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Where to Find Information About Data Plans for a Watch
I'm thinking about getting a Samsung watch, and finding it impossible to get information about the data plans that T-Mobile offers. I see something about a $5 plan, then there's a $10 plan, and appar...
A helpful representative at my local T-Mobile store cleared up the mystery.
Again, nobody necesidades a data plan to use a watch. A watch works perfectly well on WiFi for free, or tethered to your phone via Bluetooth. A watch only needs a data plan if it will use mobile data on its own. For example: You may want to leave your phone at home while you are out for run.
You’ll also need a data plan if you want to take advantage of T-Mobile's discounted pricing on watches - since that's the only way to get the discount.
A watch without mobile data capability is a bit less expensive and doesn't incur a monthly charge for data. Of course, this is not what T-Mobile sells, because they want you to pay them every month for mobile data. If you want a watch without mobile data capability, you'll have to buy it from the manufacturer or a reseller.
In all there are four Magenta for Wearables plans. To see the four M4W plans, so that you can compare them, you have to go through the exercise of choosing a phone. Once you have chosen a phone you will be shown the M4W plans. They break down like this:
There are two standalone plans and 2 linked plans. The standalone plans are for customers who do no have a regular phone with T-Mobile; and the linked plans are for customers who hacer have phones with T-Mobile. Which do you suppose is less expensive?
Within each pair of M4W plans there is a 5 GB plan and an unlimited plan.
Y listo.
I recently just got a watch and have the $10 plan. I didn't have to go to Tmobile to activate it, you can do it while setting up the plan on your watch.
I just use my watch for notifications and calls if I don't have my phone.
