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When Apple Stores finally get watches...
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Yes I do.
I doubt they will be as big as an iPhone / iPad launch.
I'd imagine a lot of people in those queues would be people with existing pre-orders that are not yet delivered.
I doubt they will be as big as an iPhone / iPad launch.
I'd imagine a lot of people in those queues would be people with existing pre-orders that are not yet delivered.
I doubt it. They probably aren't going to make a big production about it, and the watches will probably just start showing up. It's not like they are going to have a "re-launch." Plus, the pre-orders probably satisfied a lot more of the initial demand than gets credit in these forums. A lot of people already have our watches.
This. And I bet it will be like the arrival of the spare bands...not all stores will get them at the same time.
Because there is NO way for anyone to know this and bases upon all the guesses, I think there will be lines with no more than 10 people in each line. Lines will start to form 1/2 hour to 7 hours prior to store opening, but only at those stores that will have the watches. And of course, there is no way to know if each store will have every version, combination, and permutation of all the watches.
I have to agree with this. The watch has already been available online for a month now with a lot of orders already fulfilled. You may get a few small queues here and there but nothing like the lines produced by new Apple products when they first launch. I think that initial excitement will have died down quite a bit by now.
Aside from scalpers, I'm thinking anyone near an Apple Store who really wants a Watch has an iPhone with favorite model(s) flagged in the Apple Store app and is checking daily for the in-store pick-up option.
At least around NYC, any store lines nowadays often seem to be made up mostly of scalpers buying to send overseas.
So I think it'll depend a lot on how much overseas demand there is.
My delivery estimate is June 22nd-29th. I'm getting impatient, so I'll definitely cancel and purchase in store if they're available before my delivery window.
Considering that every 38mm stainless steel watch except for the Space Black is now shipping in 1-2 weeks, and the 38m Sport are shipping in 2-3 weeks, my guess is that those will be the first in stores, as clearly supply has caught up with demand (and likely Apple overestimated the mix of 38mm relative to the 42mm).
Interestingly, although the Modern Buckle watches are now also in the 1-2 week range, including the soft pink band, which had been at "July" at one point, Apple still has not made the Modern Buckle available even for pre-order.
Interestingly, although the Modern Buckle watches are now also in the 1-2 week range, including the soft pink band, which had been at "July" at one point, Apple still has not made the Modern Buckle available even for pre-order.
Agreed. I ordered a 42mm BSB on 4/11 and I'm at day 43 waiting.
If they stock the stores before a preorder, I will not be happy.
i haven't seen one watch outside this forum other then the one on my wrist and the ones on display at the apple store...
i live in a densely populated area and would have expected to start seeing them around by now....
i live in a densely populated area and would have expected to start seeing them around by now....
I think the line will consist of many people who pre-ordered and are still waiting.
Initially I thought all pre orders would be fulfilled before in store launch. As stores sell bands though now and many didn't get bands ordered a while ago from what I read. I'm not sure any longer.
Regardless I think there will be lines as initial supply can't possibly be enough to meet demand.
I'm still waiting for the modern pink buckle to be available to order as an extra band. I hope it won't be much longer.
so.... i think it's hard to pre box the different variations of apple watches. the sport itself has like what 10 variations? then you have the ss and edition. unless you buy the variant that you like and they give you the watch and a band of your choice both packaged separately. I'm so sleepy i don't know if I'm making sense...
Pretty much all my thoughts I had from the thread title and initial post have been posted, but I have to agree with the people saying: no.
First and foremost, I do not think that there will be a large, nationwide (or international), announced, set date on which all Apple Stores will officially begin selling Watches- for which Apple could push their marketing to garner enough hype to create lines outside their stores. I think that store launches will be rather quiet- at least as they start up- where certain Watches will begin popping up in locations. And that this will then cause, by the time Apple 100% officially advertises that Watches are "In Stores Now," the demand to be tamed down to where lines won't be happening.
