Hay guys, so I've been wanting to get the Gear S for a while now, but I would really rather not get a dedicated contract or increase my monthly bill. I've already been planning on buying off contact, but I worry I won't be able to use the watch to full functionality. Ideally I would want to use it the same way as a Gear 2, with the addition if the awesome screen, wifi functionality, and text forwarding. I don't plan on ever going without my phone unless it's for the music player so that wouldn't be a problem I believe.
What I'd really like to know is if I can use the Gear S without a dedicated Sim and contract, or even if a blank Sim would work because I have a few no contract Sims lying around. So if there's a way for me to do this then that'd be great!
Thanks guys!
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I'm not sure if it would work properly without a SIMM. At least all the features would not be available to you. One question I have for you is what service do you have for your cell phone? I have a T-Mobile Gear S, which has no contract (T-Mobile, the "uncarrier), and also have a TMO Note 4. My Gear S has the TMO nano SIMM and works seamlessly with my phone. Without a SIMM, I think it would just be a fancy looking, expensive wristwatch (that might not even be able to tell the correct time). Since I have a qualifying TMO Simple Choice plan, my monthly Gear S plan is:
No annual service contracts.
Just $5 monthly (after $10 monthly bill credit) when you also have a qualifying Simple Choice voice plan for a smartphone on your account.
Unlimited talk & text while on our network with no overages. Ever.
Up to 500MB of high-speed 4G LTE data.
Unlimited international data and text while roaming in 120+ countries and destinations and calls are just $0.20 per minute.
Music Freedom: unlimited streaming from great services like Milk Music™ that doesn’t count against your 4G LTE data allocation included at no extra charge with a Simple Choice Plan.
No annual service contracts.
Just $5 monthly (after $10 monthly bill credit) when you also have a qualifying Simple Choice voice plan for a smartphone on your account.
Unlimited talk & text while on our network with no overages. Ever.
Up to 500MB of high-speed 4G LTE data.
Unlimited international data and text while roaming in 120+ countries and destinations and calls are just $0.20 per minute.
Music Freedom: unlimited streaming from great services like Milk Music™ that doesn’t count against your 4G LTE data allocation included at no extra charge with a Simple Choice Plan.
I'm not sure if this helps you. But this is what I have.