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Delivery Dates 4/24-5/8

I have to agree, the reps are less knowledgable than many of us IMO. The only thing we know for sure is we have a 4/24-5/8 ship date. Some will definitely be receiving their watch on the 24th, but perhaps not all.

Basing things on past experience I believe Apple will over-deliver. I was second shipment for my iPhone 6 last year and they shipped it over a week early. I wouldn't be surprised to see some orders update by Monday or Tuesday. Again, just my guess
 
papa8706 said:
I have to agree, the reps are less knowledgable than many of us IMO. The only thing we know for sure is we have a 4/24-5/8 ship date. Some will definitely be receiving their watch on the 24th, but perhaps not all.

Basing things on past experience I believe Apple will over-deliver. I was second shipment for my iPhone 6 last year and they shipped it over a week early. I wouldn't be surprised to see some orders update by Monday or Tuesday. Again, just my guess
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Agreed. I can see Apple bumping up a lot of estimated dates after the initial batch goes out.
 
They MUST have a crap load of them already made AND we KNOW they are not sending them to stores for the scalper lines so I would expect that a LOT of them will be delivered on the 24th to those of us who ordered in the first few minutes.

No matter what we think this should be much simpler for them than the iPhone 6 and plus that had to not only coordinate shipping to the consumer but had to decide how to allocate them to the stores including the phone stores. It is MUCH more complicated to decide WHICH AT&T gets its shipment of 10 trickled in day after day.
 
papa8706 said:
I have to agree, the reps are less knowledgable than many of us IMO. The only thing we know for sure is we have a 4/24-5/8 ship date. Some will definitely be receiving their watch on the 24th, but perhaps not all.

Basing things on past experience I believe Apple will over-deliver. I was second shipment for my iPhone 6 last year and they shipped it over a week early. I wouldn't be surprised to see some orders update by Monday or Tuesday. Again, just my guess
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i feel like the 38mm ones have a better chance at being delivered on 4/24 solely due to the fact 70% of the preorders were for the 42mm screen seems like less people order the 38mm=slightly more demand for the few that did.


Other than that treat this like the lottery if you receive your apple watch on the 24th.....consider yourselves 1st prize winners, if you receive your apple watch 5/1 consider yourself second prize winners, and if you receive it 5/8 consider yourself 3rd prize winners BC SOME PEOPLE WONT GET ONE EVER....lol. Joking. But some will have to wait until June. We are all lucky to be apple junkies and we are all lucky to have received the 4/24-5/8 timeline. be thankful!!! let karma come your way. after all "the watch IS coming.."


I will be taking the biggest apple watch dab of my life if i receive 1st prize
 
KauaiBruce said:
No matter what we think this should be much simpler for them than the iPhone 6 and plus that had to not only coordinate shipping to the consumer but had to decide how to allocate them to the stores including the phone stores. It is MUCH more complicated to decide WHICH AT&T gets its shipment of 10 trickled in day after day.
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I'm not an expert or anything, but it seems to me the 38 different styles of Apple Watch offered would make this launch much more complicated than the 6/ 6+ launch. Even without stocking the retail stores.
 
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Drew888 said:
I know what it would be like... Panic... and panic over nothing unless they don't get by May 8th :)
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idk i think it's all on purpose...subliminally (or not so much) sending "unreleased" band colors and styles out in the wild for celebrities to get our salivation pumping even harder than it already is. We are all the dog; apple is Pavlov...PLEASE GIVE ME MY TREAT!!!

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KauaiBruce said:
They MUST have a crap load of them already made AND we KNOW they are not sending them to stores for the scalper lines so I would expect that a LOT of them will be delivered on the 24th to those of us who ordered in the first few minutes.

No matter what we think this should be much simpler for them than the iPhone 6 and plus that had to not only coordinate shipping to the consumer but had to decide how to allocate them to the stores including the phone stores. It is MUCH more complicated to decide WHICH AT&T gets its shipment of 10 trickled in day after day.
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Yeahh idk how does apple decide how much of what band of what case of what size of what color to stock? to send to what part of what country of what state of what city? with NO retail, this is 30% personalization--keeping exact demand so everyone gets the exact apple watch they ordered on the 24th is impossible, which is why we all won't iMO get it on the 24th but more feasibly the 24th-5/1 allowing one week.
 
I think everyone with a 4/24-5/8 date will get it on 4/24. No way you're waiting if you ordered in the first three minutes. So I'm not even worried. Mine was the last Sport watch to sellout (green). So I'm confident that I'll be wearing it by this time next week.

Anyway, I wonder why MacRumors isn't covering all the game announcements. There have been a ton in the last week. I'm actually starting to look forward to them.
 
I am hoping the Sports Straps get out quickly also. I WILL wear the Classic Buckle in the gym but not forever. Black leather should be able to take a little sweat. I am excited to start getting movement credit on the rowing machine I use. I get it if I leave my phone in the pocket but I like to use the phone as a Kindle and read a book while rowing.
 
Dusty1216 said:
i feel like the 38mm ones have a better chance at being delivered on 4/24 solely due to the fact 70% of the preorders were for the 42mm screen seems like less people order the 38mm=slightly more demand for the few that did.
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Since Apple hasn't released specifics on preorders, this is purely speculation. And given Apple's long history of getting logistics right on launches, there's no reason to suggest that a 38mm and 42mm order with a date range of 4/24 - 5/8 don't stand an equal chance of being delivered on 4/24. I don't recall a bunch of people who ordered a 6 Plus with an estimated ship date of 9/19 complaining that it was late, while those who ordered a 6 received them on time.

