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If you buy a new apple watch that comes with GPS and Cellular do you have to activate the Cellular part of it?

Apple Watch Series 2, watchOS 5

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 6:17 PM

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sberman

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Posted on Sep 24, 2020 6:24 PM

No!

And if you don’t activate the cellular part, you may still use wi-fi calling to send/receive calls from/to the Apple Watch using your iPhone.

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sberman

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Sep 24, 2020 6:24 PM in response to jtovar8911

No!

And if you don’t activate the cellular part, you may still use wi-fi calling to send/receive calls from/to the Apple Watch using your iPhone.

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