I'm still at order in progress with a small pending charge. Pick up in store also.
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iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 Orders Now 'Preparing for Shipment' Ahead of September 22 Delivery
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I just checked mine, and my payment authorisation seems to have changed to a "pending charge" on my account now too. Must be a pick up thing then...? Phew haha.
Mine has been a pending of a buck since I ordered at 330am that day. No other changes.
I payed for the none lte version sports Apple Watch 42 mm one. There is no lie version in the Netherlands yet and to be honest I don't mind that since I'm just going to use it for sport activities, looking at the time and some handy features I'm sure...
But I've got a question, the sport model screen is not made of sapphire, does it means it's surface is destined to get scratches on it? I wonder what experiences people have with this matter. Is a screen protector necessary and if so, which one would you recommend? Thanks in advanced!
But I've got a question, the sport model screen is not made of sapphire, does it means it's surface is destined to get scratches on it? I wonder what experiences people have with this matter. Is a screen protector necessary and if so, which one would you recommend? Thanks in advanced!
Sorry should I rephrase that to "designing" new products
I would be happy to pay in the range of $1200 to $1500NZD for the iPhone XE. The iPhone X is priced at $1900 to $2100
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I wasn't referring to that issue at all...
No, I think by February it will be relatively easy to get one. Nov. and Dec. will be a pita to get one.Or later lol
Presuming they could have made it water-resistant, no. Then again, I'm not the one saying "I won't buy it if it has a headphone jack". I just don't get the objection to a tiny dongle when there is already a 3ft long dongle hanging from hour head. If anything, it's helpful to make some challenging headphone jacks compatible with every case.
yes it does... signed by someone, doesn't necessarily need to be you. When it ships, you can sometimes re-route delivery to a local UPS store
Presuming they could? Of course they could. Sony and Samsung make waterPROOF phones with a headphone jack.
There were NO complaints of the existence of the headphone jack until Apple made you think there should be a complaint about it. There are complaints now that it's been removed. It was a stupid decision by Apple and they've been getting trashed for it, rightfully so.
I'm not going to be bothered carrying an effing dongle just to use any one of my many pairs of headphones I have that work with literally every other device i've ever owned.
Every time Apple makes a decision to obsolete a particular HW standard, there will be complaints; Apple is well aware. But given the record-setting sales of the iPhone 7, most (99.x%?) didn't care about losing the headphone jack.
You may not like it, but you're in a very small minority. Apple has economic motivations behind their decision to drop it, and they're not going to bring it back. Other manufacturers have followed suit, and more will follow.
I'm old enough to remember when headphones had 1/4" plugs, and you wouldn't believe (well you probably would) how some audiophiles bitched and moaned when headphone makers started moving to 3.5mm plugs. They complained endlessly about the adapter--dongle if you prefer the derisive term--necessary to use it with a 1/4" jack.
Most headphone manufacturers adopted the smaller standard, but some held out for quite some time. I don't follow that sector anymore, but I'm sure there are still headphones that are only available with 1/4" plugs, especially if they cost thousands of dollars.
But time marches on, and things change. Not always for the best, but they do change. Not that you shouldn't make it your life's work to bring back the 3.5mm jack, but tilting at windmills is rather unproductive.
You may not like it, but you're in a very small minority. Apple has economic motivations behind their decision to drop it, and they're not going to bring it back. Other manufacturers have followed suit, and more will follow.
I'm old enough to remember when headphones had 1/4" plugs, and you wouldn't believe (well you probably would) how some audiophiles bitched and moaned when headphone makers started moving to 3.5mm plugs. They complained endlessly about the adapter--dongle if you prefer the derisive term--necessary to use it with a 1/4" jack.
Most headphone manufacturers adopted the smaller standard, but some held out for quite some time. I don't follow that sector anymore, but I'm sure there are still headphones that are only available with 1/4" plugs, especially if they cost thousands of dollars.
But time marches on, and things change. Not always for the best, but they do change. Not that you shouldn't make it your life's work to bring back the 3.5mm jack, but tilting at windmills is rather unproductive.
