Verizon iPhone Handoff Cost: /Month, No Enrollment Date

Verizon has confirmed the Verizon iPhone Handoff cost: $10 a month, or $120 a year at that rate, to use one phone number on two iPhones (9to5Mac, two days ago; PCMag, yesterday). That's double the $5 a month T-Mobile charges for the same iOS 27 feature (MacRumors, last month). Apple's current support page lists T-Mobile and Telekom, not Verizon, as supported carriers, and Verizon's statement, as quoted by 9to5Mac, does not provide a public enrollment date (Apple Support; 9to5Mac, two days ago).

That leaves a $120-a-year price attached to a feature nobody outside T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom can turn on yet. Below is what Verizon and Apple have each said, how the feature behaves once it's actually running, and what price it's being measured against.

Verizon iPhone Handoff pricing: what's confirmed, what isn't

Verizon's statement, cited by 9to5Mac, says iPhone Handoff "will be available" for $10 a month on compatible iPhones (9to5Mac, two days ago). That's future-tense rollout language, not a live checkout page.

Apple's current support page lists T-Mobile and Telekom as supported carriers. Verizon's statement, as quoted by 9to5Mac, also does not give an enrollment date (Apple Support; 9to5Mac, two days ago).

Apple said last month that Verizon and EE would add iPhone Handoff support before the end of the year, alongside the initial T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom rollout (MacRumors, last month). Verizon's pricing announcement didn't move that timeline forward or attach a firmer date.

What you need before you can sign up

Both iPhones need to be an iPhone 11 or later, or an iPhone SE (2nd generation) or later, running iOS 27, according to PCMag's listed hardware and software requirements (PCMag, yesterday).

Apple requires both eSIMs to come from a carrier that supports iPhone Handoff (Apple Support).

Dual SIM owners configure each eSIM for iPhone Handoff separately, one at a time. Once both are set up, they switch together automatically whenever either device is unlocked (Apple Support).

Replacing either iPhone means manually transferring its eSIM to the new device. Apple notes the old eSIM deactivates once that transfer completes (Apple Support).

Setup happens either during a new iPhone's initial setup or afterward through Settings. Either way, one iPhone becomes the main device and the other becomes the secondary iPhone sharing the number (Apple Support).

What actually moves between your two iPhones, and what doesn't

Once iPhone Handoff is running, calls, voicemail, iMessage, RCS and SMS, and Find My location move automatically to whichever iPhone gets unlocked (Apple Support).

Apple's documentation says the number is active on only one iPhone at a time, so the service doesn't provide simultaneous calling or cellular data on both devices (PCMag, yesterday; Apple Support). That's a handoff between two phones sharing one line, not two independently active connections.

Apple recommends keeping a passcode enabled and private on both iPhones to stay in control of which device is active (Apple Support).

Wallet payment cards and car keys work on both iPhones, per Apple's documentation (Apple Support). Certain transit passes, IDs, or corporate badges, though, might only function on whichever device is currently active (Apple Support).

Apple Watch doesn't follow the switch. Apple's support page confirms that changing which iPhone is active through Handoff doesn't move an Apple Watch's pairing to match, which could matter for anyone relying on cellular calling through a Watch (Apple Support).

Separate from the carrier fee: Apple says iCloud data updates across both devices, while third-party apps sync according to their own individual behavior (Apple Support). That's a function of signing both iPhones into the same Apple Account, not something the $10 monthly charge adds on top.

Canceling isn't as simple as pulling an eSIM, either. Apple's support page says turning off iPhone Handoff requires contacting the carrier directly, and deleting the eSIM from an iPhone doesn't necessarily stop billing until the carrier is told to shut the service off (Apple Support).

Verizon iPhone Handoff vs T-Mobile: confirmed prices so far

T-Mobile charges $5 a month, or $60 a year at that rate, for iPhone Handoff (MacRumors, last month). Verizon's announced price is twice T-Mobile's $5 monthly charge (PCMag, yesterday; 9to5Mac, two days ago).

Deutsche Telekom packages the feature differently in Germany, folding it into a MultiSIM add-on priced at €6.95 a month, though it's included free with the carrier's higher-tier MagentaMobil L and XL plans (PCMag, yesterday). That's a bundled plan structure, not a direct match to either U.S. carrier's flat monthly fee.

AT&T has stayed noncommittal about supporting iPhone Handoff at all (MacRumors, last month); the supplied reporting doesn't identify an AT&T price to weigh against Verizon's and T-Mobile's.

What to verify before paying for iPhone Handoff

Confirmed: Verizon's $10-a-month price, the eligible hardware (iPhone 11 or later, or iPhone SE 2nd generation or later, on iOS 27), and the behavior Apple documents for calls, messages, Wallet, and Apple Watch (PCMag, yesterday; Apple Support).

Not yet confirmed: Verizon's place on Apple's supported-carrier list, and a public enrollment date from either company (Apple Support; 9to5Mac, two days ago).

That confirmation would show up as Verizon appearing alongside T-Mobile and Telekom on Apple's support page, paired with an actual sign-up date from either company. Until then, Apple's documented Handoff behavior keeps a shared number active on only one iPhone at a time and doesn't switch an Apple Watch's connection, limits that apply no matter which carrier eventually turns the feature on.