Re:Apple Watch 3
by askafriend on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:10PM
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It probably piggy backs off the SIM information from the "Master" device (which is the phone in this case).
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People who want a fully independent Watch will probably be disappointed, but for the use-case of "I want to leave my iPhone at home while I go out for a jog", the fact that the watch uses the same phone number as your iPhone is very good indeed -- having yet another number to manage for the relatively short duration of a jog/swim seems ugly.
Re:Apple Watch 3
by JigglyGigalo on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:53PM
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So it has a software SIM? If so it's the first time I've heard of a device with one.
Yup. They call it an eSIM: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/12/the-cellular-enabled-apple...
"The eSIM has to be provisioned via the device itself, which is handy if you want to switch between T-Mobile and AT&T in a hurry, but not handy if you want to switch to a carrier not supported by Apple, or sell your device to someone on a different carrier."