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Apple Store Employee AMA
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The number debated question.
How far from your phone either Bluetooth or wifi can you be and still be paired?
How far from your phone either Bluetooth or wifi can you be and still be paired?
I think him saying he's waiting to see if he get's a free Watch or huge discount is pretty revealing. As a former Store employee I can definitely say we never expected to get anything that wasn't software for free and I probably can't talk about discounts but it wouldn't say they were "huge".
From Engadget "Imagine the gleeful reaction he was given when he announced that all Apple employees (our source says both part time and full-time employees) that have been with Apple for over a year will receive a free 8 gig iPhone by the end of July." About Steve jobs. Good try though. That was the original iPhone. Stands to reason the first watch could be the same.
That was before I worked there. For some of the other iPhones some employees would be in line themselves.
Does that also specifically include Apple Store employees?
Before you worked there means nothing. Yes, even the lowly store employees are considered Apple employees.
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I'm not dismissing the idea that employees might get watches especially considering it's something you wear and it's visible. But if I was still working there and had never known we got free 1st gen iPhones (although we probably didn't in Canada) then I wouldn't ever expect a free watch.
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It was whispered around that time that this was an effort to get more phones out in the wild for word of mouth marketing.
That could be a useful tactic again today, people out in the wild with the watches who are educated in its use.
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So essentially you're saying since you wouldn't have known that, this alleged employee automatically doesn't know that? Hahah
Or the fact that you've recently visited the apple campus, and have handled stock in your store for the "demo" purposes.
They can guess your timezone based on your posts, so "has anyone in this timezone been to apple campus recently, who has been helping to setup demo in the store?"
Doesn't take much to work it out.
That said:
If you were an Apple employee, which, by the way, I highly doubt, you would know the answer to this. Did you get a free Mac, or a free iPod, or a free iPhone, or a free iPad?
That comment kind of says it all tbh, no apple employee (at retail, anyway) would expect (or even hope) to get a free product at launch.
I'm saying I have my doubts.
He can easily post his work shirt which would be the most anonymous option.
Uh oh, OP hasn't posted in a while. Hope he didn't get shot down by Apple for violating the confidentiality agreement that he agreed to prior to working for Apple.
Except for the fact that steve gave all Apple employees that worked at the company for at least a year, the original iPhone. It was an 8GB version. Good try though. Maybe research a little.
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That was a long time ago. Apple was a very different company back then. Those sort of perks ended long ago.
Nice try though.
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I would not call the OP a troll - perhaps he/she is an impostor. However, everything they said seemed very plausible, so whether or not AppleSnitch Is a true employee they have not revealed anything that contradicts official word from Apple thus far.
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They haven't actually revealed anything which isn't available online
. If you notice, they stopped responding when questions about stuff we don't already know were asked.
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BTW this alleged employee said:
Even if they really felt that way what Apple employee would say an Apple product is "ugly as can be" on a public forum? Typically when companies do AMA's they don't trash the product they're taking questions about.
Even if they really felt that way what Apple employee would say an Apple product is "ugly as can be" on a public forum? Typically when companies do AMA's they don't trash the product they're taking questions about.
Seriously? I don't believe this was an employee with inside knowledge either, but this is another comment that makes no sense at all. IF an employee decided to divulge company info, you think they wouldn't be honest as to how they feel about the product? .......
I saw on some iP6 pre-order video that it was required in Hong-Kong, but I had no problems reserving mine in German AOS without SMS verification. Hope that it'll stay that way...
Something else you don't understand. Apple doesn't employ people who will badmouth their products in retail stores.
Pretty much every specialist you'll see will be a massive apple fan.
Source code of upcoming UK website shows some lines about SMS verification
https://reserve.cdn-apple.com/GB/en_GB/reserve/watch/availability
I'll let you in on something you don't understand. Apple can't control every employee. Yes Apple will only hire people that would sooner die than talk badly about any product, they go through hundreds of interviews to ensure this!! Of course Apple would fire someone 'badmouthing' their products in a RETAIL store if they heard them. 'Pretty much' every specialist lmao. Crazy kids.
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Thanks for doing this, Mr./Ms. Snitch.
Are the Timelapse and Photo faces still available on the Watch, or have they been removed or embargoed or something?
(Those faces were frequently shown on Apple publications, including the first round of introductory videos, last fall, but they seem to have disappeared from the website and (AFAICT) everything else since.)
Are the Timelapse and Photo faces still available on the Watch, or have they been removed or embargoed or something?
(Those faces were frequently shown on Apple publications, including the first round of introductory videos, last fall, but they seem to have disappeared from the website and (AFAICT) everything else since.)
Apple Employee once again
I'll bad mouth products if people don't know who I am, just because I work for this company doesn't mean I have to love every thing. Also, the fact that we havent gotten EPP discount announcements for the watch doesn't mean we will not. Just because we've only reciveced 25 percent doesn't mean this new Intro product will not have a massive incentive to get it into our hands.
Oh, and you doubt my employment?
Here's this.
http://www.anony.ws/i/2015/04/06/image.jpg
http://www.anony.ws/i/2015/04/06/imagea15b9.jpg
I'll bad mouth products if people don't know who I am, just because I work for this company doesn't mean I have to love every thing. Also, the fact that we havent gotten EPP discount announcements for the watch doesn't mean we will not. Just because we've only reciveced 25 percent doesn't mean this new Intro product will not have a massive incentive to get it into our hands.
Oh, and you doubt my employment?
Here's this.
http://www.anony.ws/i/2015/04/06/image.jpg
http://www.anony.ws/i/2015/04/06/imagea15b9.jpg
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