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I'm actually really pissed off at the way Apple is handling this launch. Didn't someone tell Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts that half the reason Apple is successful is due to diehard fans desire to be the first to have it? What was the point of staying up till 3am  ?
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gohmak posted:I'm actually really pissed off at the way Apple is handling this launch. Didn't someone tell Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts that half the reason Apple is successful is due to diehard fans desire to be the first to have it? What was the point of staying up till 3am Might as well wait it out for the Apple Watch 2 at that point.
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Apr 18, 2015 01:21
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gohmak posted:I'm actually really pissed off at the way Apple is handling this launch. Didn't someone tell Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts that half the reason Apple is successful is due to diehard fans desire to be the first to have it? What was the point of staying up till 3am Nobody in the world (except for high level Apple employees and celebs like Drizzy Drake) has an Apple Watch yet. I'd say it's a bit soon to be panicking. coldplay chiptunes posted:I'm honestly curious how many people will eventually cancel their pre-orders entirely when they realize they're literally not going to get their new watch until June or maybe July. Hell I probably would. Having to wait 3 months is insane. Ah yes, I need to wait a little while for a highly desirable product. I'd rather never ever have it then have to wait a little bit!! 
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Apr 18, 2015 01:27
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monkeu posted:Ah yes, I need to wait a little while for a highly desirable product. I'd rather never ever have it then have to wait a little bit!!
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Apr 18, 2015 01:40
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coldplay chiptunes posted:lol do you not follow iPhone threads a week before release? People literally freak out and call the UPS store if they don't get their device on launch day. A pretty significant number of them must have actually gone through with it too considering Apple only sold like 75 million iPhone 6s in the first quarter they were available. They definitely weren't being entitled cry babies on the internet 
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Apr 18, 2015 01:46
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monkeu posted:A pretty significant number of them must have actually gone through with it too considering Apple only sold like 75 million iPhone 6s in the first quarter they were available. They definitely weren't being entitled cry babies on the internet
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Apr 18, 2015 01:48
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gohmak posted:I'm actually really pissed off at the way Apple is handling this launch. Didn't someone tell Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts that half the reason Apple is successful is due to diehard fans desire to be the first to have it? What was the point of staying up till 3am Dunno how it's her fault that Apple literally can't manufacture enough watches to handle even just the demand of internet preorders.
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Apr 18, 2015 02:00
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I do feel like timing is a bit of an influence here. Reports indicate that they wanted to release the Watch last fall, and Tim Cook had been promising a new product category for like 2 years. My theory is that if this were coming out this fall they may have enough supply, but it had become poo poo or get off the pot time by last fall and they had to announce it.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:13
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monkeu posted:Nobody in the world (except for high level Apple employees and celebs like Drizzy Drake) has an Apple Watch yet. I'd say it's a bit soon to be panicking. I am ok with random Apple employees testing new products in the field but gently caress these celebrity sightings.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:43
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gret posted:Dunno how it's her fault that Apple literally can't manufacture enough watches to handle even just the demand of internet preorders. Have the loving preorders start back in september for the April 24th launch?
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Apr 18, 2015 03:46
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gohmak posted:Have the loving preorders start back in september for the April 24th launch? How would that make anything better?
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Apr 18, 2015 03:47
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gohmak posted:Have the loving preorders start back in september for the April 24th launch? Yeah that's a great idea considering people are already having meltdowns about not having their Watch yet 8 days after preorders started.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:47
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coldplay chiptunes posted:lol do you not follow iPhone threads a week before release? People literally freak out and call the UPS store if they don't get their device on launch day. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1868466 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1867685 gohmak posted:Have the loving preorders start back in september for the April 24th launch?
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Apr 18, 2015 03:49
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japtor posted:Imagine if we had whole forums dedicated to single products! 
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Apr 18, 2015 04:02
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Reading Mac rumors makes me a little sad for humanity. I am excited for the Apple watch, but I don't think I could ever get near that 'level of excitement.' Are they always that bad?
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Apr 18, 2015 04:20
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Yes. When the first iPod was announced like 15 years ago they all poo poo over it and predicted failure.
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Apr 18, 2015 08:50
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gret posted:Dunno how it's her fault that Apple literally can't manufacture enough watches to handle even just the demand of internet preorders. Even as recently as the iPhone 5S, there were no preorders at all. If you wanted it on release date, you lined up. Otherwise you ordered on release date and it showed up later. So that's one alternate way to run things. But since she wants to get rid of the lines, I guess it's not an option.
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Apr 18, 2015 13:40
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For what it is worth, I just got a notice from my bank that my charge to the Apple Store for my watch was just processed. That should mean it will be shipping very soon.
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Apr 20, 2015 22:23
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Kenderama posted:For what it is worth, I just got a notice from my bank that my charge to the Apple Store for my watch was just processed. That should mean it will be shipping very soon. Looks like those May 13th shipping estimates for most stainless steel models were not conservative, it will indeed be next month.
