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Apple Watch In-Store Reservations Available Beginning April 10
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I'm just the opposite- I work from home and rather have delivered right to the house.
You're just asking them to trade one pre-order time for another. The result is still the same - they say, ok this is the time at which you can officially start telling us you want the Watch - and then everyone floods the system all at once at that time to order it.
It would be nice if they could just have an "order now" button that taps into your stored payment info, sure. But just think of all the accidental purchases they'd be having to cancel and refund all the time. Instant purchasing makes sense when you're talking about a buck or two. But when you get into the hundreds or even thousands of dollars, that starts to get a little dangerous.
Just what I was thinking. No matter how Apple chooses to roll it out, it has to begin at some point and they have to publicize when that date/time will be, otherwise everyone will complain that they missed their chance to be in the first wave of buyers.
Personlly I think the reservation system is an excellent way to manage inventory and in-store traffic, at least for the first month or so until supply catches up with demand (hopefully).
Not yet you can't, no. Perhaps you will be able to in six months - but we all know that that doesn't count in the rush to be first...#.
Actually you can, but you would have to buy SS Black with Link braclet and then buy additional band. I guess that's the only way, based on what we know so far.
Well I'm not going to be the one ribbing you about making friends in the Apple store and keeping in touch with them via Facebook....
It used to be fun going into the Apple store when it first opened up and a few years afterwards. Sadly, after Apple started supporting Windows customers the place became nothing but an internet cafe full of dwellers and complainers about issues. It's just too crowded for me to enjoy the experience I used to. I live within 20 minutes of 4 Apple stores in Cali and unless I need something right away I steer clear. Even going there in the morning when they first open up is busy. It's like nobody has a job to go to.
Well I'm not going to be the one ribbing you about making friends in the Apple store and keeping in touch with them via Facebook....
It used to be fun going into the Apple store when it first opened up and a few years afterwards. Sadly, after Apple started supporting Windows customers the place became nothing but an internet cafe full of dwellers and complainers about issues. It's just too crowded for me to enjoy the experience I used to. I live within 20 minutes of 4 Apple stores in Cali and unless I need something right away I steer clear. Even going there in the morning when they first open up is busy. It's like nobody has a job to go to.
well I'm sorry to hear your experience with them has changed. I still enjoy it though 
. Who knows,next year I could have the same opinion as you. LolI need to find someone who wants link band and silver stainless get them to buy black model instead then do some trading of bands.
I've found something in the German Apple Watch site's code that might indicate that reservations will be available in all d1 countries.
It looks like this new reservations system is called iReserve (EDIT: I googled it and it turns out this term was also used with the iPhone 6 reservations in Hong-Kong). It also matches the screenshot provided in the news about AppleCare ("iReserve unavailable").
It looks like this new reservations system is called iReserve (EDIT: I googled it and it turns out this term was also used with the iPhone 6 reservations in Hong-Kong). It also matches the screenshot provided in the news about AppleCare ("iReserve unavailable").
I believe you can buy another band separately though.... A black sport band with that would be just peachy
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Well I'm not going to be the one ribbing you about making friends in the Apple store and keeping in touch with them via Facebook....
It used to be fun going into the Apple store when it first opened up and a few years afterwards. Sadly, after Apple started supporting Windows customers the place became nothing but an internet cafe full of dwellers and complainers about issues. It's just too crowded for me to enjoy the experience I used to. I live within 20 minutes of 4 Apple stores in Cali and unless I need something right away I steer clear. Even going there in the morning when they first open up is busy. It's like nobody has a job to go to.
Nobody goes to Apple stores anymore, they're too crowded (Dixit Yogie Berra if he was still alive
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There's nothing that prevents him from just buying the separate band and swapping it out. The sport band is only $80, not going to phase someone who already bought a $1000 watch.
This is one Apple product I could care less about. Maybe I'll change my mind but based on what I've seen it doesn't do much of anything important, apart from checking time..
Rather invest on something else but that's just me I guess. I feel the same about Android watches...
