Both. Watch tries BT first. If phone isn’t in BT range it turns on the WiFi radio and connects to any available known network to use to communicate with the phone. If that doesn’t work it’ll switch to the cellular radio and try that.
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This is wild, but sadly familiar from when I lived in Canada. I don’t understand how the market hasn’t become more competitive since then. We complain sometimes in Norway about prices, but then I see examples like this and am reminded that really, it’s not half bad after all.
But then, Apple increased prices here this year, quite a different development from the Euro zone. Win some, lose some.
It’s quite cheap in the UK. I pay £5 a month for my data watch plan which is about $6
The prices you are all mentioning for the watch plan is for a separate number/line, or for a shared number with the phone?
My watch has a different number to the phone but obviously it’s redundant as it’s connected to the phone so the phone number is the one that the watch responds to if that makes sense. So I have two plans. One for my phone and one for my watch and each plan has a separate phone number.
I suspect most are referring to costs to add a watch plan to their phone plan, rather than a stand-alone watch plan such as used with Family Setup.
Bear in mind that in the add-on scenario the apple watch is still assigned its own phone number, but it's not used/seen separately - the watch functions as if it is sharing the phone's number.
Shared here. It’s not for a watch specifically, you pay the same for a watch/ipad/secondary phone with the same number as your phone.
And rates look like they're going up in Canada for cellular too. I'd expect to see CAD$15 as the norm. I hope I'm wrong.
The better the watches get the less I need my phone. So nice not to be tied to it and for 10 bucks a month it's well worth the convenience for me.
I am one of those few that can't use the OLED screens so still on iPhone 11. Working toward phasing out my phone as much as possible and switching to a SE. I think my 11 only has 2 more cycles before it moves into the no longer supported category.
I am one of those few that can't use the OLED screens so still on iPhone 11. Working toward phasing out my phone as much as possible and switching to a SE. I think my 11 only has 2 more cycles before it moves into the no longer supported category.
I find cellular on Ultra 2 to be much more reliable than previous cellular models. It’s a great convenience when going to the gym and travelling light.
I thought its only $5 for 500mb is you have a business plan, which I do. I saw its $15 otherwise.
also how far does that 500mb go if you use watch for music, texts and occasional calls?
I’m on magenta max 55+ and have the 500MB plan. It’s 128kbps unlimited after the high speed data is consumed
if you stream audio through the watch over cellular (without your phone and away from WiFi) it’s not the plan for you. I load stuff locally to the watch for workouts so it’s been fine.
Technically the plan is $10 before $5 autopay discount, just as the regular one is $15 before $5 autopay discount. Either way that the total price. No other fees or taxes.