EE sets UK iPhone Handoff price at £5 a month outside Full Works Plus
EE says customers on Full Works Plus will get iPhone Handoff included, while customers on other plans can pay £5 a month. The carrier has not announced when the feature will launch.
EE has set UK pricing for iPhone Handoff, saying the feature will be included with its Full Works Plus plan or cost £5 a month on a rolling contract for customers on other plans. The carrier announced the terms on October 15 alongside its iPhone Duo plans. Handoff is still described as coming soon; EE has not given a launch date.
How EE’s iPhone Handoff will work
Handoff is designed for people who use two iPhone models but want to keep the same mobile number when moving between them. EE says contacts, calls and messages move with the phone in use, so customers can switch devices without changing the number people use to reach them. Its Full Works Plus plan, which includes Fast Lane, will include Handoff; the separate £5 monthly option will run on a rolling contract.
According to EE’s announcement, customers will need two compatible iPhones running iOS 27 or later and signed in to the same Apple Account. Engadget reported that only one of the two phones can use the shared eSIM number at a time. Switching which phone is active therefore does not mean both phones can receive calls on that number simultaneously.
iPhone Duo dates and carrier prices
EE announced Handoff as part of its iPhone Duo rollout. Its October 15 announcement said preorders for Apple’s foldable iPhone would open on October 16, ahead of a scheduled October 23 launch. Those dates concern the handset: EE described the Handoff service separately as coming soon. Customers considering the two together have a handset launch date, but no date yet for activating Handoff.
Apple named EE, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile and Verizon as supporting carriers at its September keynote, according to 9to5Mac. The outlet reported that T-Mobile had put its US Handoff add-on at $5 a month. Engadget separately reported that Verizon plans to charge $10 a month and also describes its service as coming soon. Those US prices provide context for EE’s UK announcement, though the carriers’ plans and currencies differ.
EE calls itself the first UK network to offer iPhone Handoff. Its published terms establish the proposed price and device requirements, while the availability date remains open. Customers can find the carrier’s stated terms in EE’s announcement.
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Sources and context
- EE announces iPhone Handoff pricing details for UK customers9to5Mac
- Verizon will charge you $10 a month for iPhone HandoffEngadget
- iPhone Duo with iPhone Handoff: only on EEEE Newsroom
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