on your iPhone*, you`ll need to remove the previous service plan on your Apple Watch and sign up for a new plan. Here`s how: Tap "Move existing airtime plan to this watch" to keep your current airtime plan. If I want to have GPS and cell phone on my Apple Watch, but I don`t have a SIM card for Virgin Media, EE or 02, but I have a Giffgaff Sim, then I need to get another SIM card for my phone To get the phone Check Apple Watch - Carriers - Apple for UK Networks Support Apple Watch, then visit the network`s websites, to check the cost of plans and coverage in areas where you think you want to use the watch. Make your decision about what`s available today, not what they`re promising for next week. Giffgaff doesn`t support Apple Watch on cellular, so you need to switch to a network that supports Apple Watch.

The watch must be set up on the same network account as your iPhone to get a standalone cell phone on the watch, which means a full network migration. Luckily, it`s pretty easy here in the UK and in most cases you can migrate your existing number. When I jumped out of O2 (before they supported Apple Watch), I was on EE before I left the store. .