are there limitations when using series 5 watch with GPS and cellular?

Are there limitations when using series 5 watch with GPS and cellular? Do you lose any options if that exist with the same model without GPS?


Posted on Dec 6, 2019 11:01 AM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2019 2:02 PM

A GPS only Apple Watch will do Everything a cellular model will do as long as the iPhone is nearby.


The cellular model can leave the iPhone at home and go for a walk, run, bike ride, etc... and still make/receive phone calls, send/receive text, etc...


If you get a cellular model, it will share the iPhone's phone number, so your iPhone carrier has to support the Apple Watch, and will charge a monthly fee for this service. In the U.S. it is $10 per month added to the iPhone cellular bill.


NOTE: you do not need to activate the Apple Watch cellular, and if you do not, then the cellular model will behave just like a GPS only model.


Cellular Carriers that support the Apple Watch, which models, the radio frequencies each model uses, and the country where they offer service:

https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular

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Dec 6, 2019 2:02 PM in response to Big Al Jr

A GPS only Apple Watch will do Everything a cellular model will do as long as the iPhone is nearby.


The cellular model can leave the iPhone at home and go for a walk, run, bike ride, etc... and still make/receive phone calls, send/receive text, etc...


If you get a cellular model, it will share the iPhone's phone number, so your iPhone carrier has to support the Apple Watch, and will charge a monthly fee for this service. In the U.S. it is $10 per month added to the iPhone cellular bill.


NOTE: you do not need to activate the Apple Watch cellular, and if you do not, then the cellular model will behave just like a GPS only model.


Cellular Carriers that support the Apple Watch, which models, the radio frequencies each model uses, and the country where they offer service:

https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular

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