Apple Watch 4 - same number as phone?

[Tiggsy]

My iPhone runs on a giffagff sim - the watch has to use vodafone - So I assume it has a different number when away from the phone???

[MrBarry123]

anonymous said:

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[Tiggsy]

hmmmmmmm

Ok - so does that mean the watch with a vodafone sim and the phone with O2 will be useless? (or will the watch still work independent of the phone to some extent?)

[Cybertronian]

anonymous said:

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Exactly this.

If you don't/can't select a compatible cellular plan with EE or Vodafone, then the watch is basically the same as the GPS only version Apple Watch.

Any phone calls that come through when the watch is connected via Bluetooth with the iPhone, or independently on wifi, will be routed through to the Apple Watch.

[ecsrobin]

As others have said you’d need your phone to be on Vodafone or EE.

This is taken from Vodafone.

[alorotom]

The above posters are correct.

One additional thing to say is that (with EE at least) in terms of billing the watch element of the agreement it will have a new number assigned to it which can be used to contact the watch (and iPhone it’s tied to) other than the iphones existing contract telephone number - it’s a strange nuance.

[Tiggsy]

Cool - ordered new EE sims for the iphones and the watches come tomorrow from apple.

Better be good!

[SV_WDC]

Be careful. My mate got the Apple Watch last year & now his wife knows she can get hold of him any time!