I also think that the only people that would be creating these lines, would be those who hadn't yet received a Watch they pre-ordered. And I do truly think that Apple will have fulfilled a VAST majority of the preorders, if not all, by the time most of the above paragraph starts happening. And (IMO obviously) the Watches that will start quietly popping up in stores will be those that have a heavy supply compared to demand. So, every single person that may still be waiting on a preorder really won't have any sort of argument as to why "they're pissed Watches are on store shelves before they received their preorder," because they could have placed an order WEEKS ago and received said Watch WEEKS ago, had they ordered one that was in less demand (and in this future scenario, available in Apple Stores).
I think that was a really long way of saying everything I wanted to say. But, to clarify- I 100% disagree with anyone "compromising" on the Watch they truly want just so they could get it RIGHT AWAY. So please don't take what I said above to mean that I think people should have done so in order to get a Watch quicker. It will totally be worth the wait once you have the Watch you had your heart set on, and I do think that most people who audibled so they could have their Watch NOW will regret it in the end. My main point there being, I do not think that anyone will walk into an Apple Store and walk out with a Space Grey Black Sports Band (for example) before almost every single preorder has been taken care of.
First and foremost, I do not think that there will be a large, nationwide (or international), announced, set date on which all Apple Stores will officially begin selling Watches- for which Apple could push their marketing to garner enough hype to create lines outside their stores. I think that store launches will be rather quiet- at least as they start up- where certain Watches will begin popping up in locations. And that this will then cause, by the time Apple 100% officially advertises that Watches are "In Stores Now," the demand to be tamed down to where lines won't be happening.
I also think that the only people that would be creating these lines, would be those who hadn't yet received a Watch they pre-ordered. And I do truly think that Apple will have fulfilled a VAST majority of the preorders, if not all, by the time most of the above paragraph starts happening. And (IMO obviously) the Watches that will start quietly popping up in stores will be those that have a heavy supply compared to demand. So, every single person that may still be waiting on a preorder really won't have any sort of argument as to why "they're pissed Watches are on store shelves before they received their preorder," because they could have placed an order WEEKS ago and received said Watch WEEKS ago, had they ordered one that was in less demand (and in this future scenario, available in Apple Stores).
I think that was a really long way of saying everything I wanted to say. But, to clarify- I 100% disagree with anyone "compromising" on the Watch they truly want just so they could get it RIGHT AWAY. So please don't take what I said above to mean that I think people should have done so in order to get a Watch quicker. It will totally be worth the wait once you have the Watch you had your heart set on, and I do think that most people who audibled so they could have their Watch NOW will regret it in the end. My main point there being, I do not think that anyone will walk into an Apple Store and walk out with a Space Grey Black Sports Band (for example) before almost every single preorder has been taken care of.
We are now a month out from release day for the Watch and Apple should know exactly the distribution of sales based on each size/model/strap SKU. With Tim Cooks supply chain management background and Apple's just in time manufacturing I would hope that they are adjusting production resources to the configurations that are still back ordered rather than continue to produce a surplus of those styles that they have already caught up.
I think people waiting on preorders would be very upset if for example the 42mm SS Leather loop Watches showed up in stores alongside individually packaged Milanese straps if Apple hadn't yet fulfilled all of the 42mm SS Milanese preorders.
I think people waiting on preorders would be very upset if for example the 42mm SS Leather loop Watches showed up in stores alongside individually packaged Milanese straps if Apple hadn't yet fulfilled all of the 42mm SS Milanese preorders.
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I would bet my Apple Watch that people who pre-ordered during the two week window will get their watches before they start showing up in stores. I highly doubt Apple would ship the same watches to the stores that still have pre orders pending. That would create quite a headache for them.
Lined up?
My local store is packed on the weekends and the line continues on the outside as the fire code will only allow so many in the store. There are police there keeping order and the watch is not even in the store. I would never get near the place on the weekend.
My local store is packed on the weekends and the line continues on the outside as the fire code will only allow so many in the store. There are police there keeping order and the watch is not even in the store. I would never get near the place on the weekend.
Heh...it could be like the call centre. So many people seem to call them for the most trivial reasons (and often things that the reps couldn't possibly know).
People are lonely. "The guys at the genius bar are my friends. They like it when I come to visit."
Hehe
People are lonely. "The guys at the genius bar are my friends. They like it when I come to visit."
Hehe