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Fine. I get it that we are not supposed to have just assumed that we are getting it on Friday because hey! - they gave us a two week date range. That is still nonsense as the date range included this Friday so it is not like they said "May 8th or maybe sooner." Then I get this email of death at 11pm on the Wednesday when I hoped to be getting an update. I am now officially annoyed at this whole launch. I am tired of seeing celebrities sporting their custom watches while we are all left to try to figure out the patterns emerging from the Apple order system. This no longer feels like earlier Apple product introductions and I am seriously beginning to wonder if this may finally be the "jump the shark" moment for Apple.
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Dirk Pitt posted:Fine. I get it that we are not supposed to have just assumed that we are getting it on Friday because hey! - they gave us a two week date range. That is still nonsense as the date range included this Friday so it is not like they said "May 8th or maybe sooner." Then I get this email of death at 11pm on the Wednesday when I hoped to be getting an update. I'm pretty sure I just got the same email as you then. "We're still working on your order. You'll get it when we loving feel like sending it to you."
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Apr 23, 2015 04:54
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"Alright guys, let's not get Drake this watch for publicity purposes, Sally Poopoo from Opalaka is getting her Watch 2 days late."
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Space Racist posted:I'm really divided on color options. Sticking with a Sport, since I'm wary of spending much more on a first-gen product. That said, I don't really care for any of the band colors paired with the silver case, but it seems like it would be a nicer match for any of the pricier bands. Taken in a vacuum, I really like the space grey case with black band, but that case color seems like it would be awkward with, say, a Milanese loop or modern buckle band.  BGrifter posted:I'd be happy with third party bits to make it possible to use all my NATO straps.
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Apr 23, 2015 05:11
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japtor posted:I don't have any myself but got interested in some decent looking NATO straps recently. When I thought about buying one and whatever adapter I realized, wouldn't they cover up the heart rate monitor? Or is there some method to wrapping them around without going directly under the watch? I could live with being unable to send my heartbeat to goons to have a nice looking NATO strap, but that is a good point. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what some third party manufacturer comes up with in that style that doesn't cover the back.
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Well I was thinking of one instead of a sport strap, but you indirectly made me think of another possible issue in general use. I'm guessing it might also screw with the haptic feedback with the strap acting as a little buffer to dampen the effect. And I guess Apple Pay and anything else that relies on skin contact.
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Apr 23, 2015 05:33
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Some shops (high end fashion boutiques, no Apple stores) are gonna have in-store stock it turns out. 9to5mac link I'm half tempted to go to the Berlin shop tomorrow and take a look how they deal with scalpers lining up.
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XyrlocShammypants posted:"Alright guys, let's not get Drake this watch for publicity purposes, Sally Poopoo from Opalaka is getting her Watch 2 days late." People are wayyyyyyy too upset about this whole celebrity thing. Like it's all over the MacRumors, etc, and it seems super weird/petty. Like you may as well get mad at all the Apple employees wearing them around the city, or reviewers getting devices to test. I want the watch I ordered at 12:05 as much as the next thousand people who ordered at the same time, but we're probably talking about a quantity of watches that probably doesn't even break the low-100s.
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Apr 23, 2015 09:32
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Woo I got a shipping number! Delivery tomorrow bitchess
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Dirk Pitt posted:I get it that we are not supposed to have just assumed that we are getting it on Friday because hey! - they gave us a two week date range. Apparently this is an incorrect statement.
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chaosbreather posted:Woo I got a shipping number! Delivery tomorrow bitchess East Coast? I'm in the Philly area and still haven't gotten anything.
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chaosbreather posted:Woo I got a shipping number! Delivery tomorrow bitchess Hey I got my tracking too (and I was in the mid-late May range) originally. Shows as in transit with no expected delivery date 
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WaffleStomp posted:East Coast? I'm in the Philly area and still haven't gotten anything. Yeah of course East Coast. Of Australia, obviously.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Stop posting shipment updates.
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ultramiraculous posted:People are wayyyyyyy too upset about this whole celebrity thing. Like it's all over the MacRumors, etc, and it seems super weird/petty. Like you may as well get mad at all the Apple employees wearing them around the city, or reviewers getting devices to test. There's never been a problem getting the legions of nerds and mouth breathing Apple fan boys to order the Apple Watch but I believe the celebrity handouts are key to generated mass appeal for the watch from the pleb masses which in the end is very good for the health of the wearables scene. Also who gives a poo poo, Apple employees might as well count as a closed beta test. Also: Star War Sex Parrot posted:Stop posting shipment updates.
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I'm guessing there'll be custom Apple Watch NATO straps that have sensor cutouts. There's not much reason to think there won't be just as much (if not more) variety in the Apple Watch third party band market as there is in the iPhone case market. The most hilarious part about all the Apple Watch rage on MacRumors right now is people go totally over the top about how they've been "lied to," or Apple should stop with the "celebrity hand-outs" and literally every other totally insane thing you could imagine in between... But are they deciding to vote with their wallet and cancel their Apple Watch orders because of these injustices? gently caress no, you're looking at grown men having temper tantrums. My personal favorite is this guy who is using the last few pennies of available credit he has to buy the Apple Watch- http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1869526
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It seems that if you ordered either watch in Space Gray (like I did with the sport), you're pretty screwed right now in terms of getting it tomorrow.
