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Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

pilotax — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:03:39 GMT

Hi there,

I am trying ot understand the following: I already have an iPhone with an eSim. I am looking to buy an apple watch (4G) and I guess I should request another eSim.

How does it work? It should not be a different plan/number, but I cannot understand costs and the process for getting one honestly.

Can somebody help me?
The website doesn't seem to contain the information.

Cheers

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Chris_B — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:17:17 GMT

@pilotax Where are you getting the watch from ? If you get the watch from elsewhere ie Apple it’ll cost you £5 perm month. If you get the watch from EE it’ll be the price that you agreed to take out with that watch, the price from EE is around £25-29 per month depending on what model you choose.

You don’t need to request another esim at all.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

pilotax — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:24:33 GMT

I might have a discount with Apple and in general I do not like to buy
phones/watches with 2-years commitment.
I suppose EE gives you Apple Care included in their price. What about
data allowance? I read it's unlimited in the UK but no roaming, is
that correct?

S

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

chistery — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:55:05 GMT

If you buy the watch elsewhere, you just go through the setup instructions on the watch to add a data plan, it connects to EE, you go through a few screens, it will add the Apple Watch add-on and do it all for you. You do not need to request an eSIM from EE for it.

The T&Cs of the Apple Watch Add on are here.

gives you an allowance of 10GB data each month

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Chris_B — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:56:19 GMT

@pilotax You don’t get apple care from EE. You take this out with apple at the extra cost to yourself. You can take out insurance with EE. You get unlimited data for 3 months then it’s 10GB per month be it you get the watch from EE or purchase it elsewhere. If you purchase it elsewhere it’s a 30 day rolling tariff that you can cancel with 30 days notice.

Roaming doesn’t work on the watch so you’ll need your phone with you all the time when abroad.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

pilotax — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:14:33 GMT

Cool.
I am making some check... there's roughly £100 different in two years
for an Apple Watch from EE and one from Apple.
The calculation includes £5/month SIM per month.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Profile closed — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:57:28 GMT

If you buy direct from Apple, they are currently also offering a 12 month interest free payment plan as well on most things including Watches.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

EW06 — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:26:25 GMT

I have connected my Apple Watch series 4 to my EE sim only plan and am being charged £7 a month. Is this correct? I’ve read £5 everywhere else.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Profile closed — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:41:29 GMT

Yes, £7 is the correct price now as EE have increased the price by £2 a month.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Leanne_T — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:55:30 GMT

Morning @EW06

Thanks for coming to the community.

Yes, this is correct the Apple Watch plan is £7.00 per month and include 10GB of data.

It’s free for three months with unlimited data 🙂

Thanks, Leanne.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Myk_sim — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 22:15:03 GMT

I honestly don’t see the logic off charging extra fee (currently £7) for the same user and data plan. Why charge extra?

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

James_B — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:58:44 GMT

Hi @Myk_sim,

Welcome to the EE Community. 🙂

The eSIM needs to be provisioned with its own independent data connection so the watch can be used independently of the phone.

If you don't need to use the watch away from your phone, you can connect it via Bluetooth and use your phone's data connection.

Hope this helps.

James

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Erin101 — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:18:14 GMT

if I was to buy a sim only plan now, then add an Apple Watch to it a month (bought from apple) - how would I do it and how much does it cost ?

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Christopher_G — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 09:10:42 GMT

Hi @Erin101

Welcome to the community.

You would select the plan through the 'Watch' app on your compatible iPhone. It's £7 per month and allows you to use your phone's minuted & texts and gives you 10GB of data per month.

More information about setting up the Apple Watch plan >

Chris

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Dazsss — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:56:43 GMT

How come it’s almost doubled in price ?

£5 - £9!!

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Dazsss — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:58:08 GMT

it’s £9!a month now! Almost not with it

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Leanne_T — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 07:53:19 GMT

Hi @Dazsss

Thanks for coming to the community.

Are you adding the data plan in the iPhone My Watch App?

Thanks.

Leanne.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Chris_B — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:57:56 GMT

@Dazsss It was originally £5 when the series 3 came out then when the 4 came out part way through it changed to £7. It’s only just changed to £9 so it’s not just double it’s taken a few years.

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

CICJWC — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:27:14 GMT

Hi,

I just set up my eSim with my Apple Watch SE.

So is the plan £7 per month and also is the 10GB extra data or taken from the already existing plan?

I also saw an employee say that there are 3 months free with unlimited data, not sure if that’s correct?

thanks

Re: Price of eSim for an apple watch for Pay Monthly customer

Chris_B — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:43:48 GMT

@CICJWC That’s not right. It’s not unlimited data it’s 10Gb and that 10Gb is just for the watch and it’s not come from your phone allowance. And what you seen for free for three months is no longer applicable that was a couple of years ago now.