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Apple Watch Pre-Order Delivery Estimates Continue to Improve for Many Customers
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Finally getting my 42mm space gray sport today. Also 2:04 email confirmation. Changed from "Processing" to "Preparing" to "Shipped" all on Saturday and now arriving today. They are moving it quick once it comes up in the queue.
Mine changed on Saturday morning to shipped. But the tracking code still not working! I have no idea where my watch is
my US order status link is down too. i ordered the 42mm SG at 3:07am EST. hopefully this is some positive movement
38mm Sport w/Pink band - Still Showing June Delivery
42mm Space Black - Still showing July Delivery
Neither watch has shifted dates . . . . yet.
You gotta July delivery? They pushed that model back that far?
Just ordered SS entry model, delivery estimate in the UK for early June. Would love to get it 4 weeks early..
strange! did you try the ole ups.com > tracking tab > track by reference > phone # as shipping ref > country > zip code? mine didn't work til I had a tracking#
Did anyone else order the SS Black with black links? I haven't seen any post about this model. My status is still May 15 -28...
I ordered 42mm blue leather loop at 3:13 est, was at 4-6 weeks and hasn't budged.....there is a leather loop thread and nobody's on there has moved...
I added an order for a 42mm Sport with white band the other day just to see if it ships sooner than the 42 SS BSB that everyone else ordered apparently. Will cancel whichever ships last.
Is anyone else annoyed and sometimes confused by the abbreviations everyone made up to refer to the various models and colors?
Is anyone else annoyed and sometimes confused by the abbreviations everyone made up to refer to the various models and colors?
My 42mm space gray, ordered within minutes, is still processing for the May 13 - May 27 range. No updates for me yet.
Where are u guys seeing July? as at this morning the Apple site is stating June delivery even for high demand watch like the SG.
My 42mm Black Sports band changed from June to the 27th May - 9th June today and I'm in the UK.
This is really the whole problem. I believe that the Fitbit was starting to gain real traction in the marketplace and Apple felt compelled to make its presence known in the sector, so it rushed the announcement and then it rushed the launch. People who are in the wearables market didn't want to postpone that purchase forever, so Apple announced.
I just wish that there weren't so many leaked rumors about shipping dates being moved up. This creates needless anxiety for the early adopters who preordered on 4/10.
I ordered a Milanese 42 mm SS with confirmation email at 4:45 east coast time. I have a 5/13-5/27 timeframe and expect that the Watch will probably ship during the early part of that window. But these rumors have me compulsively checking my order, really for no good reason. My life is ok without the Watch and within a week after having it I'm sure I'll settle into wondering what will be the next big thing I bring into my life.
Take it at what it is worth, but I talked to a good friend that happens to do a lot of engineering on artificial limbs and his guess for the Space Gray delay would have to do with the anodization.
He said that some "harder/denser" aluminums might anodize unevenly (in color) depending on the processes used during manufacturing (pre-anodization even back to the alloy creation itself). Said that it could look like anything from splotches and banding to a more subtle unevenness that might only show up under certain lighting conditions (all highly dependent on the processes again). Relatively few of these issues would be visible on a clear anodized piece. Also more issues would show up the darker you go.
He said the videos that Apple has for the Sport are not enough for him to tell if it is a certainty because there are dozens of ways to do what is shown in the videos and some have no problems and some do, during anodization and/or heat treating.
He said that some "harder/denser" aluminums might anodize unevenly (in color) depending on the processes used during manufacturing (pre-anodization even back to the alloy creation itself). Said that it could look like anything from splotches and banding to a more subtle unevenness that might only show up under certain lighting conditions (all highly dependent on the processes again). Relatively few of these issues would be visible on a clear anodized piece. Also more issues would show up the darker you go.
He said the videos that Apple has for the Sport are not enough for him to tell if it is a certainty because there are dozens of ways to do what is shown in the videos and some have no problems and some do, during anodization and/or heat treating.
This is my watch...order confirmed 4:45 ET (I know, I'm a lazy slug); wonder how many of these orders there are to be fulfilled between yours and mine ...
