The closest store is almost 3 hours away from me so this is good. I had a few repairs around the house that came up so I ended up canceling my order but maybe I'll get one in August now. I could never decide if I had ordered the right model anyway now I'll be able to actually see one before buying.
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Best Buy to Begin Selling Apple Watch on August 7
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Good question.
I still want to know if Best Buy will let you try them on.
That's the biggest reason to have them in store.
You will not see new Apple Watch hardware til next year. The watchOS 2 and the native apps are in the Christmas season sales. My guess is Apple Watch 2 come next spring at the earliest if not fall.
I like how you worked 9/11 into the story even though it had nothing to do with the story. And you didn't pay tax? How patriotic is that?
Because the Android fanboys are loose from school and they are jealous.
They know that Android OEM's, specially when Samsung is not interested, won't be able to compete with Apple has done.
I've seen one guy at the Brisbane airport wearing an apple watch. He was trying to get his kid to ask Siri a question. It didn't look like he was having much success.
The one and only time I've seen one in the wild.
Wait , I thought the AW was too good for best buy!?!?! Boutiques to best buy??
Well that settles it. This clearly proves Watch is a flop.
I'm sure they will put them next to the Rolex or omega setup in best buy
Are you new to Macrumors forum?
Once people sit behind a screen and keyboard, then they have a license to do anything and everything. Throwing insults at each other, making personal attacks at people who they will never meet in their life, call you a fanboy or a troll, etc. etc...
A lot of what is said on here, these days, is just noise. Just seek out few sane people who post because they have a genuine complains, or are interested in betterment of Apple products, and you will be fine.. Else this forum will 'do you head in '..
Unlikely without a price drop.
I like the AW and I think a lot of people would impulse buy it for Xmas but the price they are asking is utterly ludicrous, especially if you don't happen to fancy wearing aluminium jewelry.
They did that because all I brought was $1300 in cash so that's all they charged. I brought up 9/11 because I think it was because of that event, they did what they did for me. I was expecting it to be on sale still. Remember the President was telling people to shop to keep the economy going.
Once people sit behind a screen, then they have a license to make stupid generalisations, won't listen to other arguments on the basis that they used a word they don't like (fanboy, troll, etc, even if the naming has a basis) or make people seem like they're childish.
Having owned 2 and returning them, my biggest gripe was that the iPhone did everything better, easier and with better accessibility .
My biggest frustration was not being to glance at my watch to see the time, I either had to tap it or swing my arm to wake it, so it failed at the most basic of watch features.
Things I would change, GPS, while I do not see it as a watch replacement, I do see it as a exercise accessory, but not until I can leave my phone at home. Right now I am using a Microsoft band due to the fact that is a superior exercise accessory, I wanted to keep the Apple watch, but it was inferior.
I believe the assumption that every apple product will have a lacklustre debut and become huge one or two years down the track is part of the problem.
i consider the AW to be a Apple TV status product, others are calling it the next iPod/iPhone/iPad. Let's see a few years down the track.
At very least they should have sold the sports models there and down the track expand.
Apple Watch seems to get higher returns due to the high number of models available. Best Buy is not the greatest with returns, I'd recommend against shopping there.
Plus, at my location, every Apple product has a big black marker taken to it, to write a description on the box so that they can easily grab the product from the back. Therefore, they give you your fancy new iPad or Watch, and you see "SS Milanese," scribbled on it in black ink. Nice.
Plus, at my location, every Apple product has a big black marker taken to it, to write a description on the box so that they can easily grab the product from the back. Therefore, they give you your fancy new iPad or Watch, and you see "SS Milanese," scribbled on it in black ink. Nice.
iPad 3 came out March, new iOS 5 and iPad 4 came out October. So that's not an argument.
The app opened slowly because they're not running on the watch, they're running on the phone (except Apple's own apps). Even if you used no apps at all, the watch has many use, so not sure why you focused on the third party apps. Right now, these third party apps are not the main use of the watch.
Maybe you should use a time machine and go back in time 10 years and then use this 10 years to think up a better pun...
Seriously? The original iPhone was awesome. Apps made it more useful. The original iPad = Home Run! While it's certainly true that products evolve and get better, your statement is BS. There absolutely nothing wrong with the initial Apple Watch. It's great. I love it and I hadn't worn a watch in over 20 years when I bought it. Watch OS2 will make it better plus it will open the door for better offerings from App developers.
Also, I think the poster who was the object of your scorn was being more generic. There are so many MacRumors members who "contribute" for the sole sake of deriding Apple and it's products. It's not limited to the Watch. I would never visit a Android or Microsoft site. I don't like those products and would have nothing to contribute and have no interest in going out of my way to ridicule their fans.