Ticket agents give you so long to pay. Not sure if Apple do as different sort of thing as they can get more stock, once tickets are gone they are gone.
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Will the site handle the traffic?
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Ticket agents give you so long to pay. Not sure if Apple do as different sort of thing as they can get more stock, once tickets are gone they are gone.
Thanks. I set the express checkout settings on the website. Now I can have the website AND my iPhone ready checking to see who manages to order first. Glad I looked at that tonight. There was a minor error in a phone number on my account that would not let me do the setting until fixed.
My LTE connection is better than my house web connection at 9pm so I will have my phone on the LTE while my computer does the internet.
My LTE connection is better than my house web connection at 9pm so I will have my phone on the LTE while my computer does the internet.
I hope the site will handle the traffic since I do not want to miss out on the Apple Watch. I also did enable the Express Checkout option on my Account also
Hopefully this time round a lot of people (outside macrumors and tech forums) won't be preordering without actually going in store to try one on.
With a watch its more personal and a lot of people will want to see what it looks like on their wrist before deciding on if they want one and which one to get.
If Apple had made the try on reservations a week before preorders then we would probably be anticipating a server melt down come Friday when the site goes live.
With a watch its more personal and a lot of people will want to see what it looks like on their wrist before deciding on if they want one and which one to get.
If Apple had made the try on reservations a week before preorders then we would probably be anticipating a server melt down come Friday when the site goes live.
I have a question about the app for those who have done this in the past. Will I need to refresh it somehow or switch between screens to see updates? What does the app look like when the store is offline?
You will get an email or order confirm, then you will start tracking via order status, when fed ex has a track number you will start following that.
NO. I meant updates on availability. Not my order status after I have ordered. I just don't want to be sitting from 9pm-9:30 without knowing when there is something I should do to refresh the status.
Go to the store right now and add to cart/ checkout a USB charge cable. As you start to check out it will give you a date that it will be arriving at where you are. From that you can tell the availability. Sometime after the midnight 4/10 start, when initial supplies are exceeded, the date for a watch will slip by either one or two weeks. That's been my experience in the past 10 years with launches.
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Anyone using the "Buy with 
Pay" button inside the Apple Store app? That seems faster than express checkout to me.
Pay" button inside the Apple Store app? That seems faster than express checkout to me.
I guess I am not making my question clear or people are not getting it.
I have my apple store app open at 5 minutes until 9 (here in Hawaii that 9 is when it opens to be available).
My screen says "Available to Ship: Currently Unavailable"
If I keep an eye on THAT screen WILL IT automatically update to "Available to Ship: April 24" OR will I have to refresh it somehow?
The two answers I have been given address what happens later when it is already clearly available OR how the status changes after I already have the order in.
THANKS.
I have my apple store app open at 5 minutes until 9 (here in Hawaii that 9 is when it opens to be available).
My screen says "Available to Ship: Currently Unavailable"
If I keep an eye on THAT screen WILL IT automatically update to "Available to Ship: April 24" OR will I have to refresh it somehow?
The two answers I have been given address what happens later when it is already clearly available OR how the status changes after I already have the order in.
THANKS.
Anyone using the "Buy with
I want to but I can't seem to find it on the app, I can't seem to find express checkout either.
Apple Pay seems to be an automatic option on the app if you have it set up already. You probably need an iPhone 6 to initialize apple pay (but maybe they let an iPhone 5 do it now that the watch will do it for those).
I tested mine by adding a cheap accessory to my cart and went to the cart. Apple Pay was listed as an option for payment.
Express Checkout seems to just appear on the website version.
Anyone using the "Buy with
You still need to put the item in your cart to use Apple Pay. You bypass the cart and instantly buy something using express checkout
If something is in your cart,
Pay option shows up.Also, I went online to Apple.com Account Info Home, and turned on Express Checkout. It asked me to put in my 3 digits on the back of my card before turning on Express Checkout.
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I would not count on it simply refreshing on its own.
Instead, add the specific watch as a favorite. Then go to "account" and you'll see it listed as a favorite. Each time you touch the watch from the favorites, you'll see the product page refresh. Go back to favorites, then touch the watch again and once again it'll refresh.
I assume at 9PM Hawaii time for you (or a few minutes +/- as usual), the "currently unavailable" will go away and "add to cart" will appear.
thanks. I really do think it will be smoother than usual with no phone carrier websites to consult to see if you are allowed to get one.
I recall when the iPhone was available on all carriers, and everyone was trying different carriers' sites as well as Apple's. It was a mess - some of the carriers were delayed or crashed, and Apple actually started a few minutes early, but the website was problematic, whereas the Apple Store app worked a lot better for people.
Considering that this launch is exclusive to Apple Store, Apple Store app, and Apple.com site, let's hope they can hold up under the pressure at 12:01AM PDT.
Considering that this launch is exclusive to Apple Store, Apple Store app, and Apple.com site, let's hope they can hold up under the pressure at 12:01AM PDT.
Im not sure what launch you were involved in but over here in Melbourne, the iPhone 6/6+ launch was a nightmare. The site instantly **** itself at 5.01pm and sold out of 6plus models in what felt like seconds
I do expect this to be better though.
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Im not sure what launch you were involved in but over hear in Melbourne, the iPhone 6/6+ launch was a nightmare. The site instantly **** itself at 501 and sold out of 6plus models in what felt like seconds
I do expect this to be better though.
Yes! I found a Melbournian!
They don't need to connect to 3rd party sites to check carrier eligibility so that removes a lot of scaling issues.
I suspect there will be stability issues for the first 30 minutes. Within the first hour you will see ship times increase. Within 4 hours they all increase.
Outside of that I think they will mostly handle the traffic. But ya, spike traffic is rough to deal with.
I suspect there will be stability issues for the first 30 minutes. Within the first hour you will see ship times increase. Within 4 hours they all increase.
Outside of that I think they will mostly handle the traffic. But ya, spike traffic is rough to deal with.
I used Apple vouchers and part payment using my credit card for the iPhone 6+ on pre order day. Went through with no issues and received on launch day
