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4-6weeks (Deliever May 13 - May 27th) pre-orders
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For you to walk out with a watch on launch day, there were a few more factors than for just phones.
The number of bands to choose from is one factor. Sure, you could walk out with A watch, but, is it going to be the exact one you want?
If Apple were to have a true launch in the stores, there would have to be hundreds of each model stocked in every store to even come close to pleasing even just a percentage of people. Obviously at this point, an April 24 launch didn't give Apple enough time to produce nearly as many watches as necessary to achieve this type of coverage.
Also, you would probably be waiting in line MUCH longer than usual as every customer that gets into the store to purchase their watch is going to have many choices of size, color, and bands from which to pick. On top of that, they aren't going to just look at each combination, they are going to try each one on, and then probably go back and forth between a couple of their choices before they ever make a decision.
I would say the average time spent per customer coming in for a phone would be 5 minutes or less. For a watch with fittings and decisions? At least twice as long at 10 minutes per customer. Agree?
With the phones, sure, waiting in line was no big deal, because most people had a pretty good idea of exactly what they wanted and didn't have to "try on" a product. The
Watch changes all of that and would make waiting in line a truly excruciating process.
Hey all,
I'm in the 4-6 weeks shipping window and I just got a charge notification from my CC that I was charged the full amount for my Apple Watch.
Trying not to get my hopes up, but this looks like it might be happening!!
I'm in the 4-6 weeks shipping window and I just got a charge notification from my CC that I was charged the full amount for my Apple Watch.
Trying not to get my hopes up, but this looks like it might be happening!!
42mm Apple Watch Sport with blue sport band (it was the only one available).
Again, trying not to get my hopes up much but this seems promising.
im starting to think they are shipping them out randomly not necessarily by your estimated ship date. some people with 4/24 have not been charged and some with 5/13 have been. i have still only been charged for the 2M cable accessory.
I was literally just charged, less than 5 minutes ago. I live in GA so this was around 11:40AM EST.
Congrats! How long after you were charged did you get the order update email? I have not received any update to my order yet.
Does it show preparing for shipment?
Edit: Just checked the Order Status page on Apple.com and my order shows Preparing for Shipment. Haven't received a notification yet but it does show the updated status on the site.
I think they're just doing it model by model based on that particular model's stock. Some people in the June thread just reported shipping notices for the blue sport model, which is the model they were offering to developers yesterday (indicating extra supply).
Holy cow that's awesome. With how late your timeline was, that gives me hope for my 8:30 PST Milanese!!
EDIT: wait never mind
As in the one I received after placing the order? 3:43 AM EST. I did order another watch at 3:01AM EST but cancelled as it was a 38mm and I went with 42mm. Took me a while to realize I should've ordered a bigger size
The UK gets a date range of 12-26th, the US gets a range of 13th-27th. No idea why, but that's what's happening.
So this is new.
I logged into the Apple website to check on my 4-6 Week preorder on a 42mm White Sport Band, Apple watch sport, and it was asking me to update my payment information because it couldn't gain authorization (Probably because I used a temporary card that was linked to my new account)
However, My Stainless Steel space black, which I used the same card for, isn't saying anything like that.
I logged into the Apple website to check on my 4-6 Week preorder on a 42mm White Sport Band, Apple watch sport, and it was asking me to update my payment information because it couldn't gain authorization (Probably because I used a temporary card that was linked to my new account)
However, My Stainless Steel space black, which I used the same card for, isn't saying anything like that.
My wifes sport band 38mm white model changed to prep for shipping on the 20th and i never received an email notification either. Now hers was originally the 4/24 range. Mine on the other hand is mid May (42mm space gray sport).