Sep 22, 2017. #6. TheColtr said: 1) your phone doesn’t have to be on. It has its own connection to the cellular network, it even has its own number, but your carrier automatically forwards calls and texts to your watch to make it look like you’re sharing the same phone number. 2) WiFi calling doesn’t require your phone either. The process of setting up any smartwatch involves adding cellular through the watch itself which automatically adds a postpaid line for $10 plus taxes. There is no way for the watch to set itself up as anything other than a watch at $10. Whether it's a standalone, or whether it's an additional line on a postpaid plan it is still only a $10 plus LTE smartwatches require an LTE radio in order to work. Without an LTE radio, the smartwatch will not be able to connect to cellular networks. Once the smartwatch has connected to a cellular network, it can use apps and receive and send messages. Smartwatches that include an LTE radio connect to cellular networks automatically. And with 5G Ultra Wideband, which is available in over 1700 cities, you can get speeds up to 10x faster than what you have now and your downloads take a fraction of the time – get a movie in minutes, or a song in seconds.2 And, 5G Ultra Wideband is faster and safer than public WiFi.3 So you can say goodbye to slow speeds when you need to get The Pixel Watch also has deep Fitbit integration, making it a good alternative to a dedicated fitness tracker. Ultimately, the $279.99 Galaxy Watch 5 has a slight edge thanks to its lower price It looks like the watch has room for antennas and power amplifiers supporting 10-11 LTE bands, which it turns out is just enough to only support the seven major US and Canadian networks (and it Manufacturers. What's new. Members. I have a few questions regarding GW4 LTE. In my country, it looks like the carrier doesn't support number sharing, so I'll have to set up the watch with a It’s available in two variants—the LTE variant at $399 and the standard variant at $349. It works with all Google Pixel smartphone models and any smartphone running on Android 8 or above. How does it match up? The Google Pixel Watch is minimalistic with a 1.2-inch circular AMOLED display design that looks like the Samsung Galaxy Watch. R74DW.