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UK Apple Watch Series 8/Ultra Pre-Orders and Dispatch Thread
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Think it’s so people can pay monthly. I did think about it with EE but my concern is don’t think I would use the data as I always tend to have my phone as I would tend to walk a lot than say cycle. If I was to do a lot of cycling i could see it being worth it.
This is very much my experience too. I phoned when preorders went up on the Friday at 1. Took half an hour before I got through to someone. She took the payment told me delivery on the 23rd. By the time we had finished the call she said it was on back order. Never received an email or text confirmation absolutely nothing. Also noticed I had a credit on my account for £196 yesterday. Phoned up, person I spoke to said it’s should be a debit of £196 and is your watch order. She couldn’t confirm order number and said she couldn’t send confirmation as it should have happened when the order was taken. She said to check my spam, so I told her I already had and she said there’s nothing I can help you with. She wouldn’t give me a date for the watch arriving. Just said wait to hear from DPD. Really helpful! Money was taken out of my account days ago. So who knows when I’ll get it.
It’s amazing how after all these years of cellular Apple Watches and eSIMs that EE don’t have good documentation.
Have you used them before ? I can get £20 off with my Blue Light Card but I don’t thing I’ve heard of Box ? Bit skeptical re stock.
I’m tempted to order a Trail Loop for my Ultra watch. My wrist size is approx 160mm.
The S/M size is 130-180mm and the M/L is 245-220mm.
I’m guessing S/M would be the better size, what do you all think?
The S/M size is 130-180mm and the M/L is 245-220mm.
I’m guessing S/M would be the better size, what do you all think?
Never ordered before, but they despatched within a couple of hours and it’s supposed to arrive tomorrow.. we’ll soon see!
They’ve got decent reviews
Box are very good, I've bought Mac laptops from them before.
Did you order before 4pm today - that seems to have been the cut off for tomorrow ?
Did you get next day delivery? They’ve sent mine via DPD but I have no tracking number
Vodafone as well too. When it failed to set up in the app I spent 40 mins on the customer service line holding for the one person that knows how to set them up. Why can't it be done simply in the app after all these years?
Maybe Apple will go full satellite for all watch communication soon.
I did, but they weren't release day things where Apple might have been instructing them to hold it.
If they've shipped it today, you should get a tracking number tonight or first thing. Have you tried the DPD app? Often things show up in there before you get notified by the seller.
Yeah, tried the app. They’ve told me they’ve despatched it and it might be the case that they’re “unable to provide a tracking for security”
You do it through the watch app on the phone. Very straight forward
After my post this morning, I couldn't shake that niggling feeling of buyer's remorse and I've decided to return my Series 8 stainless steel.
The Series 8 price hike of £130 on top of the outgoing Series 7 stainless steel with milanese loop is too much to swallow, especially as so few of the new Series 8 features matter at all to me.
I then started considering the Series 7 with milanese loop from Amazon for £649 retail as I do like the more usable display and keyboard; £200 from Music Magpie for my trusty Series 6 means I would have to put my hand in my pocket for the remaining £449, which still feels like too much for what is really just quality of life improvements over my Series 6.
Think I'm going to hold out until the Series 9, which should hopefully get some of the features from the Apple Watch Ultra dripping down, such as the action button and perhaps L1+L5 GPS.
The Series 8 price hike of £130 on top of the outgoing Series 7 stainless steel with milanese loop is too much to swallow, especially as so few of the new Series 8 features matter at all to me.
I then started considering the Series 7 with milanese loop from Amazon for £649 retail as I do like the more usable display and keyboard; £200 from Music Magpie for my trusty Series 6 means I would have to put my hand in my pocket for the remaining £449, which still feels like too much for what is really just quality of life improvements over my Series 6.
Think I'm going to hold out until the Series 9, which should hopefully get some of the features from the Apple Watch Ultra dripping down, such as the action button and perhaps L1+L5 GPS.
It was way, way easier than I could have imagined. Apple does it all for you. A message pops up during setup asking if you want a £7 a month EE plan (I got 10Gb of data with it). Say “yes” and you get a message back to say it‘s done but might take a couple of hours to be connected (it took about 30 mins). As easy as that.
Edit: It was that easy so I may have forgotten that it takes you to the EE website and you have to sign in to your account.
It’s not so straightforward to transfer the plan to another watch when you replace the watch. You have to call EE and give them the new EEID number of the new watch. They move the plan over and it can take a few hours. I know a few people that have had some real trouble trying to get the plan sent across to a new watch.