User:Brando/cellwatches

In most countries, setting up a cellular plan on watch is restricted to the carrier that the family iPhone is on. The only countries where Apple does not allow watches to be 'carrier locked' are: US, UK, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Switzerland—in these countries the watch can have not only its own phone number but also its own independent cellular plan directly with Truphone (available in six countries), Telekom (in Germany), or, in Switzerland, Sunrise or Swisscom.

Stand alone cellwatches

The following models are capable of "family setup" since Sept 2020, provided the model is GPS+cellular (GPS-only models are not permitted to use family setup):

year		initial price (USD)	Display	ECG	int'l emer- gency calling
2018	S4	40mm: $499 44mm: $529		yes	no
2019	S5	40mm: $499 44mm: $529	Always On	yes	yes
2020	S6	40mm: $499 44mm: $529	Always On	yes	yes
2020	SE	40mm: $329 44mm: $359		no	yes

Cellular plans for standalone cellwatches

Truphone

https://go.truphone.com/select-plan

Truphone was selected by Apple as the first multi-country carrier to offer cellular plans for standalone Apple Watches. Truphone offers this service in the following countries:

• United States
• United Kingdom
• France
• Germany
• Poland
• Spain

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Local Carriers

apple.com/watch/cellular/#table-family-setup

bold indicates that the carrier allows the watch on their network even if the associated iPhone is not on that carrier

Americas:

• Canada: Bell, Telus
• United States: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, US Cellular, C Spire

Europe

• United Kingdom: EE
• Norway: Telia
• Germany: Telekom
• Switzerland: Sunrise, Swisscom
• Spain: Movistar

Asia and Middle East

• Bahrain: Batelco
• Japan: au
• Thailand: AIS, dtac, TrueMove
• Singapore: Starhub
• Taiwan: Chungwa, Taiwan Mobile, FarEasTone
• Hong Kong: 1O1O, csl, SmarTone
• China: China Unicom, China Telecom(in 7 cities)

Oceania

• Australia: Truphone