John Legere just tweeted out that T-Mobile will not be putting a cap on data speeds for the Apple Watch Series 3. Responding to customer “frustrations” about T-Mobile’s original plan to limit data on Apple’s smartwatch to 512kbps, Legere now says that upon the device’s release next Friday, customers will be getting full 4G LTE speeds.
T-Mobile won’t slow down the Apple Watch’s data speeds after all
John Legere reverses original plan and says Series 3 owners will get full-speed LTE data
John Legere reverses original plan and says Series 3 owners will get full-speed LTE data
Adding an Apple Watch to your T-Mobile One plan still costs $10 extra per month. But this is definitely an improvement over what seemed to be T-Mobile’s original idea, which was to limit download rates to 512kbps by default and charge customers more (between $20 and $25) if they wanted faster data. None of the other major US carriers are imposing data speed caps on the Apple Watch.
It’s very unlikely that the Apple Watch Series 3 will need data speeds faster than the 3G-like ceiling that T-Mobile originally had in place. Not anytime soon, anyway. But having any restriction in place seemed a little questionable, and now customers don’t need to worry about potential slowdowns; the Apple Watch Series 3’s full power and speed will be available at launch.
P.S.: I made that image of the Apple Watch with magenta background in Pixelmator. Give a guy some credit, Legere.
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