T-Mobile's John Legere boosts Apple Watch LTE speed limit in response to customer feedback

T-Mobile's CEO, John Legere, took to Twitter to announce a change to their Apple Watch plans, boosting the speed limit that the company had applied to the Series 3 LTE-equipped model.

Formerly, Apple Watch LTE users on that carrier's network would be limited to 512kb/sec data speeds — essentially 3G speeds. T-Mobile's One Plan page still shows that 512 Kbps detail at the time of writing.

The previous limit induced customer complaints which ultimately prompted the response from Legere.

I heard your frustration about the Apple Watch plan. I sincerely believe in listening to our customers & have dug into this...
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) September 16, 2017

The Apple Watch Series 3 plan on @TMobile will be $10/m for unlimited 4G LTE. Thanks for your feedback. We always listen & act! #uncarrier pic.twitter.com/LqsGJ6X6xq
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) September 16, 2017

T-Mobile, like other carriers, is charging $10 USD a month to include data for Apple Watch on a user's cellular service plan. The LTE Apple Watch Series 3 models became available for pre-order early Friday morning, with new devices slated to arrive on September 22, the official launch date for the device.

63 Comments

macxpress 5910 comments · 16 Years

About 7 years ago

While thats nice....I still think its pure BS for carriers to charge for a watch to be added to the plan. Its the same line, not a different phone number. For this reason alone I will not get an LTE Apple Watch. I already pay out the wazooo for my cell phone...I don't appreciate being nickel and dime'd by these greedy carriers.

lkrupp 10521 comments · 19 Years

Okay, let's see now, how much bandwidth do you need to 1) make phone calls, 2) stream music, 3) get texts, 4) check the weather... I'm trying to think of an app for the Series 3 LTE that would require big time bandwidth. Camera? Nope, doesn't have one. Watch videos? WTF, on that tiny screen. Games? Really?

polymnia 1080 comments · 15 Years

lkrupp said:

Okay, let's see now, how much bandwidth do you need to 1) make phone calls, 2) stream music, 3) get texts, 4) check the weather... I'm trying to think of an app for the Series 3 LTE that would require big time bandwidth. Camera? Nope, doesn't have one. Watch videos? WTF, on that tiny screen. Games? Really?

A lack of imagination doesn't equal lack of potential.

I'm happy to hear bandwidth will not be throttled. If someone comes up with a novel application that requires bandwidth, the service is ready to deliver that bandwidth.

lkrupp said:

Okay, let's see now, how much bandwidth do you need to 1) make phone calls, 2) stream music, 3) get texts, 4) check the weather... I'm trying to think of an app for the Series 3 LTE that would require big time bandwidth. Camera? Nope, doesn't have one. Watch videos? WTF, on that tiny screen. Games? Really?

I'd rather they stuck with the 512Kbps and made it free...maybe charge $10 if you want LTE speeds for some reason.

eightzero 3145 comments · 14 Years

The fee in any form is a deal breaker. I was pondering an upgrade, as I really like my original AW. An upgrade for my wife's one too would have been a nifty holiday present. But not at $240/yr. Nope nope nope.