Reliance enters race to sell Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular

Market set for an intense competition.

April 24, 2018 01:32 pm | Updated December 01, 2021 12:13 pm IST - CHENNAI

Apple Watch Series 3 Celluar is ready to storm the Indian market. Reliance Jio too has joined the race with Airtel to facilitate its entry into the Indian market. Reliance Jio said its customers could pre-book the Apple Watch on its Jio.com, Reliance Digital and Jio Stores across the country.

Customers will be able to pre-order Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular beginning May through the company website. Reliance Digital and Jio Store, and the product will be available in stores from May 11.

Anyone who pre-books the Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular with a Jio connection will not only be the first one to get the watch (limited stocks available), but will also have the option to get a priority home delivery, where the watch and the Jio service (including Mobile Number Portability) will be home delivered.

``Keeping up with its market-leadership in industry-defining tariffs, Reliance Jio will not charge anything additional for this supreme service where the subscriber’s Jio number doubles up and works on both the devices – the iPhone and the Apple Watch, providing the true freedom of cellular,’’ the company said.

The Jio user can continue to be on any of the existing Jio plans. Jio is extending this benefit for both its pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. The company has also announced the launch of `JioEverywhereConnect’service. With this, the Jio users can use the same number on both iphone and Apple Watch. This service will be available to iphone users with no extra cost.

Airtel earlier said that the pre-registration for Apple Watch Series 2 will start on May 4, and be available from May 11. ``Customers can pre-register on Airtel website. With cellular, customers can go with just their Apple Watch and stay connected to the people and information they care about,'' said a release from Airtel. To help Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) customers get started, Airtel will also offer a special introductory cellular trial.

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