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Apple Watch Sold Out in Less Than 6 Hours as Shipping Times Slip on All Models
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Apple doesn't sell all its production.
Lets say Apple can make 5 million watches by April 21st to arrive to your door by April 24th and to retail stores that day too.
They probably reserve about 1 million for the stores, so people can buy one day one. Remember, Apple has a lot of stores and they each want more than a handful of each style.
This is why it seems they sell out of pre orders so quickly.
Lets say Apple can make 5 million watches by April 21st to arrive to your door by April 24th and to retail stores that day too.
They probably reserve about 1 million for the stores, so people can buy one day one. Remember, Apple has a lot of stores and they each want more than a handful of each style.
This is why it seems they sell out of pre orders so quickly.
Or maybe parts, like the rare Sapphire screens, make the watch hard to mass produce, limiting stock.
Occam's razor.
That's correct. A lot of our members would have liked the black band option for the silver Sport Watch.
So you have a $600 watch on your wrist, an $850 phone in your pocket ... thieves will notice you're worth a lot of money walking down the street...
just sayin'
My watches I am wearing are worth more and I am not scared. Heck even some of my shoes are worth more than the cheapest Apple watch. And I am not rich. Just saying...
Let them come. They'll walk over...but they're limpin back...
So you have a $600 watch on your wrist, an $850 phone in your pocket ... thieves will notice you're worth a lot of money walking down the street...
just sayin'
So i am confused. I see people posting they were happy to get order in time for april 24th delivery so did people actually get emails saying april 24th delivery or has everyone really just got the 4/24 - 5/8 and assume they will get it april 24th?
Where Im from Im guessing thieves are less interested in second hand shoes and jeans, whatever brand they are.
Having the shoes doesnt necessarily mean that youll have the jeans nearby too. The shoes are not deemed a companion device to my jeans, capeesh?
Here is to Apple producing the Milanese Loop in black! I bet that will happen, just not while the watch is so hot on the market. They want to sell those SS models in great quantity. A black milanese loop on the space grey would look just fine! It looks nice with the AL version now.
Which configuration did you get?
I wasn't even going to order one, but it was our anniversary and my wife decided to order one for me. She stayed up until 3AM EST to put in an order as soon as the Apple web site came back up, and her order for a 42mm sport watch with the black band said 4-6 weeks delivery time. It's hard to believe all of those for April 24th. delivery sold out quicker than she could click through the site to order one!
I wasn't even going to order one, but it was our anniversary and my wife decided to order one for me. She stayed up until 3AM EST to put in an order as soon as the Apple web site came back up, and her order for a 42mm sport watch with the black band said 4-6 weeks delivery time. It's hard to believe all of those for April 24th. delivery sold out quicker than she could click through the site to order one!
But my point still stands. If you are a supply chain genius you will know what your yield is likely to be an can, (if you so choose), account for it.
Steve Jobs' answer to an email accusing Apple of this with the iPad:
"Are you nuts? We are doing the best we can. We need enough units to have a responsible and great launch."
We're assuming that we'll have them by launch. Since it's standard shipping that date could be there to make up for delivery times, but I imagined that most of us with that date will have them on the 24th.
People watch NASCAR for the car crashes. People slow down going past a wreck to look. Does that explain it for you?
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Have Apple actually got any stock other than retail models? Given this is a new product line are they reviewing real interest to ensure this does not become a flop by Apples standards.
They could easily produce low volumes of watches in the next 14 days and quality check these in time for shipping by the 24th.
Anything that is in stock should be available for immediate despatch. I received confirmation of my Mac Pro shipping within 18 hours of placing the order.
Truth is we dont know and never will
They could easily produce low volumes of watches in the next 14 days and quality check these in time for shipping by the 24th.
Anything that is in stock should be available for immediate despatch. I received confirmation of my Mac Pro shipping within 18 hours of placing the order.
Truth is we dont know and never will
Do you realize how many negative articles would be generated if there was a bunch of extra stock lying around the day after launch? They are a victim of their own success.
That being said, i think we won't know the actual sales performance for a month or so. So we should all just wait and see.
Always love this nonsensical statement about the new iPhone. Apple constrains the supply to create demand and still ends up shipping more phones every launch.
Yes. I liked the white but prefer the black for work and fitness. So I got the silver sport with white and a backup black band. X 2. One for me and one for the significant other.
Even a "supply chain genius" has no control over a product's popularity. Apple made as many as the manufacturers could produce, they didn't "hold back". If fewer people want it, they will have enough. If more want it, then there will be backorders. Its completely out of control of Apple.
