Odd Note About Build Weeks...

[Gav2k]

My dates are different, but the deltas are the same--I have activity on 2/3/13 May and was received on 14 May. I can't imagine it taking 11 days to put a band on it and get it to the USA. Instead, I think one of two things:

(1) bands are delaying everything on every SKU. Certainly mine (leather loop) seemed to be a band delay, but perhaps even sport bands are causing delays

OR

(2) the internals of the watch are assembled and bench tested prior to going down the final case assembly line. It takes 12 days from logic board/S1 assembly to final packaging.

Body needs a band then he correct country specific charger then it's correct box by country/band type. Then it needs its paperwork for travel then off it goes in its many boxes to wait on a pallet for other watches before its then loaded.

Issue is... Apple made the watch complicated.

 

[applepuree]

How about the just before delivery date being an inductive charge top up?

Maybe when it is delivery mode they can give the battery an inductive charge whilst its in transit storage without unpacking. My wife's Sports watch was about 60% charged and had activity about 2 days before she got it on the 24/4.

 

[discorevilo]

How about the just before delivery date being an inductive charge top up?

Maybe when it is delivery mode they can give the battery an inductive charge whilst its in transit storage without unpacking.

I very much doubt this, as to induce enough charge the sending and receiving coils must be well aligned and proximity is a BIG factor. The amount of electromagnetic radiation they'd need to charge through all the packaging means that this is a rather unrealistic scenario. Furthermore, due to the differences in packaging, the SS watches would both require more radiation as they are inside a box giving more air gap and are oriented differently meaning there would have to be two different systems to charge.

 

[bjdraw]

I buy the theory that the day before information is a bug. We could confirm this if someone actually received their watch and left it in the box for a few days before opening it. I highly doubt there was any QA testing done while in UPS's hands.

And I do not believe Apple ever artificially holds back products. It is much more plausible that the bands are supply constrained so the actual watches sit around until the band is ready to go. Especially since Apple isn't as experienced in band supply chain as they are in electronics. This also explains why some who ordered a blue band received their watch after those who ordered a black band regardless of the order time.