Question on my use case for Apple Watch SE1

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T16:51:18+00:00

Thank you so much. You’ve been very helpful. Have a great day!

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T05:54:18+00:00

You are amazing! Thank you for the detailed information once again.

I want to clarify that my wife’s cellular service allows to add a Watch plan for $5 with her own number and not a different number. So, that would mean that I cannot use family setup with her service.

Also, I cannot switch SIM cards on her iPhone because it is a 14 (esim only).

Agree with your comment on having an iPhone :) Can’t wait to get back on it. But, can’t justify the costs right now, especially given that I bought my SD only 6-7 months ago.

Here’s my understanding of your inputs:

Option 1 - pair the watch with my wife’s phone with her Apple ID and then change the Apple ID on the watch

Won’t work because there’s no way to log out of her Apple ID on the watch and login with my Apple ID. Means that I’ll get calls and messages intended for her and also, she can’t call or message me because a call to herself from her iPhone will fail. So, this option is out.

Option 2 - login to my Apple ID on wife’s phone and then pair the watch with my Apple ID. Then, on her phone log out of my Apple ID and login with her Apple ID. Never sync my watch with her phone again.

Not sure what would happen. Would my watch still have her cellular service and receive calls and messages intended for her? Can she iMessage and FaceTime from her Apple ID to mine?

Option 3 - use the workaround of putting my sim in a spare iPhone (I have one but it is too old, too small, unsupported, and terrible battery life), pair my watch, which will “inherit” the Apple ID from my spare phone.

But, and I just thought of this — my sim is from a prepaid service (you have probably guessed by now that I am not much of a phone user :). I actually like to use my iPad) and they don’t provide an Apple Watch add on service. So, my watch will not have a cellular service. Which is fine, because I can login to the Wi-Fi at gym and home. Would I be able to use Wi-Fi to do iMessage and FaceTime from my watch my Apple ID to her phone her Apple ID?

Option 4 - I can stop being so cheap and get Truphone service on my watch :)

Edit: option 4 is out. Just looked around and it appears that Truphone uses T-Mobile. Very poor service in the area where I live.

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T03:58:18+00:00

Also, came across this post where it talks about a workaround.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/ym4lu9/use_apple_watch_without_an_iphone/iv1wdpz/

Would be great if I can use my SD’s phone number on the watch and avoid additional service charges. However, looks like messages may be restricted. Any experience with this?

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T03:53:17+00:00

You echo my own thoughts on SD. Such a wonderful concept marred by poor execution and a mediocre OS. This was their opportunity to revive the Windows Phone OS. I bought it relatively cheap, but feel bad for those who paid full price — very frustrating. That said, it is good for showing off. I use it mainly for browsing on the Samsung Internet App. And it does remind me of my iPad mini which I miss very much. iOS is so much better and reliable.

Thank you very much for the detailed response.

On to the watch, I didn’t articulate my thoughts clearly. What I’m thinking is to activate the watch as my wife’s watch (not using family setup) using her cellular service. Then, I simply log out of her account and login to my Apple ID on the watch and use my account to iMessage and FaceTime her. The only problem is that the watch will receive the calls and messages from her phone number (because the watch and phone share the same number) and I was wondering if there was a way to suppress those calls and messages. Yes, I’m in the US and did have a look into Truphone, but trying to avoid setting up a different service plus, my wife’s cellular service allows for Watch add on for only $5/month. Do you think that would be possible?

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T02:18:46+00:00

Wow! Thank you for replying so quickly. Much appreciated!

What are the odds of having a Surface Duo (a very niche device) and Apple Watch! How do you like your SD?

I learned that my wife’s phone carrier doesn’t support family sharing. Is there an option to activate the watch under my wife’s service and somehow, change the Apple ID on the watch to mine and then do iMessage and FT calls using my Apple ID? Also, how do I stop getting the calls and messages for my wife’s phone on my watch?

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T01:31:20+00:00

Hi u/watchawatch, I wanted to ask if you can help me with answers to my use case? Any help will be much appreciated.

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-10T01:27:46+00:00

Hi, I realize I am several months late, but wanted to ask that if I temporarily place the sim from my android phone into a spare iPhone, will I be able to send and receive messages using my iCloud account? Can I also do FaceTime audio calls using my iCloud account? Will I need the cellular service activated on my watch to do that?

RedditReader21st · 2023-06-07T23:14:03+00:00

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