If the supply of the item you want is constrained, your shipping date will reflect that.
 
KauaiBruce said:
I am hoping the Sports Straps get out quickly also. I WILL wear the Classic Buckle in the gym but not forever. Black leather should be able to take a little sweat. I am excited to start getting movement credit on the rowing machine I use. I get it if I leave my phone in the pocket but I like to use the phone as a Kindle and read a book while rowing.
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genius!!

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cwosigns said:
Since Apple hasn't released specifics on preorders, this is purely speculation. And given Apple's long history of getting logistics right on launches, there's no reason to suggest that a 38mm and 42mm order with a date range of 4/24 - 5/8 don't stand an equal chance of being delivered on 4/24. I don't recall a bunch of people who ordered a 6 Plus with an estimated ship date of 9/19 complaining that it was late, while those who ordered a 6 received them on time.

If the supply of the item you want is constrained, your shipping date will reflect that.
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Yes we are all speculating lol just joining in haha
 
Gooberton said:
They really don't. I've literally driven on Saturdays. It's about 20 guys in a building where 500 people work. It's a very specific thing. The belts don't even turn on
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I work at a local UPS sort hub as a loader/unloader. The only time I've had to work Saturdays was during peak season because of the high volume for the holidays. However, I'm fairly certain UPS delivers on Saturday, but don't quote me on that. If not, it would explain the crap-ton of volume we always have on Sundays....
 
jkel777 said:
I work at a local UPS sort hub as a loader/unloader. The only time I've had to work Saturdays was during peak season because of the high volume for the holidays. However, I'm fairly certain UPS delivers on Saturday, but don't quote me on that. If not, it would explain the crap-ton of volume we always have on Sundays....
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my pops is an amazon junkie. def get UPS on saturdays on the east coast
 
cheese for that whine?

This is nothing. Just wait until people start posting screen shots of "Preparing for Shipment" and "Shipped" with tracking numbers. Then the real whining begins...

"I ordered at 3:02:31 and you ordered at 3:03:09 and YOU'RE shipping BEFORE me and that's not fair! I'm calling Apple Support to complain...."

there will be hundreds of posts like this...

but the real fun is tracking your package through the system...

Once someone posts a tracking number at least we'll get a feel for where they're coming from... until then its all speculation. However due to the fact that no product will be at the physical Apple Stores my guess is straight from the factory in China... just a guess though...

cheers!
 
BradWould said:
I'm not an expert or anything, but it seems to me the 38 different styles of Apple Watch offered would make this launch much more complicated than the 6/ 6+ launch. Even without stocking the retail stores.
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I disagree. First, IGNORE the edition models. THOSE are clearly handled differently. There are only 2 sets of internals and 4 base metal color choices which is the complicated part to make. SO, without the bands there are only 8 total real base models to deal with (again ignoring the edition which is certainly not in the same factory). After that the rest is just boxing it all.

Phones have different carrier chips and memory choices. A LOT more than two real sets of internals.

All of the stores I know ordered 50 phones at a time in the hopes to get a handful. Someone had to decide which stores get what one which day.

It is far less complicated to process consumers only with a first come first served model for shipping. At this point they should have several hundred thousand ready to ship.
 
Dusty1216 said:
my pops is an amazon junkie. def get UPS on saturdays on the east coast
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Don't even get me started on Amazon haha. We get about 2 or 3 long trailers a day full of gaylords (tall, big boxes full of small packages) combined with countless tiers of medium-sized Amazon-branded boxes. I will say, they're the most fun to unload. :D

Whenever I order Amazon, about 90% it's fulfilled by USPS out here. But yeah, I'm pretty sure UPS still delivers Saturdays.
 
is it weird that I had a dream last night that I woke up early because my phone binged and got an email that my watch shipped :eek:
Wishful thinking :apple:
 
jkel777 said:
I work at a local UPS sort hub as a loader/unloader. The only time I've had to work Saturdays was during peak season because of the high volume for the holidays. However, I'm fairly certain UPS delivers on Saturday, but don't quote me on that. If not, it would explain the crap-ton of volume we always have on Sundays....
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Where I live we only get Saturday UPS and FedEx during December.
 
BradWould said:
I'm not an expert or anything, but it seems to me the 38 different styles of Apple Watch offered would make this launch much more complicated than the 6/ 6+ launch. Even without stocking the retail stores.
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keep in mind 6/6+ represents 18 different phone models.
 
tgwaste said:
keep in mind 6/6+ represents 18 different phone models.
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6 and 6+ represents 18 different models? Are you sure?

3 storage capacities (16, 64, 128)
3 colors (gold, silver, space grey)
4 Carriers (ATT, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile)

3 x 3 x 4 = 36

36 versions of iPhone 6 and 36 versions of 6+ = 72 models

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shandyman said:
Indeed, that's quite an obvious technicality that he chose to ignore.... :D
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and he even said he literally has driven on Saturdays... lol
 
Drew888 said:
6 and 6+ represents 18 different models? Are you sure?

3 storage capacities (16, 64, 128)
3 colors (gold, silver, space grey)
4 Carriers (ATT, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile)

3 x 3 x 4 = 36

36 versions of iPhone 6 and 36 versions of 6+ = 72 models
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It's not 1 different iPhone per carrier though....

Apple's site give 2 model numbers for the 6 and 2 for the 6+, so it's 3x3x2=18 of 6, 18 of 6+.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201296
 
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