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Apple Watch Series 7 Already Facing November Delivery for Some Models
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Took me half an hour to wrestle through the servers!
Surprised you got Oct 26. I got Oct 26 as well but by checkout it changed to Nov 2-7. Got my order in at 8:04.
Did anybody get a Stainless Silver with Silver Milanese on time? I went pretty fast and I’m all the way out yo Nov. 1-8 estimated delivery. Unavailable for pickup.
Been on the fence about replacing my AW4, but decided I could really use the better battery life, larger screen and fast USB-C charging. Tried to order the Blue AW7 aluminum GPS/Cellular 45mm with blue braided solo loop, got an in-store Oct 15 pickup and got all the way to hitting the Apple Pay button. As soon as I tried to pay for it it couldn't take my payment and changed the options to buy to null. Played with different bands and watch colors and finally was able to get the blue watch I preferred but with the Abyss Blue Braided Solo Loop (it's a little darker than my first choice). It should hopefully get delivered Nov 2-9.
I ordered the 45mm Stainless Steel in Gold, with the product RED sport band.
Personally I found the ordering process to be very disorganized. It should be much simpler than it is.
Worse still, everytime I went to double-tap the side button to complete the payment with Apple Pay, the app would completely crash and put me back to the homescreen. This happened about 3 times. My initial delivery date in-cart was October 15 but now when I finally got the order completed I got pushed back to the 26th-28th which is kindof a bummer. Not the end of the world but I really hope my delivery date gets pushed forward.
Personally I found the ordering process to be very disorganized. It should be much simpler than it is.
Worse still, everytime I went to double-tap the side button to complete the payment with Apple Pay, the app would completely crash and put me back to the homescreen. This happened about 3 times. My initial delivery date in-cart was October 15 but now when I finally got the order completed I got pushed back to the 26th-28th which is kindof a bummer. Not the end of the world but I really hope my delivery date gets pushed forward.
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I may be the only one. Hopefully it doesn't get delayed further.
Nope I choose the preconfigured Abyss blue Solo as it was first I saw and got exact same dates as you.
I am surprised some of the aluminum with sport band are already into November. Seeing delays for SS and Titanium isn’t shocking.
Yeah I'm just going to wait until they hit stores, the varying range of band availability being the culprit.
I tried for this same combo and was given ‘unavailable’. I finally had to select a different colored band, Pride Edition, before I was even able to add to cart. At least I’ll be able to use my existing 44mm SS bands.
GPS + Cellular 45mm SS, ordered through the Veterans Store. Ship date Nov 2-9.
Pretty sure that cellular models opened with a Nov 1 - Nov 8 delivery. I was considering the cellular model this time so I plugged in the selection and that was the delivery date. When I ultimately decided against cellular (no $100 incentive from AT&T) then my delivery date changed to October 15 — which was a pleasant surprise.
I ordered 45mm Nike+ in midnight with the black/anthracite sports band.
my only quibble is not being able to get space gray as a color — not sure how I feel about the blue hue in midnight color. If I don’t like it then I will just return the watch and keep my series 4
I ordered 45mm Nike+ in midnight with the black/anthracite sports band.
my only quibble is not being able to get space gray as a color — not sure how I feel about the blue hue in midnight color. If I don’t like it then I will just return the watch and keep my series 4
100%.
Which is why I was annoyed they didn’t show the specs early. Leave it to Larry and Rob to say there will be plenty of time.
there was also another color for one of the watches I considered and I had to think fast, otherwise I couldn’t browse other choices, which was also really fast, just to make sure I get the date I wanted.
thing is, for watch maybe not as much, but phone I definitely update frequently. so ideally I’d like it sooner then later. So I get the most use out of it before the next cycle when I would like to then upgrade. iPhones definitely worse then watch. But for Hermes it’s actually more like I never see it available again.
For the prices they ask, yes.
do you pay hundreds to thousands of dollars for flights and then sit around happily as they delay your flight not letting you know any details? Probably. Probably would advocate for south west style seating even for trips overseas too.
Apple is no longer providing date windows on some models. They’re now showing “30 business days”. As someone who has religiously purchased products on launch days, I’ve never seen Apple list delivery without date windows.
Just curious, has Apple done this before…or is it one more aspect of the epic 💩show that the AW 7 launch is?
Just curious, has Apple done this before…or is it one more aspect of the epic 💩show that the AW 7 launch is?
In my area, there is still in-store pick up available for Oct 15, even for models with November shipping dates.
There were more people ordering than the MR regulars.
It depends on the area, mine definitely didn’t have that after a few minutes but, I bet it’s because the stores are allotted a certain amount. Usually what happens is they’ll ship to other areas that are selling through/out. Here they’re just allowing you to pick up now.
if no one really takes this pickup for this area you bet your last dollar they’ll redirect it to another store supply (or keep it on hand and then not redirect any more new to that store).
Same. I couldn’t get on the Veterans Store until 8:20, went through all of the hoops and still couldn’t place my order until 8:53–when I finally found a SS 45 Cellular + GPS model.
I still think that Apple deliberately did not post prices, etc. because they knew that the full complement of combinations would not be available. This way, they are almost justified in having the late shipping dates.
I’m thinking just to order direct through Verizon, the delivery shipping times are actually quicker, and I can actually pick it up ‘in store’ versus having it shipped to my house if I’m not home.
I managed to get Nov 4th for Titanium