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Can you use apple watch with cellular in place of phone for kids?

Can a kid use an apple watch (series 3 or 5) with gps + cellular without a cell phone paired with it?


(Was told at cell phone store that you can unpair and use the native number attached to watch. Essentially use watch as free standing phone)

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Posted on Oct 15, 2019 8:22 PM

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Posted on Oct 16, 2019 5:39 AM

The Apple Watch and the iPhone share the same phone number, so multiple kids, multiple iPhones with $10 per month extra on each iPhone cell plan for the Apple Watch.


Cellular Carriers that support the Apple Watch, which models, the radio frequencies each model uses, and the country where they offer service:

https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular

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Oct 16, 2019 5:39 AM in response to Momofboys22

The Apple Watch and the iPhone share the same phone number, so multiple kids, multiple iPhones with $10 per month extra on each iPhone cell plan for the Apple Watch.


Cellular Carriers that support the Apple Watch, which models, the radio frequencies each model uses, and the country where they offer service:

https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular

Oct 16, 2019 6:59 AM in response to Momofboys22

No. The Apple watch is not a stand alone device. It requires an iPhone to setup and use.


a watch will take on the same number as the iPhone it is paired with, so a all the paired watches would be getting your calls and your messages.


Also, you would be unable to call any of the watches from the paired iPhone since you would be essentially calling yourself.


Basically, no. The watch cannot be used in the manner you describe.

Can you use apple watch with cellular in place of phone for kids?

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