Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch 4G airtime plan......£5/month?

[Smudger32]

Hi, 

can anyone explain why O2 charges a fiver per month for the airtime plan for a Samsung Galaxy smartwatch 4G, when other carriers offer it for free and just allow you to share the phone airtime? Is it just a nice little earner for O2, and/or some technical reason? 

I have probably answered my own question but would interested in other's thoughts....

Cheers, John

[madasaf1sh · Accepted solution]

@Smudger32 

Both o2 and Vodafone charge extra for all smartwatches as they use the network infrastructure and use a MSISDN number and use data... 

BT(EE) take on that cost but charge more for the watch.. so swings and roundabouts