I just ordered a Sport 38mm with the Blue Band to see if these ship sooner than the June date too. I have a paid developer account and it's the same one I used for all my Apple purchases. 
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Get an Apple Watch Sport THIS APRIL!
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paid dev, and this makes since now.
you will see in the top threads, i made one about getting the 38mm blue sport within 24 hours. def vouch for this.
you will see in the top threads, i made one about getting the 38mm blue sport within 24 hours. def vouch for this.
If you've really never accessed the dev portal before, the estimated ship date listed on the Apple Online Store is nonsense and the watch actually isn't sold out - which I highly doubt. Weird.
Seems like im chalk full of stupid questions today... but, how many orders can we put in before Apple cancels one or more?
How long from preparing to ship to getting a tracking number. It's been about 4 hours.
2 scenarios
1. No one is buying the blue - lots of 42mm and 38mm, so it doesn't matter if you are dev or not, because all orders going through appear to be processing within 24-48 hours for this model (both 42mm and 38).
2.This Apple employee miss communicated that this dev priority applies to both 38mm & 42mm blue versions.
Strange indeed.
1. No one is buying the blue - lots of 42mm and 38mm, so it doesn't matter if you are dev or not, because all orders going through appear to be processing within 24-48 hours for this model (both 42mm and 38).
2.This Apple employee miss communicated that this dev priority applies to both 38mm & 42mm blue versions.
Strange indeed.
Recent orders from devs and non devs of sport 38mm with blue, green and white bands have been shipping quick. Let's see what happens with the 42mm
I referenced the previous news about this in links throughout the post. This is new news. The registration closed, but anyone that's in the dev program, paid or unpaid, can still order for expedited shipment is the point.
Do you sit on the phone and learn that the dev priority program had not ended yet?
All the news that was going on before this thread had said the dev priority had ended days ago.
I can log into the developer account. I forgot i even had one. Does this mean i am eligible? Should I cancel my order?
Yep! Apologies if this has specifically been out in the news already. I'd love to see what you're talking about.
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Don't cancel, just place another for this model under the associated ID. Whatever prepares for shipment first is the one you keep, the other you cancel at that point only.
There was a limit of 2 active orders, but reports have been all over the place and no one is really sure now that preorders are over.
Ordered 42mm just now. Let's see how it goes. Ordered 38mm first accidentally. Canceled it and ordered 42mm.
I hope you understand that it'll only move up when it starts preparing for shipment, which means you're charged for it at that point. Just don't want to confuse anyone!
I just placed another order. Lets see which one ships faster. My other order was a 42mm pink sport (because it was the only watch with shipping time from 4/24 - 5/8)
Lets see what happens. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Lets see what happens. Keeping my fingers crossed!