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do you have to buy watch. from carrier?

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puddin04
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To activate 

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St3v3C
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you don't have to buy from the carrier. my wife gave me my smart watch for birthday. was purchased at best buy. I simply called T-Mobile and told them I wanted to set it up and they helped with the rest

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Stephanie Nikki
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Only if you plan on using LTE functions, you can buy a bluetooth watch and still use all of the bluetooth features without a carrier. LTE versions can only be purchased through a carrier. 


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puddin04
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thank my husband bought me one refurbished off Amazon and it won't activate. I can use Bluetooth
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Stephanie Nikki
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From amazon it's most likely a bluetooth only version unless it was purchased from a third party seller on their site. You never really know what you're going to get with the 3rd party sellers lol.  A way you can check for the ability to have LTE features is if your watch has a IMEI/HEX number listed anywhere in the settings or on the back of the watch face. If it only has a serial number, then it is indeed Bluetooth Only. 


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TheSMQ
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you can purchase lte variants via Samsung though.
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puddin04
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I see a MIl.STD NUMBER
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St3v3C
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you don't have to buy from the carrier. my wife gave me my smart watch for birthday. was purchased at best buy. I simply called T-Mobile and told them I wanted to set it up and they helped with the rest
puddin04
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thanks for information. been trying to do it over the phone no luck
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SamsungAdam
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Thank you for reaching out. Can I please have your full model number and serial number/IMEI in a private message to check if your watch is LTE capable: http://bit.ly/2JH2rq2


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puddin04
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how do I private message you
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