And it remains to be seen when in the "4/24 to 5/8" window it actually arrives, My order confirmation email was dated 2 minutes after pre-order started at 12:03 AM. I wonder when it will actually arrive?
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Apple Watch Orders Will Remain Exclusively Online Through May, Deliveries Begin April 24
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Hey Angela,
Some of us live near states with NO SALES TAX! and enjoy purchasing products at those stores. It's fine with me that this is only available online, but the NO IN STORE PICKUP, really pisses me off!! This was a dumb move to simply make less lines at the store simply for a pickup. People actually LIKE picking up their products at the store and it usually generates even more revenue when they purchase other things simply because they are there. Now you will have many customers that have not viewed this, still coming to the store to buy, only to be turned back to online and longer wait times. Dumb dumb dumb.
Some of us live near states with NO SALES TAX! and enjoy purchasing products at those stores. It's fine with me that this is only available online, but the NO IN STORE PICKUP, really pisses me off!! This was a dumb move to simply make less lines at the store simply for a pickup. People actually LIKE picking up their products at the store and it usually generates even more revenue when they purchase other things simply because they are there. Now you will have many customers that have not viewed this, still coming to the store to buy, only to be turned back to online and longer wait times. Dumb dumb dumb.
Right now I do not see the date 4/24 shown at all in the iPhone Apple Store app. No date is mentioned at all. Just "pre-order is available now exclusively online".
To me even that does not clearly state, hey don't go to the store on the 24th.
To me even that does not clearly state, hey don't go to the store on the 24th.
They have very recently changed the wording on the website, and likely the app too. It is now "the Watch is coming" instead of "available 4/24/15"
I ordered a sports watch the first minute it was available and got pushed back to mid to late May. That wouldn't annoy me if my shipping date hadn't switched when I was 90% done with checkout. I've never ordered a hot item that didn't cue shoppers based on when the item was placed in the cart. I can understand requiring people to finished their transaction in a reasonable amount of time before losing their place in line, but 10 seconds is a little silly.
I find it interesting that the shipping times slipped to June on many models within an hour, but haven't fallen since. I guess Apple expects to ramp up production to meet supply by then, or people have stopped pre-ordering. Maybe a little of both, or neither.
At the very least I give Apple credit that their app and website were able to handle the order traffic without crashing the site. Other tech sites have not been so prepared.
I find it interesting that the shipping times slipped to June on many models within an hour, but haven't fallen since. I guess Apple expects to ramp up production to meet supply by then, or people have stopped pre-ordering. Maybe a little of both, or neither.
At the very least I give Apple credit that their app and website were able to handle the order traffic without crashing the site. Other tech sites have not been so prepared.
I fail to see how that's sexist. She's not inept cause she's a woman - she's just inept. Or so the accusation stands. No one is hating on her cause she's female. Not everything is sex/racist ya know.
True. Guess I should have been clearer.
Did you use the app or order from apple web page?
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And still shipping had already slipped??
I wouldn't expect that from an order that went through 1 minute after ordering started.
It depends on which press release they read though. Earlier ones said that there would be small stock in-store.
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They don't even have demo stock yet
They do at my store. Lots of demo units. Depends where you're at
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Actually, the review models have a port, it's just covered. The Watches in store are fully functional, but are running on a demo loop
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All of Apple Reddit, and undoubtedly a whole lot of people who pre-ordered.
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More like they couldn't possibly have guessed at which models would prove the most popular amongst 48+ different SKUs. iPhone only has, what, 9? Same with iPad & Mini? Very big difference.
As one of the many people who ordered within the first minutes of the presale, I would quite frankly be very angry if someone was able to walk into an Apple Store on the 24th and walk out with an Apple Watch before I get mine.
If they are going to put the watch in stores before the preorders have been fulfilled than what is the point of preordering?
You do realize that that's been the case for Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod? Pretty much every Apple product until now that's had preordering?
You make it sound as though it would be unique to the watch when it has been common practice for years. I think that was flaw600's point. To answer your question though, up until now the point of pre-ordering was to ensure that you got the device on launch day without having to wait in a long line. Or to avoid going to the store at all and just have it shipped to your home.
In the Apple store we were in my wife turned on two try-on watches. I thought they were dead too, until that happened.
Way to summarize everything based on one sentence.
In terms of the way they wanted the buying/Apple watch experience to be, they did it the right way IMO.
If they wanted the experience to parallel the iPad/iPhone experience of course they would have executed it differently based on their intent.
Never said the way they are doing it is the only way
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I can't think of that ever happening. To be honest. But that doesn't mean Apple can't change how they launch products.
In terms of the way they wanted the buying/Apple watch experience to be, they did it the right way IMO.
If they wanted the experience to parallel the iPad/iPhone experience of course they would have executed it differently based on their intent.
Never said the way they are doing it is the only way
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I can't think of that ever happening. To be honest. But that doesn't mean Apple can't change how they launch products.
I am not debating whether this is a common practice. I have not made any claim that this is a new occurrence.
My comment was that I would personally be upset if someone were able to walk in on day 1 and walk out with a watch while the information I currently have states I will be waiting a further 2-4 weeks after the release date.
That is all.
Apple will continue to do business as they see fit (as they should). That doesn't mean I am required to blindly agree with every method by which they conduct said business.
Well. If a movie opens on a Friday and I walk up to get a ticket on Friday 5 minutes before the movie and dot get a ticket because it's sold out doesn't mean the movie didn't open. I admit, not the best comparison but there will be thousands of people with watches in wrist on April 24. Hence the 24th is the launch. Soft launch maybe? (Like soft open?)
So what you are saying is that it's 100% DEFINITELY NOT a launch on the 24th if you can't buy them in stores even though there will be THOUSANDS of people in the general public walking around with Apple Watches on their wrist?
So what you are saying is that it's 100% DEFINITELY NOT a launch on the 24th if you can't buy them in stores even though there will be THOUSANDS of people in the general public walking around with Apple Watches on their wrist?
You do know that "chick" is often used in sexist connotations, right?
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The sheer number of people jumping in to say that wasn't sexist says more about sexism in this forum than the poster saying it was sexist.
You know, he said "this woman", could have been "this guy", "this man", etc. There's a definite psychological experiment to be done here when a person cannot be referred to by exactly what they are without it being construed as some sort of prejudice. In fact, it's disturbing that anyone is even taking issue with his statement other than the fact that he's just wrong about her.
I don't live in the US, but it seems there aren't any words left in the english language that are not turned into "sexist/racist" connotation...
It's not the numbers that matter. it's the validity of the argument. You don't empower people by treating them like little helpless kids. You empower them by treating them just like everyone else. Angela Arendht is a grown up adult, who handled big companies before. She can be critisized just like any other executive, whether they are men, women , bears or hermaphrodite Vulcans. Women a not little helpless children, and I'm sure Angela would be annoyed that people are trying to defend her on the basis of her gender and not on the basis of her actions/arguments.
And I'm saying that as a so-called "visible minority" ( who the hell invented this expression ??) person myself.
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Among those of us who follow tech it certainly has.
For those who don't seeing the news reporting on the lines outside the Apple store usually brings their attention to a new product release.