Watch fall detection without iPhone.
My Mom is interested in the fall detection feature. She has an iPad but no iPhone. If she gets the watch with cellular, does she need an iPhone?
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Yes, to use an activate an Apple watch you have to have an iPhone even with a cellular watch. If she keeps her phone nearby she doesn't need cellular for her watch. That is what I do as I also bought mine for fall detection. The cellular is good in case she goes somewhere and forgets her phone then fall detection works anywhere. Cellular watch usually adds ten or fifteen dollars to your cellular plan in USA. If you hook her watch to the family plan instead of her own iPhone be sure to get the cellular watch then she is covered even if you’re not there.
