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Truphone Standalone Unlimited Data Plan for Apple Watch

$10/Month
$9.99
(Series 4 Cellular or Series 5 Cellular Only)
+74 Deal Score
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Truphone offers Standalone Unlimited Data Plan for Apple Watch (Series 4 Cellular or Series 5 Cellular) for $10/month.

Thanks to community member miggida for finding this deal.

Plan details:
  • This is a standalone cellular data plan for an Apple Watch. The plan does not supply cellular service to iPhones.
  • This plan requires Apple Watch Family Setup. Compatible watches include:
    • Apple Watch Series 5 (GPS + Cellular)
    • Apple Watch Series 4 (GPS + Cellular)
    • Apple Watch Nike+ Series 4 and Series 5 (GPS + Cellular)
  • Requires at least iOS 14 on your iPhone and watchOS 7 on your Apple Watch.
Instructions:
  1. Go to Truphone Apple Watch Data Plan
  2. Click "Get Connected" at the bottom
  3. Register for or login to a Truphone account
  4. Enter your Apple Watch EID
    • EID can be found in your Watch App > General > About > EID
  5. Complete registration

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  • About this deal:
    • While this is the regular price for this plan, this offer is being frontpaged due to positive community feedback.
  • About this product:
    • This plan is ideal for parents to communicate with their children through an Apple Watch. Since this plan gives data to a watch in Family mode, a child can message a parent from the watch without needing an iPhone.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.
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I looked everywhere for a cell phone plan for a standalone apple watch (cellular) for my kid.
I'm on total wireless, and they don't support the apple watch yet, and I didn't want to switch my phones.

I looked EVERYWHERE for a low-cost prepaid option, and couldn't find anything that worked.
Finally I found Truphone. This was a miracle. I have tried everything short of the major 3 carriers that were forcing me to bring my mobile phone plan to them. some may have an apple watch standalone (family mode) plan that they don't advertise, but none of them could be as easy or as good a deal as truphone:

https://go.truphone.com/plans/US

It worked great with truphone, it was amazing. Basically I went to their website, typed in the eid number, put in my credit card number to pay the $10/month for *unlimited*, and then a few minutes later, an alert popped up on the iphone saying there was a cellphone plan to activate on my apple watch. I clicked on that, a few more clicks, and it worked! After so much pain with other carriers, this was seamless. amazing.

It threw me off the first time because the price was in pounds, but all you have to do is click the down arrow and change to USA, for $10/month. wow.
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God US watch and tablet plans are so expensive. Family overseas pays about $3-$4 a month. $10 a month is just excessive. $120 a year just for the convenience of not having your phone near you seems a bit much.
At least with AT&T that $10 magically turns into approx $23-25 mo….
I have heard that people want their kids to have an apple watch intead of a smartphone.

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05-06-2022 at 07:39 PM.
05-06-2022 at 07:39 PM.
Can I do this with my watch if my phone and watch will have different phone numbers?
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05-06-2022 at 07:55 PM.
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Muy bueno
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05-06-2022 at 07:59 PM.
05-06-2022 at 07:59 PM.
Do they provide standalone iPad plans? I have an iPad with cellular connectivity. Just for use in USA. No roaming data needed.
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05-06-2022 at 08:12 PM.
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So you can only use this on a family setup watch and not on a watch tied to an iPhone that already has cell service?
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05-06-2022 at 08:16 PM.
05-06-2022 at 08:16 PM.
Quote from skimcpip :
Can I do this with my watch if my phone and watch will have different phone numbers?
sounds like this is the only way that plan works (family mode).
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God US watch and tablet plans are so expensive. Family overseas pays about $3-$4 a month. $10 a month is just excessive. $120 a year just for the convenience of not having your phone near you seems a bit much.
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05-06-2022 at 08:43 PM.

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05-06-2022 at 08:43 PM.
Quote from outie :
So you can only use this on a family setup watch and not on a watch tied to an iPhone that already has cell service?
Correct. Only way it works. I had it for a month but signal was awful most places for my kid which beats the purpose of being able to use it. Worth trying it in your area and see how it works out.
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05-06-2022 at 08:54 PM.
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Quote from Bostonian2017 :
You could easily add $10 line from your carrier with a new number

Not when you are on prepaid plans.
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05-06-2022 at 09:26 PM.
05-06-2022 at 09:26 PM.
I am using truphone for my daughter apple watch with family mode. Random phone number as porting needs to jump through some hoops. Service is fine. Taxes included unlike other carriers. No complaints
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Quote from outie :
So you can only use this on a family setup watch and not on a watch tied to an iPhone that already has cell service?
Yes I am doing exactly that.
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