T-Mobile prices iPhone Handoff at $5/month for iOS 27
T-Mobile’s Apple launch PR confirms iPhone Handoff — one number on two iPhones — will cost $5 per month, filling in the fee Apple only hinted at.
T-Mobile has put a price on iPhone Handoff: $5 per month.
The fee appears in T-Mobile’s September 10 Business Wire launch release for the new Apple lineup. The carrier says it is “one of the first” to support the iOS 27 feature that lets customers use one T-Mobile number across two compatible iPhones and choose which phone is active. “T-Mobile is introducing the feature at $5/month,” the release states.
That answers the pricing gap left in our earlier carrier-limit story, which noted Apple’s “carrier fees might apply” language and that T-Mobile had not yet published a rate. MacRumors separately reported the same $5 figure.
What you get for $5
Per T-Mobile, the secondary iPhone can use calls, texts, data, mobile hotspot, Scam Shield, and T-Satellite on eligible plans — without managing a second number. Handoff works on any iPhone with iOS 27 via Settings, and the carrier says it is ready from day one on the new iPhone 18 Pro lineup and iPhone Duo.
Apple’s own rules still apply: two devices on iOS 27 or later, same Apple Account, Wi-Fi, Messages in iCloud, FaceTime, and iMessage. Unlocking a phone activates the number there; only one iPhone is active at a time. Turning the feature off requires contacting the carrier.
Launch window
iOS 27 ships Monday, September 14. At launch, Apple still lists only T-Mobile (U.S.) and Telekom Germany as supported carriers. Deutsche Telekom’s German pricing was not in T-Mobile’s U.S. release.
Sources: T-Mobile / Business Wire (“Get iPhone 18 Pro on Us at T-Mobile”), MacRumors, Apple Support — Set up iPhone Handoff.