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Apr 20, 2015 22:31
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Kenderama posted:For what it is worth, I just got a notice from my bank that my charge to the Apple Store for my watch was just processed. That should mean it will be shipping very soon. My order status just changed from "processing" to "preparing for shipment."
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Apr 20, 2015 22:36
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So drat it looks like my 12:03am order really won't ship till mid May.
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Apr 20, 2015 23:07
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gret posted:My order status just changed from "processing" to "preparing for shipment." As did mine! Hallelujah! (I'm going on vacation for two weeks on April 29th and would have been vastly irritated to have it show up the day after l left and then sit there for two weeks :p)
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Apr 20, 2015 23:19
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MarcusSA posted:So drat it looks like my 12:03am order really won't ship till mid May. My baseless speculation is that since GTAT poo poo the bed they've been trying to spool up sapphire production as fast as possible and the first batch all went to Edition models.
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Apr 20, 2015 23:37
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My order is now preparing for shipment too. So that's neat. A good number of people in my office also ordered there's around the same time, but only mine flipped so far. So I might be able to be all  come this Friday with the watch I paid too much for. That, or everyone will want to use it to deploy their Watchkit apps with  .After checking it out at the Apple store last weekend I'm pretty pumped for this. I like how the Sport kinda matches my actual iPhone, where the normal one looked more like an early iPhone to me. I guess it's more "premium", but the sport looks like it will fit my needs. I just want more tighter a smartwatch with tighter integration with iOS, and this looks like it can offer it.
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Apr 20, 2015 23:49
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Nothing for me yet but it's only just hit 9 AM here so here's hoping.
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Apr 21, 2015 00:06
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Preordered mine a day later on Saturday, should get mine in time for NYE.
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Apr 21, 2015 01:43
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I'm so excited to hear about when people may or may not get their watch.
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Apr 21, 2015 01:46
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Thermopyle posted:I'm so excited to hear about when people may or may not get their watch. I'm setting up a blog with minute to minute tracking reports as they come in from UPS. So be sure to check out http://drasticactionsapplewatchtracker.azurewebsites.net
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Apr 21, 2015 02:09
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Can we get a running tally of people who have and have not had their order status changed, along with the
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Apr 21, 2015 02:37
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RVProfootballer posted:Can we get a running tally of people who have and have not had their order status changed, along with the 
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Apr 21, 2015 02:41
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Some rear end in a top hat stole my Amex number, so I had to kill the card and get a new one issued. I paid with my Amex through ApplePay when I ordered, and my new card is now associated with ApplePay, so everything should be ok when my order gets ready to ship in June, right?
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Apr 21, 2015 03:18
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Rubiks Pubes posted:Some rear end in a top hat stole my Amex number, so I had to kill the card and get a new one issued. I paid with my Amex through ApplePay when I ordered, and my new card is now associated with ApplePay, so everything should be ok when my order gets ready to ship in June, right? Call Apple and they might be able to switch the payment method.
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Apr 21, 2015 03:19
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Yeah, you should call and change the payment to be sure, but I think if it attempts to charge and fails, they'll send you an email to change payment method, anyway.
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Apr 21, 2015 03:52
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Rubiks Pubes posted:Some rear end in a top hat stole my Amex number, so I had to kill the card and get a new one issued. I paid with my Amex through ApplePay when I ordered, and my new card is now associated with ApplePay, so everything should be ok when my order gets ready to ship in June, right? Sign in to the Apple Store and edit your payment info. You can change anything but the product up until it is charged.
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Apr 21, 2015 06:49
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Dirk Pitt posted:Reading Mac rumors makes me a little sad for humanity. I am excited for the Apple watch, but I don't think I could ever get near that 'level of excitement.' Are they always that bad? http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=500 Also there's a whole treasure trove of threads around the launch of the iPad when making Maxi Pad jokes and calling it a big iPhone failure was the pinnacle of comedy.
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Apr 21, 2015 16:13
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Where's the 4000px  when you need it?
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Apr 21, 2015 16:17
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Rubiks Pubes posted:Some rear end in a top hat stole my Amex number, so I had to kill the card and get a new one issued. I paid with my Amex through ApplePay when I ordered, and my new card is now associated with ApplePay, so everything should be ok when my order gets ready to ship in June, right? Apple Pay is associated with your CC account, not your CC number. It actually has it's own CC # different than your card's. I had a Chase CC get hit with fraud and changed, didn't impact Apple Pay.
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Apr 21, 2015 17:46
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fordan posted:Apple Pay is associated with your CC account, not your CC number. It actually has it's own CC # different than your card's. I had a Chase CC get hit with fraud and changed, didn't impact Apple Pay. This happened to me when I lost my Wells Fargo Visa debit card but I still got an email saying my ApplePay had been automatically switched to the new card and without any action on my part I was able to use ApplePay even before I had received the replacement card.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:33
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There was an Apple Pay/Payments thread where the internals/backend was talked about and discussed, and that it wasn't actually associated with your credit card number other than using it initially to tell your bank which account to build the Apple Pay stuff for. Might need archives: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3675514
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YES! Preparing for shipment here in Australia, Space Grey Sport.
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