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Series 4 Pre-order thread

metalsiren said:
yea got the email at x:10 for the SB SS 44 Sport
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Thanks! This gives me hope. I was going by time I saw on the clock when I clicked the button. In Mail on my Mac when I go to View > Message > Headers it shows Fri, 14 Sep 2018 07:11:10 +0000 (GMT) down at the bottom of the header⁩. So just a little bit behind you since it had just ticked over to 11 by 10 seconds. Thank you so much! Here's to hoping I get the same message in the next day.

I usually don't get so freaked out about preorders but my Series 0 is driving me crazy right now with terrible battery life and has been acting up a ton since upgrading to iOS 12 and got even worse after activating my XS with random disconnects.
 
macduke said:
Thanks! This gives me hope. I was going by time I saw on the clock when I clicked the button. In Mail on my Mac when I go to View > Message > Headers it shows Fri, 14 Sep 2018 07:11:10 +0000 (GMT) down at the bottom of the header⁩. So just a little bit behind you since it had just ticked over to 11 by 10 seconds. Thank you so much! Here's to hoping I get the same message in the next day.

I usually don't get so freaked out about preorders but my Series 0 is driving me crazy right now with terrible battery life and has been acting up a ton since upgrading to iOS 12 and got even worse after activating my XS with random disconnects.
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yea I fell bad, since you need it more than me. my current is SB SS S3 42 and its fine.. I just want the newer one lol
 
I am convinced that I ordered the most popular watch model. Silver Sport 44mm with sport loop, haven't been able to find it in stock in apple stores anywhere. My order still says processing, est. delivery October 15th-22nd
 
metalsiren said:
yea I fell bad, since you need it more than me. my current is SB SS S3 42 and its fine.. I just want the newer one lol
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Hah, don't feel bad, that's just how things go. I don't "need" any of this tech, and I was able to try my wife's 40mm. I'm a lot more patient these days, but this old watch is trying me. I'm on the iPhone Upgrade Program and got my XS on launch day even though I had a perfectly fine X and I saw someone on the forums with an iPhone 5 who was waiting on getting theirs. I brought my wife's iPhone 5 out of storage the other day so she could use it while her iPhone SE dried out after getting it wet (it turned out great) and man that thing was painfully slow. My wife isn't even a techie and she was like "This is the worst, I want to throw this phone!" Then last night she was asking how to do something on her Series 4 since she is new to Apple Watch and already got hers and I went to show her on mine and it took my Exercise app half a minute to load and she made fun of my slow watch, lol.
 
arbi4ever said:
I ordered mine on 9/21 the release date and get the same arrival date. But we will get it soon, because I ordered my iPhone xs Max on 9/21 with estimate arrival ob 10/5-10/12 and I've got the UPS tracking for delivery this Friday 9/28.
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Pretty sure there is no corelation between a phone ship date and a watch ship date. They come from different factories don’t they? At a minimum different assembly lines.
macduke said:
May I ask what time your order went through? I ordered the same at 10 minutes after because of store issues.



If yours was 19 minutes after, and mine was 10 minutes after (same model), and mine has yet to move, then it is fairly unlikely that yours will be moving anytime soon. Sorry. Mine actually showed the week earlier window (Sept 28 to something) on the screen before the final checkout confirmation, so I just barely missed the window and it still hasn't changed. I am surprised because last year my iPhone X moved up by several weeks.
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We’ve seen in this very thread that there is also no “absolutely direct” relation between when you placed your order and where you ended up in the queue. People in other countries ordered same Watch as me and got later delivery times.

I can only specualte but one suggestion was that existing production was pre-allocated to various markets.

For that matter Apple’s distribution system is probably so sophisticated it can allocate to maximize shipping efficiency to vrarious parts of the world and schedules orders accordingly.

What does seem for certain is that it is not an absolute FIFO order system.
 
I preordered mine and got it the 21st. My wife wanted to see it in person before ordering so we stopped in to Apple on Saturday afternoon to try them out. What she wasn't expecting was to walk out with the watch the same day, and yet she did - they had several of the variations. I was pretty surprised. While I am certainly happy for her, I feel bad for you folks ordered way earlier and still waiting... For those with long times I'd keep checking stores...
 
