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LTE available in stores Friday
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Check your Apple Store app. Quick answer is, "No." It'll likely be the 3-4 week wait. I bought multiple for delivery Friday. Check eBay, us who do that usually mark up 2x if you want one that badly, this late.
I have one on order from Best Buy for October 6th. Wait won’t kill me. Was just curious
I don’t put a lot of value in these bad reviews. From what I’ve looked at so far the bad reviews are from those that think you will spend large amount of times talking on your watch via lte. Thats not its purpose. Then again, I’ll gladly move up the preorder food chain.
I agree. These reviews don't make the Apple Watch "Bad". I don't think that's an appropriate word to use just because of LTE battery life. The Apple Watch does so many things well and LTE is brand new, which it will continue to improve for future models. This is also the number one smart watch on the market we are talking about, there certainly isn't anything bad about that.
Just don’t connect to unsecured networks on your phone and you won’t have any problems
So as long as you have that turned off on the iPhone it solves the problem for the watch?you would think Apple would announce doing this rather then they are working on a fix to use for now. l
The phone connects to any network your phone allows so if you have an open network previously connected to with the iPhone the watch will connect to it.
This is with all watch os 4 watches.
https://www.imore.com/how-your-apple-watch-connects-wi-fi-networks-when-away-your-iphone
That’s what I thought. I turn off autojoin networks on my phone and only allow it to use my home WiFi. Anything else I select forget network and turn off auto connect so hopefully that will remedy the issue with the watch.
It’s impossible to get any meaningful info from the store about same day availability when you call. It’s a real crapshoot about showing up early and waiting or just pre-ordering.
Has anyone heard anything specific when calling the stores about particular models, ie SS
Has anyone heard anything specific when calling the stores about particular models, ie SS
I tried... didn't get far. I called one of the Apple store's here in Toronto, but as I expected, she was very careful with her words and wouldn't even hint at available stock tomorrow. I even asked if she could tell me how last years launch went, but she still wouldn't give me anything, just kept telling me to show up tomorrow and then they'll have an answer.
Interesting. That’s the point. They have a good idea if they will have limited or even no stock available and for which model since everything they’re getting in is either being held for those who pre-ordered or will be available for walkins. I understand not wanting to commit to a response that wouldn’t be true, however it would be good to have some idea to be able to plan out whether you would like to show up there at all
Heh. You're retired, perfect opportunity to go people watch.
I've waited on launch day once just to say I did. Kinda fun. Once. Can't see myself doing it again. Definitely not if it meant skipping out on a day job or burning a vacation day. This was a coincidence of happening to be on business travel with no appointments that morning so I decided to go for it.
Hmmm, guess I'm going to Eton after the kids get on the bus!
Update: I went in and there were plenty of options for LTE Watches. I went with a 42mm Space Gray with Gray band. I also tried on the Ceramic Gray. That watch is beautiful in person. It blends very well with the band.
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