WTF. This is my first month with a cellular apple watch.

I just got the first bill and its almost SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS in addition to my phone.

$35 activation fee

$10 watch data

$18 for taxes and fees

While I definitely disagree with the $35 activation fee, I understand it’s just a one time charge, but holy shit how can anyone justify almost $30 a month. Literally the fees and taxes cost more than the actual product.

  • raptorjaws@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    sounds like att. i switched back to verizon after just a few months with att because they were constantly screwing shit up. i pay about $10/mo total for the apple watch on verizon.

    • BokehJunkie@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      How’s your experience been with visible? I’m seriously considering moving to something else after the last few gaffes.

  • -B001-@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    AT&T is gonna AT&T. I like T-Mobile because the price they quote is the price.

  • Laketech@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Mine is like 12/months /mo with fees on Verizon, and it piggybacks off my phone plan data. I activated the Series 3 as my original cellular capable watch when it came out. Back then all carriers were waiving the activation charges and giving three months free, ever since then I’ve just transferred to a new watch every year and never had to pay another activation fee.

  • GenghisFrog@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d love to keep cell on my watch, but I don’t use it nearly enough to justify the $10 plus all the fees. It’s like $15 a month all told. Right now I just use it a few months of the year when we go to water parks a lot, but I need to be able to be reached for work.

  • Avengerius@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Am still new to the idea of a cellular mobile but is it not possible to get an eSIM and use it in both your mobile and the watch concurrently thereby connecting both to one account and data plan, saving money?

  • AbiyBattleSpell@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I dealt with this at att and to avoid the activation or least reduce it I got aarp. Anyone can sub and it’s like 16 and att waives activation if u got it. And yes there pretty dumb and I think ya should fight it I did it and the taxes and fees fr me I believe was 5ish everything else looks like mine but that so they might be trying to scam u. I remember when I got a watch it was such a pain in the ass both medically and socially and the store that finally sold me one added insurance without my knowledge. I got it removed and credit to fix it though. So document everything. Cause I only did a watch to like pay it monthly cause I couldn’t at once. And them being dumb was able to guilt in em into giving me credit for a variety of reasons where my over time extra cost when I finally paid it off was only 50ish instead of 100 plus ish. So while they are dumb as hell, might well guilt em into credit fr wasting my time 😾