Let's see Slate pictures please! Mine's not due until 4pm, and my natural is not coming until next week - probably leaning towards returning the slate but any pictures with braided loops would be good too see
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Apple Watch 10 UK Pre-order thread
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Well, that was the easiest set up ever. Watch was paired and set up within a couple of minutes. EE tech support answered the phone within five minutes and the young lady transferred my data plan and I was up and running on cellular within a couple if minutes.
Just need to pick up my new phone tomorrow at 9 am 🙂
Just need to pick up my new phone tomorrow at 9 am 🙂
I'm on EE and will need to do the same....did you unpair your old watch before setting up your new one and did you tap 'remove' or 'keep' the data plan when unpairing it?
Curious how you did it as it doesn't seem clear on the EE or Apple website
Yeah, we feel bit left out because we don’t have our own thread 🙂
Black Al arrived. Doesn't feel like a downgrade from my series 0 SS, which is good.
DPD just stuffed it half-through the letterbox, which wasn't so good.
DPD just stuffed it half-through the letterbox, which wasn't so good.
So the process is the same as it is every year.
Unpair your old watch but keep your data plan. If you remove your data plan, then you will lose it.
Remove your old watch from the cloud.
Pair up your new watch and when it comes to ask for your data plan it will produce an error and ask you to ring 150.
Contact EE and go through to technical support for phones.
When they answer, tell them you want to transfer your existing data plan and not a new data plan to your new watch.. Give them the new EID number which is the longest number on the apple box.
When they’ve done that, keep them on the phone and go to settings on your phone and you will see that is a prompt asking you to finish setting up your Apple Watch. Press that and it should show Sim plan activating. EE said it takes about four hours but it all seems to do it in less than 10 minutes. Once it’s activated then you can doublecheck it on your watch.
picked up my black ultra 2 from the apple store, very efficient and it was not busy. I checked if I could switch to the milanese loop but they were out of stock 
Different from yourself, but I called EE Tech yesterday as I was going to restore my Series 8 for selling
I told the agent what was happening (sold iPhone before unpairing 🫣) and do I keep or remove plan?
He said I can click on remove, and when you receive your new watch give us a call and we can add it back on.
Not sure what exactly Remove or Keep actually means…if you can get it back if removed
I got mine an hour ago and had a heart in mouth moment as I unboxed it. I dropped it onto a rug, it bounced and landed face down on a porcelain tiled floor........ No damage thank eff. Unbelievable really, I just stood there shaking my head with my wife staring at me.
My understanding is that if you remove the data plan then you have to take out a new data plan. I upgrade my watch every year and ever since the series 3 I’ve always transferred the data plan.
Checked the account and my number is still there, I’m currently on hold with EE just to double confirm.
Not a big deal really, they would just create a new plan, it’s not as if I use the actual number for anything 😊
Yeah it’s not the end of the world if you need a new plan but I only pay £5 a month for mine and if I go to a new plan then it’s £7. Not a dealbreaker but….🙂
Ok called EE back up, and the same story from their Tech Dept.
They tell people of you are selling your watch to click ‘Remove’ the plan…this does not affect the number on the account, when you receive the new watch give them a call and they will transfer the original number to your brand new watch.
If your giving the watch to your wife or son etc, and they want to use the plan then you click ‘keep’ the plan, you do not click on Keep if selling as the new user will be able to use it. Not sure how that works though if you completely restore… but I did it the correct way, …something to keep in mind.
They tell people of you are selling your watch to click ‘Remove’ the plan…this does not affect the number on the account, when you receive the new watch give them a call and they will transfer the original number to your brand new watch.
If your giving the watch to your wife or son etc, and they want to use the plan then you click ‘keep’ the plan, you do not click on Keep if selling as the new user will be able to use it. Not sure how that works though if you completely restore… but I did it the correct way, …something to keep in mind.
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Not sure how that works because once the EID number is transferred to the new watch, then the old watch cannot work with that cellular plan because it isn’t associated with it
Went into the Apple Store today to purchase the 46mm jet black with the sport loop band. I was going to originally trade-in via Currys, but I was already in the Apple Store, so thought I might as well do it. I got £100 for my old Series 7 and was able to keep the original band/charger unlike Currys, which was nice. Straightforward process as I was able to trade it in with one of their staff at the store instead of having to post it. Although it was incredibly busy with a massive queue outside for collections.
Mine has arrived. I have been through the set up quickly and all seems good - other than macOS Sonoma on my work laptop mistaking it for a much older model. I need to check on Sequoia on my MBP.
I have been through the setup with EE, as this is my first cellular Watch, but have no idea if it is working or not yet.
I have been through the setup with EE, as this is my first cellular Watch, but have no idea if it is working or not yet.
I’ve been paying for the series 7 monthly since release, only cancelled it today as I’ve traded it in.