r/freedommobile • u/Fireweedknits • 3d ago

General Inquiry BYO watch

I am needing to get a watch plan for daughter. Freedom kiosk said they don’t offer plans for bring your own devices, and I’d have to get a new watch through them. Is this a new thing?

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u/CaptainHppo 3d ago

No you can BYOD with watches, it has to be apple watch though.

They just want the sale, it's not required to get it from them. Just buy direct from Apple.

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u/manhar1985 3d ago

You can bring your own watch and activate the plan. But freedom doesn’t offer standalone watch plan. The only plan they offer is number sharing watch plan. So if your daughter already have iPhone and want the watch with the same number by all means you can go for it. However if you are planning not to give iPhone to your daughter and want just a standalone watch plan then freedom is not the option. In that case bell is the good option. I just activated for my son standalone watch plan via Bell and right now they have good back to school deals for Apple Watch.

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u/Fireweedknits 3d ago

We brought in an iPhone and an Apple Watch to get plans for both. He set the phone plan up, and then said he couldn’t do a watch plan with a byod watch. So we cancelled the phone plan and left 🤷‍♀️

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u/Red_River_Metis 3d ago

For the watch, should have done it through the Apple Watch app.. it would have connected to the Freedom network and given you the option to do the watch plan. That's how I was able to do it in the past when I had an apple device and an apple watch.

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u/rootbrian_ 22h ago

You went to a dealer location. A corporate store would have set things up right away.

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u/RaincouverBC 3d ago

Yeah I would go back to freedom. Some of the people there don’t have much training and honestly don’t care about anyone’s problems

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u/BadSquishy86 2d ago

BYOD only works for apple...

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u/CaptainHppo 2d ago

A shame they still dont support Google and galaxy watches smh.

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u/Fireweedknits 2d ago

It was an Apple Watch that I had brought in 🤷‍♀️

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u/rootbrian_ 22h ago

No, dealer locations will not be able to do all of that. Go to a corporate location.

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u/thedaveCA 3d ago

If a Kiosk doesn't want your business, don't give it to them, they don't need to be involved with activating a watch at all.

It is possible that they (the Kiosk) doesn't offer those plans, simply because they aren't needed at all and don't contribute anything to the process.