I actually use my lightning dongle on my iPad, and 5S. Cases for both don’t allow me to use some headphone cables due to such small openings. Using the lightning adapter resolved this for me.
If it was called the 7s it would still be new, so I don’t see your point.
I’ve noticed in the past Apple has the tendency to under promise but over deliver. With that said I ordered the 42mm Stainless steel with white band at 3:20am and I have a 2-3 week shipping window. Has anyone by any chance received a notification or e-mail that your order is “Preparing to ship” now even though it says you have weeks to wait? I remember with the series 1 they delivered to me a little over a week earlier than when it was supposed to ship. Thanks!
Slightly ignorant statement. I would also suggest that you look further back on to higher end mechanical watches, which some Swiss models even have a red Digital Crown. It's not exactly uncommon.
Only on a a tech forum, would somebody make the biggest issue about a red dot on a digital crown, which in all likeness, you don't even see because it faces away from you once it's on your wrist. But for some, The Apple Watch experience is ruined because of a Red Dot. The majority Likely don't even care about the red digital crown.
People usually buy watches based upon how the look. I know I do. So if someone says I don't like the dot, and I won't buy who are you to critisize?
That's not even close to being relevant to the point I was making, nor was it a criticism, its the fact the Red dot has preexisted long before the Apple Watch . The red dot has existed for quite some time on mechanical watches in the past, contrary to what somebody might see on a smart watch, it's not exactly abnormal based on just how not looks. However, yours and Lauderns Post is the perfect example behind not understanding it.
Furthermore, as I stated before, only on a tech forum would somebody make the red dot out a larger issue than it is, contrary to the many people I know that own the Apple Watch, have never even made a comment about the red dot.
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Sure it is. You are saying those here make too much of the red dot. I am saying its a preference thing and some will not buy because of it. No one cares if other watches have red dots. Thats Irrelevant. People buy what they like. If you like red dots, that's great for you. But don't disparage those that hate it. I think it is an awful choice of color. But I bought the watch anyway and then covered it with a black dot.
Please Zipzap, for the sake of discussion, take the time to reread my post(s). At no point did I personally even comment on the red dot if I liked it or not. No one cares who likes the red dot or not. It's not about that. This is an about the aesthetic appeal with the red dot altogether prior to the Watch, it's the fact that it's not unheard of that it's been used before on watches in the past, and how it transitioned to the Apple Watch. Apple used in the sense of style, contrary to you liking or not, is and was not my point, nor does it matter. The only thing in relation to your post, is that the red dot is completely exacerbated On a tech forum. (Which is relevant Because it's blown out of Porportion).
Furthermore, no one goes to an Apple store and looks at the Apple Watch it and "Says I'm not going to purchase the Watch because of the the red dot." That's a minuscule irrelevancy of an issue that's only seemingly larger than what it is on Macrumors. So let's not have any false modesty about something that nobody talks in the real world contrary to your own disbelief using a black dot to cover the Digital Crown, which would be your own issue.
Again, please re-read what I posted. I didn't disparage against it. No one commented they hated it, you said that. And Actually, I acknowledged both sides for those who don't like it and for those who don't care that it exists. See post below.
This has nothing to do with the point addressed, nor is it related to the fact of the red dot pre-existing.
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And yet you commented on a two month old thread after the fact to make points that were not even relevant to my own post addressed to the other member. So clearly you're trying to refute something that wasn't even related to my own topic. If this thread was two months old, you clearly felt the need to reply as well for your own reasons. The thread timeline isn't relevant, nor is your above post, regardless, it's still open for discussion.
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ZipZap, you totally missed the point. Relentless Power was simply making the point that other watch makers have done the red crown in the past. Relentless Power thrives on making literal points that are some what irrelevant to the conversation happening prior.
So in summary, the red dot is a very typical and quite common design choice for a watch (I've never seen one in real life, but I'm sure Relentless Power has a large collection of red crown watches or anecdotal experiences seeing hem). While I personally believe that it is totally distracting and hideous, it is irrelevant to this literal argument.