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newellj

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Is anyone running two cell-capable watches and changing the cell service connection back and forth between the two watches?

Is this possible? Is it a huge PITA? Does the carrier (VZW in this case) charge a fee every time you swap?
 
Interesting...I think it would take a call to Verizon every time you would want to do this. I have two watches (Ultra and series 7), but have cellular plans on both.
 
Thanks. I guess that's the obvious solution. It feels like throwing a lot of money at VZW unless you're using the cell on both watches a lot, though!
 
That's probably true. I typically don't wear one or the other watch during the day; I wear one during the day and one at night. It would make the most sense to not keep a cellular plan on the night watch, but ONE time I hadn't switched over to the day watch and had ordered Uber Eats. I had walked my dog anticipating the walk to end as Uber Eats was showing up. In my haste, I left my keys and phone in my apartment. As planned, Uber Eats arrived as we wrapped up our walk, but I realized after getting my food that my keys and phone were upstairs and I didn't have my key fob to get in. I had to walk to the south end of the building, dial my code on the intercom, answer on my watch, enter the code I use to buzz someone in, and let myself into the building before opening my apartment door with the Home app on my watch.

I was glad that I had the cellular when i needed it. My partner lost his iPhone X in the lake, and the Apple Watch I had given him as a gift was cellular capable, but he never activated it and had to go the whole weekend disconnected.

Was it the end of the world? No, but I tend to catastrophize and like to always be prepared. In the event I were to lose or forget my phone, I'm covered.
 
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You can switch which of your AWs uses your one Verizon data line. You do it through the Cellular section of the Watch app on your phone. You remove the service from one AW and then add it to the other.

It’s a bit tedious and takes a few minutes. I don’t believe I’ve ever been charged an activation fee.

It would be a hassle to do it daily.
 
You can switch which of your AWs uses your one Verizon data line. You do it through the Cellular section of the Watch app on your phone. You remove the service from one AW and then add it to the other.

It’s a bit tedious and takes a few minutes. I don’t believe I’ve ever been charged an activation fee.

It would be a hassle to do it daily.
Ummm, yeah, tedious is...a kind...way of describing that! (I did that earlier today.). It's tedious enough that I think I'll treat that as a one-time-except-for-emergencies case, though as @cwosigns posted above, it's awfully difficult to plan for emergencies. It still escapes me why VZW needs $10 + taxes and fees for a watch add-on to an existing cell phone line.
 
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