Rather invest on something else but that's just me I guess. I feel the same about Android watches...
So how long do you think it will be before the reservation slots are pushed out to May? 12:10am PDT on April 24th? Remember Apple is expecting each of these transactions to take 5-15 minutes. Averaging that out to 10 minutes, that means 6 appointments per hour per employee they have assigned to each store. I'm guessing that's about twice as long as the average iPhone transaction.
The Apple store is literally upstairs from my work, so going in early to wait in line to collect a reservation isn't such a pain.
The problem, however, is that we don't know for sure how its gonna work. I could reserve one for pickup, but we don't even know if this is a set in stone claim to an item. We could just be registering our interest so that if they do have them in stock, you automatically get one, but if they don't, then tough. In order for reserve and pickup to be as efficient as we all hope, every store will need to know exactly how many of each model they're getting, a full 2 weeks before release. Not saying that cant happen, but in retail it generally doesn't happen.
Alternatively, they'll need to adjust stock based on the number of reservations per store, so if 100 people reserve a Sport at store A and 50 at store B, they send 100 Sport watches to A and 50 to B before anything else, just to cover those reservations.
The only thing we know for definite is that preordering quick enough online come April 10th will guarantee you day one delivery. I would love to waltz into the Apple store on April 24th then walk out with an Apple watch, but the safer play is to refresh like crazy when the online store goes live, and suck up the fact you'll have to wait a few extra hours on day one, compared to the people who get it at 9am but have to queue from 6.
The problem, however, is that we don't know for sure how its gonna work. I could reserve one for pickup, but we don't even know if this is a set in stone claim to an item. We could just be registering our interest so that if they do have them in stock, you automatically get one, but if they don't, then tough. In order for reserve and pickup to be as efficient as we all hope, every store will need to know exactly how many of each model they're getting, a full 2 weeks before release. Not saying that cant happen, but in retail it generally doesn't happen.
Alternatively, they'll need to adjust stock based on the number of reservations per store, so if 100 people reserve a Sport at store A and 50 at store B, they send 100 Sport watches to A and 50 to B before anything else, just to cover those reservations.
The only thing we know for definite is that preordering quick enough online come April 10th will guarantee you day one delivery. I would love to waltz into the Apple store on April 24th then walk out with an Apple watch, but the safer play is to refresh like crazy when the online store goes live, and suck up the fact you'll have to wait a few extra hours on day one, compared to the people who get it at 9am but have to queue from 6.
To me it sux because I want the SS Space Gray with Space Gray Link Band but for $600 or less... I see that Amazon now has many of the bands at half price for knock-offs but of course, the pictures look identical. I wonder if that is their own pictures or stolen from apple? I didn't see the Space Gray Link but they had the other link band for $224 and the Milanese for $75.
The band cost and not being able to get the SS Space Gray Watch without spending $500 for the band deserves to maybe get some bashing and complaints.
Speaking of bashing, the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge was just tested for bending and it broke apart at 149 pounds and even shattered the screen while the iPhone 6 Plus bent at 176 pounds of force. I sure hope this doesn't start a whole new Bend Gate 2 because I thought it was stupid to make an issue out of the iPhone bending when people sat on it in the front or back pockets.
Wow. That's really nasty. I appreciate that you don't see the need to buy a particular item. But is that any reason to insult those who do, for whatever reason they want to buy something?
That's just plain nasty and downright mean spirited. I've been disciplined for being nasty to some members on this forum. It's people like you who bring out that kind of activity. Perhaps the admins can discipline you for such absurd and nasty remarks.
Looking forward to the blowback when the hype doesn't meet the reality on the AW.
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The truth hurts.
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The truth hurts.
I'm getting the stainless in the classic leather band in a 42mm. For my fiancé I'll get the stainless with the black modern buckle 38mm. How about you?
And you'll hide your little head if it sells well. That's how it is. You sure are not going to stand here and eat your words. No. No sir. Not crow for nutty.