Pre-ordered mine Sept 14th @ 5am, still waiting for the status to change from ETA Oct 13-20.
Has anyone else ordered on the 14th and are still waiting??
 
Denpech said:
what model of watch you ordered?
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Yeah I have a ship date of 15th-22nd, still shows processing for me but the model I want I can't find in Apple stores anywhere
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ndacosta said:
Pre-ordered mine Sept 14th @ 5am, still waiting for the status to change from ETA Oct 13-20.
Has anyone else ordered on the 14th and are still waiting??
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Stefanreals said:
Yeah I have a ship date of 15th-22nd, still shows processing for me but the model I want I can't find in Apple stores anywhere
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I would not rely on the site, the Stainless steel models that were 'unavailable' online were in their store hand helds and we did leave with one...not so sure those are always up to date accurate for their inventory...
 
Its been posted on here before but www.istocknow.com came in clutch for me today. It looks like quite a few stores are getting shipments today.

I preordered a 44MM SG GPS with delivery between 10/15 - 10/22. Got a notification that this one came in at my local store. I placed an order for pickup today and will cancel the other one when I have the watch in hand.
 
Confused because they are saying delivers has been changed to Wednesday it was originally Friday. So how is that a delay? And WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE WAS NO ROOM ON THE PLANE?!?!? LET ME HELP PACK THAT PLANE!!!
 

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I'm extremely late to the watch game. Just placed my order for SS SB Milanese Loop 44mm through AT&T. Currently estimated ship date is 10/31-11/7. Any orders been bumped up so far? My Series 3 is just fine...just wanna play with the new toy, y'know. :)
 
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I'm extremely late to the watch game. Just placed my order for SS SB Milanese Loop 44mm through AT&T. Currently estimated ship date is 10/31-11/7. Any orders been bumped up so far? My Series 3 is just fine...just wanna play with the new toy, y'know. :)
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use the website istocknow and set up notifications. you might be able to find it in a store before those date. and set up notifications.
 
I ordered ss gold Milanese and got delivery date between 1 - 8 October. My watch is send today and I will receive it tomorrow.
 
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lovewil2 said:
Its been posted on here before but www.istocknow.com came in clutch for me today. It looks like quite a few stores are getting shipments today.

I preordered a 44MM SG GPS with delivery between 10/15 - 10/22. Got a notification that this one came in at my local store. I placed an order for pickup today and will cancel the other one when I have the watch in hand.
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I have been checking and I have yet to see the model I ordered in stock anywhere in America lol
 
I preordered my wife's 40mm silver aluminum watch on announcement day and it's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow.

I preordered my 44mm gold aluminum watch on September 17 and the status is still "Processing" with an estimated arrival date of October 15-22. Apparently, I picked one of the most popular combinations: Gold Aluminum with the Pink Sand Sport Loop. None of the stores in the area have it in stock but all have the Pink Sand Sport Band version.
 
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I ordered 44mm SS from B&H on the 19th. Says it’s back ordered so I have no idea when I’m getting it.
 
I am reading green with envy that there are many who ordered the 44mm SS white band with delivery dates ranging from the 5th of October to the 12th and dates there after who are getting their watches now or have already received them. My date is set for the 5th thru the 12th. Here is me whinging, “Why don’t I get an early delivery?” “People who are getting theirs has delivery dates after me and they already have theirs!” Mine is still stuck on the 5th to the 12th. I know its because I have bad juju, been that way my whole life. Its official, I am throwing my toys out of the pram and going to have a full on whinge in the middle of my street, get my neighbors thinking that I should be sectioned. Well let me get back to stalking my apple account........:D
 
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istocknow just came in clutch, had a 44mm SS SB at my local store, confirmed the reservation for 8pm. Will cancel my online order once I have it in hand...just to be sure.
 
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SS sports band set for delivery oct 2nd - 5th just changed to shipped with a tracking number, set for delivery on Oct 1st. Couple hours later iStockNow alerts me that the local apple store finally got some. Grrrrrr.
Too late for an easy cancel.
 
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