I have an apple watch ultra with T-Mobile and I'm getting att phone service. what issues could i have if i keep watch on T-Mobile services

I currently was gifted an apple watch ultra with T-Mobile service by my mother who is doing installment payment thru her account. Im moving to ATT this weekend and was curious to how it works if the watch is tied to my number (which I plan on transferring my phone number over to att) would I not be able to use cellular on my watch thru T-Mobile if my actual phone is on att, or does my cellular just stay thru T-Mobile and my phone on att . any help would be greatly appreciated since I just got the watch and would hate to lose any functionally. Hopefully it isn't as complicated as I'm thinking it would be .Thanks in advanced.

Apple Watch Ultra, watchOS 9

Posted on Apr 27, 2023 11:04 AM

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Posted on Apr 27, 2023 11:40 AM

The simplest answer is you cannot have cellular service on the watch, which is different from the cellular service on your iPhone. That's just not possible. Your iPhone and Apple Watch must be on the same carrier. As your mom's watch is through T-Mobile on installment, you'll need to find out from T-Mobile what would be required to move the watch to a different carrier and there are sure to be costs associated with such a move.


No one here can help you with this. This is between you and T-Mobile.

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Apr 27, 2023 11:40 AM in response to Davesa1991

The simplest answer is you cannot have cellular service on the watch, which is different from the cellular service on your iPhone. That's just not possible. Your iPhone and Apple Watch must be on the same carrier. As your mom's watch is through T-Mobile on installment, you'll need to find out from T-Mobile what would be required to move the watch to a different carrier and there are sure to be costs associated with such a move.


No one here can help you with this. This is between you and T-Mobile.

Apr 27, 2023 11:15 AM in response to Davesa1991

You're mother's going to need to find out the terms of the installment contract she signed with TMobile. It may be that if you remove the number from TMobile by porting it to AT&T, your mother will have to pay off the contract. But, no, I don't believe you'll be able to use the watch through TMobile if your number is ported to AT&T as the watch shares a SIM with the phone.

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