The white band won't get stained. It's pretty hard to stain one. You have to be trying, generally speaking.
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The white band won't get stained. It's pretty hard to stain one. You have to be trying, generally speaking.
Exact same order date and delivery date. I don't know which one was ordered as it is a gift.
No movement yet.
Well damn, be glad your watch did shipped this early.
Given the date you ordered it should have been way behind others.
It absolutely is due to the combos selected. There are many reporting delays for a white pearl nylon band combos.
but how does it makes sense though, bands are easily swappable ... and installed ...
they could produce as many white AWS and install the pearl bands in the factories ....
There must be some sort of constraint, considering you can only order certain watch/band combinations despite wider compatibility.
I ordered an AW2 Sport with White nylon band on 9/9. I was originally given the 3-5 week window and have not seen any movement.
It's possible the company that supplies the nylon is having an issue delivering product and they can't make the bands currently. There are a million things that could go wrong. It's basic supply chain issues. It's a logistical nightmare to change it at this point. They may have individual bands in stock at a warehouse in the states but you can't just send it back and have them use those for assembly.
It happened when I ordered a car. There was a tsunami that destroyed the factory that made a specific color tint. All cars in that color were delayed months. others were fine.
i still believe it is the watches that causes the bottleneck though. some theories i could think of ....
- production lines for series2 chassis are taken up by series1 therefore slowing down overall factory churn rate
- taptic engines cannibalized by iphone 7 huge influx of orders
etc etc ...
at least in my region Singapore, we have all kinds bands ready to ship 24 hours from sport, nylon to buckles, link bracelets .... even the hermes bands are ready to ship.
you can buy those bands in advance, then the watches will come afterwards ... which in this situation is pathetic for those first time soon to be owners like me
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hmm well ... that could be true ... but isn't that for something so simple to produce like nylon bands i don't see why Apple wouldn't use multiple suppliers for redundancy.
in case of ... you know ... factory workers bringing in samsung phones, happened to explode and burn the entire shop down ... yadda yadda
unless when it comes to miniaturized parts where only few or single supplier can do it, bands ... well dang, the entire china makes it ... ebay and amazon for example we see many are selling nearly identical fake bands for a fraction of the genuine ones ...
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You are talking about Apple though. One of the main reasons they are what they are today on their consumer goods is the relentless attention to quality and consistency in their products. Could you imagine the **** storm if they just went to random suppliers for parts on a whim. Not going to happen.
well could be ... lets just hope nothing happens to the band-factory.
meanwhile, in other news ..
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/23/second-wave-iphone-7-launch/
this is going to add even more ********* into an already botch up first wave AW2 orders.
I know this isn't a pre-order, but let my wait begin:
Holy crap are they really back ordered that far?
So if my watch departed Alaska this morning, and I am in Utah, would I get it tomorrow or am I going to have to wait til Monday?
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/23/2016 5:53 A.M. Departure Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 09/23/2016 5:53 A.M. Departure Scan
There have been a few comments asking why people are upset and stating that the delays aren't Apple's fault. I get that. But Apple chose UPS, UPS is a terrible company with horrendous customer service. Plus, UPS will not do anything for customers, their general attitude, is "meh...got our money from Apple." That only leaves Apple as a place to express frustration, and Apple has much better customer service. So it's displaced, but at least Apple might make people feel better.
As for my own saga, UPS has now given me a fifth delivery date of "probably Monday, but we can't be sure." If left Alaska yesterday.
As for my own saga, UPS has now given me a fifth delivery date of "probably Monday, but we can't be sure." If left Alaska yesterday.
Just for those not visiting the ceramic thread...
- I ordered a Apple Watch Edition 38mm yesterday morning around 6am pacific time.
- Got an estimated ship window of 2-3 weeks
- Estimated delivery window in the confirmation email of Oct 18-21.
- Got a shipment notification this morning at 6am pacific time.
- Will be delivered on Tuesday, Sept 27.
So, at least for the Edition models, shipping is happening MUCH earlier than the estimated windows.
- I ordered a Apple Watch Edition 38mm yesterday morning around 6am pacific time.
- Got an estimated ship window of 2-3 weeks
- Estimated delivery window in the confirmation email of Oct 18-21.
- Got a shipment notification this morning at 6am pacific time.
- Will be delivered on Tuesday, Sept 27.
So, at least for the Edition models, shipping is happening MUCH earlier than the estimated windows.
For what it's worth, I ordered a gold AWS on 9/15. Still processing with a delivery window of October 14-27.
Hey, thanks for the tip. I ordered one online wednesday to ship but found the same one at my nearest store right now and got confirmation for pick-up! Woot!
(edited to add, my original shipping estimate was 10/20 - 11/2!)
I see Apple watch available in bay area Apple store. Anyone still looking to get it right away go walk-in the store and buy and cancel online order.
Free up some inventory shipping for us who ordered online and can't cancel. I see in San Francisco And San Jose stores. Go go go....
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Did you get it?
Yours is only one on Sept 17 that I see shipped.
No updates from anyone from Sept 18 or 19?
Free up some inventory shipping for us who ordered online and can't cancel. I see in San Francisco And San Jose stores. Go go go....
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Did you get it?
Yours is only one on Sept 17 that I see shipped.
No updates from anyone from Sept 18 or 19?