I decided to return my aluminum silver watch and get space gray. I chose silver because I also got the silver XS Max, and because my husband has space gray watch/phone and our son has the gold watch/phone, but I honestly prefer the look of the space gray watch. I was actually wishing I'd ordered the space gray while still waiting for my preorder to ship, but when I saw how backordered the watches were, I decided I'd just deal with having silver. But, I plan to keep this watch for at least 2 years, and that's a long time to wish I'd changed colors. I feel like I opened a Pandora's box, however, because starting the return process also caused the trade-in of my series 3 to be cancelled. So, now I need to mail back my series 4 by the 20th. Just hoping my series 3 is returned this week so I can go back to that while waiting for my space gray series 4 to arrive (estimated Nov 5-12).
One interesting thing I noted when I selected return, however, was the option to exchange the band that came with my series 4 watch. I did some research on this because I'd never heard of that option, and found a few articles online from 2015 that Apple offers this band exchange. From what I read, it is only within the 14-day return window and you have to call Apple or do online chat, and it's only if you bought from Apple.com or the Apple Store app. So, I'm hoping I can exchange the black sport loop for another color sport loop because I don't want it to look exactly like my husband's watch. I like the indigo, storm gray, and cape cod blue sport loop bands, so hope I can choose one of those.
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