WTF. This is my first month with a cellular apple watch.
I just got the first bill and its almost SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS in addition to my phone.
$35 activation fee
$10 watch data
$18 for taxes and fees
While I definitely disagree with the $35 activation fee, I understand it’s just a one time charge, but holy shit how can anyone justify almost $30 a month. Literally the fees and taxes cost more than the actual product.
sounds like att. i switched back to verizon after just a few months with att because they were constantly screwing shit up. i pay about $10/mo total for the apple watch on verizon.
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WTH ! What monthly plan you guys are paying for, for apple watch? I am from India. I just pair it with iPhone. You might need amonthly plan for your cellular service but hhy do you need a montly plan specifically for apple watch? I dont get it !
If you have a cellular-enabled Apple Watch, you can pay monthly for it to have standalone cell service (ie you can leave your phone at home and go out with just your watch and still have cell service).
$5 in Australia.
5 dollarydoos a month here in Australia, just uses my normal number and shares the same data.
This surely isn’t an Apple Watch issue? It’s your service provider.
People still using ATT in 2023 is mind boggling.
Switch to a prepaid service like Visible and pay $5 as in $5.
I’ve been trying to look into visible, but I don’t quite understand it and the reviews are very mixed. The price is appealing, but if it’s not moderately fast / reliable then what’s it worth.
In my experience it worked great, but their customer service is chat only unless you have a major technical issue. But the coverage is as good as Verizon and speeds are solid.
And you get to think about how it all costs them close to $0.
The activation fee is like a carry-out food place asking you for a big tip. Putting devices in their system is their job. Charging YOU extra for the benefit of providing THEM with a new money-making device is just them double-dipping.
And the data the device uses is minuscule. You’re already paying for a data plan on your account, and now you’re paying for another data plan on your account. Are you really going to be downloading massive amounts of data from both devices at the same time?
Charging YOU extra for the benefit of providing THEM with a new money-making device is just them double-dipping.
especially considering that there’s no way to opt out / do it yourself. IMO that should be criminal.
I dealt with this at att and to avoid the activation or least reduce it I got aarp. Anyone can sub and it’s like 16 and att waives activation if u got it. And yes there pretty dumb and I think ya should fight it I did it and the taxes and fees fr me I believe was 5ish everything else looks like mine but that so they might be trying to scam u. I remember when I got a watch it was such a pain in the ass both medically and socially and the store that finally sold me one added insurance without my knowledge. I got it removed and credit to fix it though. So document everything. Cause I only did a watch to like pay it monthly cause I couldn’t at once. And them being dumb was able to guilt in em into giving me credit for a variety of reasons where my over time extra cost when I finally paid it off was only 50ish instead of 100 plus ish. So while they are dumb as hell, might well guilt em into credit fr wasting my time 😾
Am still new to the idea of a cellular mobile but is it not possible to get an eSIM and use it in both your mobile and the watch concurrently thereby connecting both to one account and data plan, saving money?
$5 tax included on Visible.
I’d love to keep cell on my watch, but I don’t use it nearly enough to justify the $10 plus all the fees. It’s like $15 a month all told. Right now I just use it a few months of the year when we go to water parks a lot, but I need to be able to be reached for work.
Mine is free - Jio
Verizon did this to me too. 2 lines were activated and I was charged like $30+