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The Apple Watch isn't going to be available for sale tomorrow in Apple's retail stores, but there are a select handful of high-end fashion boutiques around the world that will be offering various Apple Watch models for sale.

One of the stores, Maxfield, is located in Los Angeles, and people are already lining up outside the store in the hopes of getting an Apple Watch on launch day. Maxfield is the only store in the United States that have the Apple Watch in stock on April 24.

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Line at Maxfield LA, image via Alidir8
Other stores that will have Apple Watch stock tomorrow include Dover Street Market in Tokyo and London, Colette in Paris, and The Corner in Berlin. It is not known how much stock each of these stores has available, but according to Dover Street Market's CEO, the Tokyo location will have 350 watches available for purchase, while Dover Street Market in London will have 570. Neither store is expected to have the Apple Watch Edition, but beyond that models in stock are unknown.

Though Apple's retail stores are not offering the Apple Watch for sale, there appears to be some confusion among customers. At Apple Stores in Australia, there were customers lining up outside of stores in the hopes of getting an Apple Watch.

The confused 23-person #AppleWatch queue outside Australia s flagship store. A photo posted by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson (@jendn) on Apr 23, 2015 at 4:50pm PDT​
According to Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts, Apple Watch orders may not be available in stores for a month or longer as the company works to get all pre-orders delivered. Apple is getting orders out rapidly, however, and many customers who had 4 to 6 week shipping dates will be getting their devices tomorrow.

Article Link: Customers Lining Up At Boutiques Carrying Apple Watch Ahead of Launch
 
I for one enjoyed the days of waiting in line ... KNOWING I would get my device on actual launch day. I even enjoyed pre-ordering and having the option to pick-up from the store.
 
The lines outside regular apple retail stores shows this launch is not perfect.
 
One would assume it's die-hards standing outside an Apple Store. How could they not know the stores don't have stock? Wouldn't you at least call ahead of time before standing outside the store? :confused:
 
This isn't too surprising. When I went for my try-on appointment, the employee told told me they would be available in the store on the 24th. I didn't bother correcting her. Apple Store employees seem exceedingly ignorant about the products they sell.
 
I for one enjoyed the days of waiting in line ... KNOWING I would get my device on actual launch day. I even enjoyed pre-ordering and having the option to pick-up from the store.

Except when the store runs out of product and someone stood in line all that time for nothing.
 
I was in my local Apple Store earlier this week and they had a gazillion iWatches laying around. I'm not sure if they were functional or not, but if they were I don't know why they wouldn't want to try and sell them.
 
It's funny, I almost called this esterda when the news about the boutiques broke but it's fairl obvious this was going to happen. I wonder if Apple is doing this to get more shops to carr the Apple Watch—greater exposure?

Completel unrelated: Does anone know wh m MacBook Pro suddenl can't tpe a certain letter? I'll let ou guess which one! I just updated the latest version of osemite toda. Here is a screenshot of what it does when I press this ke b itself. This is seriousl the weirdest bug I've ever had on an Mac I've ever owned:
 

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I would be waiting in a line right now knowing that I would get my :apple: watch on launch day, but instead I followed procedure and now have to wait however long after the launch to receive mine. (even though people who ordered after me have already received shipping confirmations)
What a mess :apple:
WHAT A MESS!
 
It's funny, I almost called this esterda when the news about the boutiques broke but it's fairl obvious this was going to happen. I wonder if Apple is doing this to get more shops to carr the Apple Watch—greater exposure?

Completel unrelated: Does anone know wh m MacBook Pro suddenl can't tpe a certain letter? I'll let ou guess which one! I just updated the latest version of osemite toda. Here is a screenshot of what it does when I press this ke b itself. This is seriousl the weirdest bug I've ever had on an Mac I've ever owned:

Check Settings > keyboard > Text and see if there’s an errant replacement for the letter y. You might have had someone prank you.
 
I would be waiting in a line right now knowing that I would get my :apple: watch on launch day, but instead I followed procedure and now have to wait however long after the launch to receive mine. (even though people who ordered after me have already received shipping confirmations)
What a mess :apple:
WHAT A MESS!

Did these people order the exact same watch as you?
 
naming scheme

Who in the world was in charge of naming the Apple Watch Edition. Am I the only one who thinks that is the dumbest name anyone could possibly come up with?
 
WHAT A MESS!

Yeah. I understand an occasional cockup. Nobody's perfect, right?

But this was cockup, followed by denial, followed by more bad decisions, followed by (an attempted) PR coverup, like they planned all this.

At least take ownership and admit you blew it.
 
Yeah. I understand an occasional cockup. Nobody's perfect, right?

But this was cockup, followed by denial, followed by more bad decisions, followed by (an attempted) PR coverup, like they planned all this.

At least take ownership and admit you blew it.

What exactly is this "cockup" you mention?
 
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