Apple Watch series 3

I am thinking of getting Apple Watch series 3 GPS. However I am with virgin mobile and they are saying it won’t be compatible with my sim. My question is if is it gps and not cellular will it still work with virgin sim if I connect via Bluetooth. I want to be able to make, receive calls and texts etc


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Posted on Oct 14, 2019 7:05 AM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2019 10:39 AM

A GPS only Apple Watch does Not care about your carrier, as the GPS only model does not use an eSIM (does not have one).


The GPS only model depends on the iPhone for all non-WiFi communications.


The GPS only model can do Everything the cellular model can do as long as the iPhone is nearby.

What the Apple Watch GPS-only can do without an iPhone (there is information about the cellular model as well)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205547

https://www.imore.com/heres-what-apple-watch-can-do-without-iphone


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Oct 14, 2019 10:39 AM in response to Margieg164

A GPS only Apple Watch does Not care about your carrier, as the GPS only model does not use an eSIM (does not have one).


The GPS only model depends on the iPhone for all non-WiFi communications.


The GPS only model can do Everything the cellular model can do as long as the iPhone is nearby.

What the Apple Watch GPS-only can do without an iPhone (there is information about the cellular model as well)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205547

https://www.imore.com/heres-what-apple-watch-can-do-without-iphone


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