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Apple Watch Could Launch in Austria, Denmark and India This Month
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Absent data from Apple, this is how you know the watch is doing well. If it weren't, they'd have excess supply, which they would then sell into more markets. The fact that so many countries still don't have the Apple watch is a good indication that it's selling well where available.
Unfortunately no.
Scandinavian has some of the worst cronyism for retail distribution throughout Europe. These countries distribution agreements are based very long term contracts setting up rigid vertical arrangements to where you can trace every product on a retail floor to the cargo ship, docking and unloading time and even shipping crate.
While the party line is "quality and security control" the reality it is all about keeping competition from bypassing a merchant tradition going back to the middle ages. Some of the families running these distribution chain goes back centuries.
This is why you don't see an Apple Store in Denmark.
Absent data from Apple, there is nothing that can be gleaned from this. Even if was selling horribly and they had excess supply, they wouldn't flood the market with inventory. More likely this is a controlled rollout; designed to keep the watch in the media over time. Whether it's selling well or not, Apple probably has a set schedule to launch the watch.
Then what other date should it be? Yes, there where problems, but the watch was still officially launched on that day.
Great news! I love my Apple Watch. I've only encountered my first problem with mine today and it was fixed swiftly with a restart. Glad other countries can experience one soon.
re: Willkommen auf der Apple-Watch!
My high school German is a bit rusty, but I would translate that as: Welcome to the Apple Watch!
-Jeff
My high school German is a bit rusty, but I would translate that as: Welcome to the Apple Watch!
-Jeff
That's what I put into the translator, and it sounded gut er... good to me, but with my grandparents speaking Germish around me (German/English), my translations may be a bit off the high German, but more Berliner (I know... a donut).
That'd probably be:
Sehr gut! Willkommen zur Apple Watch.
but you wouldn't say that. maybe in austrian:
Sea guad! Vü spaß mit da wotsch! (Very good. Have much fun with the watch!)
depends, where exactly you're coming from.
but thanks!
p.s.: already got it from germany
Actually, he wrote "Welcome on the Apple Watch". Welcome can't be used the same way in German as in English. The closest thing that would make sense would be "Österreich heißt die Apple Watch willkommen", which barely means what you were trying to say.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed mine. For me, it is a matter of convenience, and using Apple Pay is just the cherry on top of the ice cream!
(At least no one complained about the Sehr gut! part
!No, it doesn't sound strange. At least not in Austria and southern Germany. There is quite some variation in German grammar ...
Isn't this kind of a bit late? Apple should have launched this worldwide within three months or earlier of its initial launch.
Wrong. The Apple Watch will be another blockbuster Apple product, world-wide.
Nope. Apple does things when it's ready. Lots of logistics to work out you'll never be privy to.