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Sally8
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Hi, I’m going to buy an iwatch series 5 and want to connect via my current 02 number. Because I’m student I get 10% off at Apple. Is it possible to buy the watch with Apple and then collect via the o2 contact?
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@Sally8 

Yes you can. It doesn't matter where you buy from.

Set up the data plan from the watch setup routine and it will walk you through buying an airtime plan.
https://www.o2.co.uk/help/phones-sims-and-devices/apple-watch
Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap on ‘Mobile Data’.
Then tap ‘Set up mobile data’. You’ll be prompted to sign in with your My O2 username and password.
Once you’ve signed in, select your Apple Watch plan. Follow the steps on the screen to set up your Apple Watch Airtime Plan.
It can take up to 24 hours to activate, but sometimes it might take a little longer.
To check if your new Airtime Plan is active, open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap on ‘Mobile Data’. In the ‘Data Plan’ section, if you see O2 with the word ‘activating’ then you’ll have to wait a little longer for set up to complete. If you see O2 with an orange ‘i’ next to it, then you’re all set up.
If you get an error message at any point, on the iPhone, go to Settings and select Privacy > Motion & Fitness and switch it on.
Then go back to the watch app/Mobile Data/set up mobile data plan and be ready to put your o2 username and password in to the resulting o2 screen. Also, it costs £5 monthly to add the airtime for the Apple Watch, so you'll need to authorise this after entering the o2 user name and password. The phone app will then say 'activating' which can take a day or so, but at that point, you can try doing a phone call direct from the watch to test it.

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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@Sally8 Someone else asked a similar question earlier. I'm fairly certain you can just connect the watch to the phone via Bluetooth in the same way you'd connect ear buds, or your phone to a car. It shouldn't matter where you buy the watch.

I DO NOT WORK FOR O2



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I have been trying to purchase an Apple Watch through o2 for 2 weeks and keep getting an error message. Anybody else had this issue??
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I have tried through safari on the o2 website aswell. It says I don’t have a number to connect too but I have a o2 pay monthly 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Yeah I’ve called them so many times and spoken online but nobody knows the problem just keep saying everything with my account is ok and check again in a few hours 🙄. So frustrating
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