Update: This deal is still available.
Walmart has
40mm Apple Watch SE GPS + Cellular (1st Gen, Aluminum Case w/ Sport Band) on sale for
$129.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
rlrsd for finding this deal.
Available colors:
Product Features:
- 32GB capacity
- Retina LTPO OLED display, 1000 nits
- Ion-X glass display
- GPS + Cellular
- S5 SiP with 64-bit dual-core processor; W3 wireless chip
- Digital Crown with haptic feedback
- Optical heart sensor
- High and low heart rate notifications and irregular heart rhythm notification
- International emergency calling, Emergency SOS, and fall detection
- Water resistant 50 meters
- LTE and UMTS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 5.0
- GPS/GNSS, compass, and always-on altimeter
- 50 percent louder speaker; built-in mic
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Basically for 10+ years the only way to set up an Apple Watch was to tether it to your phone. Same number, same account, etc (even if you had cellular service on the watch, which is $30+ activation and $10/mo on the major networks; cheaper on the discounters, usually $5/mo)
Then around 2021 Apple introduced "family setup" for watches, which allows you to use your own phone to set up and manage a watch for a standalone user (typically cellular). This was aimed at older adults or children.
However, only a handful of carriers — the usual suspects — support family setup, so you're limited on who you use for that new phone number. We just chose Truphone because they were the only Apple-approved carrier that didn't leave us tied to a major service and charged zero setup fee, just the $10/mo unlimited service.
Eventually we might switch over but it's only been a couple weeks' trial run and we love it. Not perfect, but the cellular watch alone is very capable of basic functions — voice texting, Find My location (sometimes very slow), workout tracking (but can't archive it without a phone).
Not perfect, but he can't easily lose something strapped to his wrist and $130 is a much easier replacement than $500+. And he can't browse websites or get too distracted by it. We also imported selected contacts from our phones. No incoming or outgoing calls or texts are allowed from random people.
It sounds complicated because it's hard to find people in that exact situation and there's probably not much profit in it
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The activation process for Truphone was instant, and it functions very effectively. It's an excellent deal, costing less than $10 when prepaid for the entire year.
For that price it's pretty much a no brainer.
For that price it's pretty much a no brainer.
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For some reason the previous link contained something which didn't agree with the SD system.
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For that price it's pretty much a no brainer.
However note that if you only can use the $20 coupon on the Akumaka watch, this would result in a net price of $30. For $30 there seem to be several other Asian smart watches brands -- all with similar features and all with favorable reviews (they probably all use the same watch chip). So if you're not in a hurry, wait till one of the other unknown brands comes up with another deal which will probably result in a price around $20. It won't have the prestige and finesse of an Apple watch, but the extra $100+ will mean that you can purchase more SD's.
Incidentally if you haven't noticed, a similar magnetic watch band for an Apple watch runs around $15. For non-Apple watches they run from $6-10. I have always purchased a magnetic watch band for my Amazfit Bip and GTS 2e, and prefer them as they are easier to put on and off. However when involved in a sport activity, I switch to their standard watch band as it is more secure. It's nice that the Akumaka come with both. But perhaps that is why it has a list price of $50.
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Basically for 10+ years the only way to set up an Apple Watch was to tether it to your phone. Same number, same account, etc (even if you had cellular service on the watch, which is $30+ activation and $10/mo on the major networks; cheaper on the discounters, usually $5/mo)
Then around 2021 Apple introduced "family setup" for watches, which allows you to use your own phone to set up and manage a watch for a standalone user (typically cellular). This was aimed at older adults or children.
However, only a handful of carriers — the usual suspects — support family setup, so you're limited on who you use for that new phone number. We just chose Truphone because they were the only Apple-approved carrier that didn't leave us tied to a major service and charged zero setup fee, just the $10/mo unlimited service.
Eventually we might switch over but it's only been a couple weeks' trial run and we love it. Not perfect, but the cellular watch alone is very capable of basic functions — voice texting, Find My location (sometimes very slow), workout tracking (but can't archive it without a phone).
Not perfect, but he can't easily lose something strapped to his wrist and $130 is a much easier replacement than $500+. And he can't browse websites or get too distracted by it. We also imported selected contacts from our phones. No incoming or outgoing calls or texts are allowed from random people.
It sounds complicated because it's hard to find people in that exact situation and there's probably not much profit in it
If anyone has a workaround I'd love to know. Apple is simultaneously the simplest and most complex ecosystem I've ever tried
That being said, I am taking a flyer and going to try out an unknown brand only because it has the ability to make and receive calls from one's cell phone. I don't have high expectations for this watch, but for $17 I'm not risking too much (after a $20 coupon and code 4N58S48P -- which may or may not still work today)
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you can prolly find it just by searching B0C613Y8N3
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