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TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:21:39 GMT

So TELUS is offering Series 3 cellular support on Dec 1st.....

Was wondering if a Mod could let us know if there is a chance PM will offer support at some point, or is it not something to hold our breath on. The reason I’m asking is I have a friend who just bought a series 3 and wants to switch carriers. She is with Rogers at the moment, whom I believe currently have no plans to support it soon... possibly later?

Shes off contract and is looking at BELL, (whom she can get service with right away), and now TELUS. Of course the PM prices are better for data/calling, so it would be handy if a mod could shed some light on the topic. Would be nice to know one way or the other as I have a series 3 as well.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

xCameron94x — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:39:58 GMT

I feel like it will only be offered on plans through the big 3. It is an addidtional $5/ month to pair your watch with your phone through Bell on one of their share plans. I have a feeling Telus will follow suit with that with similar pricing and plans. Virgin Mobile (bell) is not supporting the apple watch 3 at the moment. So slim chances that PM will

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:43:37 GMT

I’m kind of leaning that way myself..... would be nice to to get a comment from a Mod though to give some closure. Lol

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

xCameron94x — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:50:12 GMT

Doesnt hurt to ask!. But its still unkown if and when Koodo will get support for the watch, and with PM being third on the Telus brand list it may look cloudy. But who knows, maybe PM will surprise those who have the watch

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

CS_Agent — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:55:16 GMT

Hi @warpdrive

At the moment Public Mobile has no plans to support the new Apple watch with enablement of its SIM feature.

However, feel free to visit our community for any future updates.

Thanks,

Syed

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:50:57 GMT

Lol. Well.... there it is. Thank for the conformation.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

shawnie_boy — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:27:12 GMT

I can’t see pm ever supporting this. It would make no sense. If you want support you would need to switch to Telus. These are the types of perks you get with big 3.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 03:51:12 GMT

Yep. I kind of thought this is well, I guess it was a bit of a pipe dream but I had a bit of a wish that maybe there was an inkling of a thought in a dream that we might get it. LOL but now I can just be happy I am saving a lot of cash being with public mobile and chatting with all you awesome people. Have a good night. Peace out!

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

galaxyunlock — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:04:44 GMT

Yet there is no official annoucement for pm for supporint apple devices. There is no information on pm site. But may be christmus time you get some offer.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

sirkdub — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 07:45:46 GMT

Let’s hope that PM offers support for Watch eventually. Once it’s a more mainstream product I don’t see why not offer it.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

CS_Agent — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:39:49 GMT

Hi,

Thank you, for reaching out to us. I will gladly answer your question.

At the moment Public Mobile has no plans to support the new Apple watch with enablement of its SIM feature.

However, feel free to visit our community for any future updates.

Respectfully,

Bladimir R.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

Michael77 — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:27:10 GMT

Good to know. Thanks.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

spetel — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 01:13:59 GMT

What "perks"? It is a service and a device you pay for...

I don't see why not add support for this in the future, as an add-on.

Bell charging 5$ a month for it, I would pay 10$ a month to stay with PM.

I guess its all a question of how popular it becomes and how hard would it be for PM to support it. Might take a while though... but I remain hopeful

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 01:50:30 GMT

PS- I jumped to Telus for the 10gb for $60 deal. I just fired up the apple watch and it works over cellular. The only thing is this, because the 10gb is not sharable the watch can only use the 1gb that comes with the watch plan, which I am fine with. Public Mobile is great, this TELUS deal just works better for me. I still have my wife and daughter on Public Mobile. Just thought Id throw it out there for anybody who is longing for cellular compatibility with the series 3 apple watch.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

sirkdub — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 03:15:55 GMT

How data efficient is the Apple Watch on LTE? What’s the mileage for 1gb? I was going to get this Telus deal too but the 1gb held me back.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 05:39:48 GMT

Well.... I’ve been playing around with features on it all night while connected to cellular. Turned off Bluetooth on the phone and turned off wifi on the watch, then the cellular auto kicks in. Used about 15mb, so as long as your not streaming from Apple Music... I’d say it would be tough to even use half of the 1gb data in a month. The battery on the watch takes a bit of a hit.... otherwise it’s pretty awesome.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:17:49 GMT

Just thought Id let you know that after a month of use I only used about 100mb on the watch plan, and I used it quite a bit, so there should be no worries of overages as long as your not streaming from apple music to the watch over cellular. The series 3 has 16GB internal storage, I just loaded playlists in to listen too so no need for streaming. Hope this helps!

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

sirkdub — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:44:03 GMT

Thanks for the follow up and letting us know. That’s great to hear the Watch is data efficient. Since it is so low data usage, I really hope PM will realize there is a good opportunity to charge for this addon with minimal cost to them.

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

warpdrive — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:58:32 GMT

I would be nice if Public Mobile did. I just wasn’t willing to hold my breath waiting. When Rogers and Koodo don’t even support it, I’m thinking it will be a very long wait indeed.... if ever. 😣

Re: TELUS is supporting Apple Watch Series 3 on Dec 1st

deketele — Mon, 13 May 2019 19:09:07 GMT

This is very dissapointing. I don’t like carrying a phone around (which these days have gotten quite large) so I’ve seriously considered getting the cellular version of the Apple watch. I just joined PM about a week ago, so it was obviously foolish of me not to have considered this aspect of PM’s offerings. My wife had been waiting to see how my service performs before also making the jump to PM. We happened to be discussing the Apple watch today when it suddenly occured to me to check whether PM provides service for the watch. After reading PM’s response, not only has she decided against switching carriers, I also am pondering whether to switch back to Bell and when. Recent press has the watch surging in polularity so its perplexing why “Canada’s largest network” wouldn’t provide service. Charge a premium price for it, but make it available. Soon.