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Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Robsm2 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:58:20 GMT

i I want to get my wife an Apple Watch 10 for Christmas and pay for it on my monthly bill.
she is an EE customer with an iPhone as am I.
Should I get her a paired plan or an unpaired plan? I want her to have full use of the watch separately to the phone so effectively pairing with her number but paid and purchased by my account

any advice please.
thanks

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Chris_B — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:29:26 GMT

@Robsm2 you need a personal paired plan. This will be linked at account level so when the phone rings the watch will ring also. The watch will have its own number for billing and data usages. But all calls/texts are via the phone number in the phone.

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Michael_D — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:47:16 GMT

Hi @Robsm2

Thanks for coming to the community.

@Chris_B is spot on, the paired plan would be the best option.

Is your wife's number on the same account as your phone and in your name? It is just to make sure you can get it added as a paired plan would need to be against the number it is being used with.

Michael

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Robsm2 — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:50:30 GMT

Wife has her own plan and account in her name.
I got her an SE watch a couple of years ago on a family member plan but not sure what to do on this one.
she currently connects via Bluetooth but wondered if there was a way to have it ring when she is called without having to have the phone present

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Rach_H — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:35:20 GMT

I understand @Robsm2. If you are wanting your wife to have the full functionality then you would need to either buy this outright from Apple, and get a monthly add on of £7 for her account, or get the watch added to her account.

Rach

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Robsondollar — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:39:39 GMT

Good afternoon. I am in a exactly similar pickle in that I am wanting to get my wife the same but on my plan. However she will want it to be linked to her account (separate from mine) and her phone number. So would I be better off getting the unpaired plan?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Peter_W — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:43:05 GMT

Hey there @Robsondollar.

Welcome to the EE Community 😁

This is a bit of a tough one, as in order to share her number the watch plan would need to be active on the same billing account.

If you were to get the Watch separately she could add it as a data plan to her account, but if you were to take this out on your account you could only go for the family option.

This would give her data to use on the watch, and calls would come through when paired via Bluetooth, but she couldn't receive calls when away from her phone.

Peter

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Robsondollar — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:51:40 GMT

Thanks very much for the reply. Much appreciated.

Apologies for being so out of touch but could you please tell me what the ‘family option’ is please?

Just to clarify if I was to get an ‘unpaired’ watch then it would be able to be used for data but only used for calls etc when connected via Bluetooth to her phone?

Thanks in advance.

Sent from my iPhone

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Peter_W — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:09:07 GMT

That's no problem at all, @Robsondollar .

The family option is where we would have the watch set up on your contract, and this would have its own number and data allowance.

Your wife could still pair this to her iPhone and get calls through when in range of the watch, but if she were to move away from her phone, it wouldn't receive calls from her number.

It would still have data though, so she could still access the internet from the watch, just not take calls.

Peter

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Robsondollar — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:14:40 GMT

Thanks again. So I would be better opting for the unpaired option so she can just use it when near her phone?

Sent from my iPhone

Re: Gifting an Apple Watch to another EE customer

Peter_W — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:49:23 GMT

@Robsondollar If you're wanting to keep it as a surprise and pay for everything including the data, this will probably be the best option.

Whilst she couldn't take calls on her number whilst away from the phone, it'd still work on the watches own number in case of emergencies, and be able to use data too.

I've got a cellular watch myself and it's so handy for streaming music whilst out on a run.

Peter