Dreamwriter
Member
Well, except the initial batches of Space Black Stainless Steel, those were labeled 5/13-5/27, none of those were estimated for launch day (and you had to order within the first two, two and a half minutes to get that window).
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Apple Watch |OT| Apple invents the watch!
- Thread starter SuperPac
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I was in the first 30 seconds or so. I'm fully expecting Friday delivery or I will cry all day and probably die.
Did you get standard shipping? I'm in the initial batch (4/24-5/8) and I chose standard shipping.
LyleLanley
Banned
I don't think there were any other options for shipping.
Frank Serpico
Banned
I don't want a gen 1 apple watch but this hype is sucking me in, I need to show restraint
Tried it on at the Apple Store today... tried the 42mm Stainless Steel with Milanese Loop, which is what I pre-ordered. I loved it! It felt really nice and looked good too. I also tried on a sport band and I think I'll pick up one of those for when I workout... it's actually pretty comfortable and looked nice too. The link bracelet looked nice as well, but it was getting some of my arm hair caught in it... not as much as typical link bracelets, but still a little.
Can't wait for Friday! (assuming my pre-order arrives on release date)
Can't wait for Friday! (assuming my pre-order arrives on release date)
The Elite
BOSS
I decided to preorder one despite having a pebble time on order.
Got the Shakes
Member
I ordered by 3:02 est and it looks like I have a May 8th delivery date...
Edit: never mind. My deliveries app freaked out and pulled that date. Apple still says 4/24-5/8.
Edit: never mind. My deliveries app freaked out and pulled that date. Apple still says 4/24-5/8.
doctordoak
Member
Damn. Your order updated? Mine hasn't yet
Got the Shakes
Member
It didn't. See my edit. I thought it did, but for some reason tonight was the first night that the Deliveries app pulled a date. When I look at the order status through Apple it still says 4/24-5/8. Not sure why Deliveries never registered a date before tonight though.
Dreamwriter
Member
If you got a Space Black Stainless Steel, you won't have one on Friday, unless Apple's estimate is wrong. None of those were estimated for the April 24th launch window.
My heart dropped for a second there. Also ordered at 3:02.
Got the Shakes
Member
Yeah that was my bad. I jumped the gun, as I checked Deliveries and it updated the date. I posted here when I saw that and then decided I should check my order status through Apple and saw my dates hadn't changed at all.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Just going by the iPhone 6 thread, people's orders went from Processing to Preparing To Dispatch 3 days before release, so things might start moving from tomorrow.
Doesn't every Watch come with a sport band also?
no. only the ones advertised as coming with the sport band.
Previous poster and I were talking about Space Gray Sport
SuperPac
Member
Same thing happened to me this morning. No idea why the Deliveries app decided to show a date now. Still "Processing Items."
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Does the Deliveries app only work in the US?
Nope, works fine here in the UK.
Got the Shakes
Member
Weird. I really do wonder what caused the app to start pulling a date last night and today.
Also, I'm starting to wonder if anyone is actually going to receive their watch on Friday. I would have thought you'd start hearing about people getting charged and having their orders preparing to shop at this point.
I don't think anyone will, except maybe an extremely tiny percentage of individualsmaybe a few thousand units, perhaps.
My thinking is they wouldn't use a launch window, otherwise.
whatevermort
Member
Also depends where they're shipping from. So, if from China, then no. But if they've freighted over thousands and thousands over the past few weeks to ensure a smoother launch (a la phone launches) then it's possible they won't announce shipping until a day or two before launch.
Dreamwriter
Member
But they've almost always used launch windows before, and most people got them on launch day. Admittedly, I think usually the launch window is like 2 or 3 days.
I honestly can't recall them ever doing this before. As far as I can remember, all pre-orders initially begun with a firm delivery date and then tapered off as more orders came in.
Got the Shakes
Member
That is normally the way it works. Usually they have a certain number of orders that are given a launch day date, and then it starts slipping to later dates with like a week window. Will normally say something like ships in 2-3 weeks.
I can't recall them doing that either, if you preordered soon enough you always got a solid date for when to expect the delivery.
If the watches are shipped directly from China, something should happen today or by tomorrow at the latest (going by the iphone6+ launch last year, they began shipping on September 15th for a launch on September 19th)
http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/15/apple-begins-shipping-iphone-6-plus-units-out-of-china/
I'm the opposite. I specifically want a gen 1 watch.
I got the first gen iPhone and iPad too.
Got the Shakes
Member
It's one app to keep all of your deliveries. Has a notification center widget, and updates in the background to send you push alerts as soon as the status of any of your deliveries changes, including arrivals and departures at shipping facilities along the way.
That's what I'm saying. They've never kicked of pre-orders with supplies constrained beyond the release date from the get go before.
The MacRumors forums are an absolute cesspit. Thank god for GAF.
Hey now, Mac Rumors is still my second favorite site.
Nazgul_Hunter
Member
Nothing for me yet. I'm in the 4/24 - 5/8 frame
It's kind of a vague article just saying that they are going to distribution centers. I don't think we will see any updates for a day or two.
PhantomHound
Banned
Fractology
Member
All this hype around the first wave of shipments is going to kill me. I'm one of the plebs that had to use some gift cards while pre-ordering through the apple site thanks to the App not allowing gift card input. Ended up with a 3:14am order with a May 13-27 shipment.
Then I found out later that I could have ordered via the App and applied gift cards after the fact. Well shit.
Then I found out later that I could have ordered via the App and applied gift cards after the fact. Well shit.
RedNumberFive
Banned
I can already feel my productivity decreasing as I impulsively and repeatedly check my order status.
Think about us tier 2 people, please.
The Elite
BOSS
I am June. At least that gives me some time to hear impressions from other early adopters.
Got the Shakes
Member
Another thing that isn't making this wait easy? Having like 35 apps that have updated with Apple Watch support.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Just Eat updated for Apple Watch, as if junk food ordering wasn't easy enough.
SuperPac
Member
nothing on my order.
Nothing here either.
LyleLanley
Banned
Soon.