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io_burn posted:I'm guessing there'll be custom Apple Watch NATO straps that have sensor cutouts. There's not much reason to think there won't be just as much (if not more) variety in the Apple Watch third party band market as there is in the iPhone case market. I spent about 10 minutes last night reading through some of the threads on MacRumors, and I feel much better about some of my lovely life choices now. People are calling for Angela Whatever her last name is to be fired for this whole "debacle". I want my watch as soon as possible, just like everyone else. It sucks that I ordered mine literally 30 seconds after the Apple store app came back up, and I don't have have a shipping confirmation yet, but a co-worker that ordered 5 hours later (exact same thing I did), who was given a June shipment date just got his shipping confirmation. But reading through some of those threads you would think that Tim Cook went to these people's houses and raped their mothers, killed their dog, burnt their house down, and then pissed on the ashes.
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DJCobol posted:I spent about 10 minutes last night reading through some of the threads on MacRumors, and I feel much better about some of my lovely life choices now. People are calling for Angela Whatever her last name is to be fired for this whole "debacle". I want my watch as soon as possible, just like everyone else. It sucks that I ordered mine literally 30 seconds after the Apple store app came back up, and I don't have have a shipping confirmation yet, but a co-worker that ordered 5 hours later (exact same thing I did), who was given a June shipment date just got his shipping confirmation. But reading through some of those threads you would think that Tim Cook went to these people's houses and raped their mothers, killed their dog, burnt their house down, and then pissed on the ashes. What's always amazing to me about the weird "gimme gimme gimme" attitude of these people is how they're looking for any possible opportunity to feel slighted. Apple, as a publicly traded company whose goal is to sell products and turn a profit, wants to ship as many of these watches as fast as they possibly can. Somewhere though, there's some kind of disconnect that Apple isn't shipping their watch because (insert laundry list of insanity here). Edit: Seems like Apple just flipped the Apple Watch software switch, everything is live now in the App Store, Apple Watch App Store, and even Test Flight for Apple Watch junk. ...Now I just need mine to ship $TEVE!!! 
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Apr 23, 2015 18:43
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io_burn posted:What's always amazing to me about the weird "gimme gimme gimme" attitude of these people is how they're looking for any possible opportunity to feel slighted. Apple, as a publicly traded company whose goal is to sell products and turn a profit, wants to ship as many of these watches as fast as they possibly can. Somewhere though, there's some kind of disconnect that Apple isn't shipping their watch because (insert laundry list of insanity here). Apple fanatics just need to know that their loyalty and sacrifice of ordering as soon as possible and standing in long rear end lines are valued and rewarded. I can't front that I'm not a little pissed that I stayed up, ordered at 3:02am eastern and given a 5/13 ship date when some rear end in a top hat that decided to try on the watch first, ordered his at 3:00pm is getting one tomorrow.
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gohmak posted:Apple fanatics just need to know that their loyalty and sacrifice of ordering as soon as possible and standing in long rear end lines are valued and rewarded. I can't front that I'm not a little pissed that I stayed up, ordered at 3:02am eastern and given a 5/13 ship date when some rear end in a top hat that decided to try on the watch first, ordered his at 3:00pm is getting one tomorrow.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Stop posting shipment updates. Yeah, let's focus on what's really important. Apple Watch Erotica: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Invaded-iWatch-Erotic-Digital-Desires-ebook/dp/B00V2WXYO4
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G5ANDY posted:Yeah, let's focus on what's really important. Apple Watch Erotica: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Invaded-iWatch-Erotic-Digital-Desires-ebook/dp/B00V2WXYO4 
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Good lord you sent me clicking and first I see "Conquered by Clippy: An Erotic Short Story" and apparently readers of that also bought "But... You're a Horse." I hate you.
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suddenlyissoon posted:It seems that if you ordered either watch in Space Gray (like I did with the sport), you're pretty screwed right now in terms of getting it tomorrow. Eh, it's a disappointing since I would have liked to have it tomorrow, but at this point people should have the expectations that ordering for an Apple launch day is always a roll of the dice, plus you have to factor in a whole new product for this launch. I still remember when they launched the 5C they had such an overstock because Apple overestimated who would get a 5C on launch. Business wise I wouldn't blame them for being conservative on how many watches they make, and low supply only drives up demand anyway.
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Duckman2008 posted:Business wise I wouldn't blame them for being conservative on how many watches they make, and low supply only drives up demand anyway. I'm guessing it's probably also related to the number of SKUs they have to put together between material/size/color (with preorders potentially not matching initial predictions based on which production ramp-up happens). If you think about it, no company, ever has launched a product like this before.
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I understand why they did, but bundling the strap with the watch in one actual retail package also likely caused a huge headache with production and distribution. If they were able to simply ship the single watch unit along with whatever strap you wanted with it, it seems like that would help alleviate some of the bottlenecking they're experiencing. It's not exactly the "Apple experience" having the band for your watch come in a different box, but man it seems a lot easier from a logistical standpoint.
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Duckman2008 posted:Eh, it's a disappointing since I would have liked to have it tomorrow, but at this point people should have the expectations that ordering for an Apple launch day is always a roll of the dice, plus you have to factor in a whole new product for this launch. This time, you can't do that. And trying to make sense of who ordered what configuration, when, where that person is, and who is getting shipping confirmations is pointless, because there appears to be no rhyme or reason. More than likely everyone who got a delivery date range will get their watches within that range. Yeah, Apple is living up to what they promised, but this launch after the hosed up iPhone 6 launch sucks to see after years of ordering iPhones and iPads and having 0 problems getting my shiny new toy the first day.
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I can't believe* this thread has so many new posts talking about when/who/where/why with regards to shipping of a watch. * I kid. I definitely believe it.
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Thermopyle posted:I can't believe* this thread has so many new posts talking about when/who/where/why with regards to shipping of a watch. Lock the thread until the watch has shipped and arrived to everyone in who bought one in this thread. Boom, problem solved.
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Drastic Actions posted:Lock the thread until the watch has shipped and arrived to everyone in who bought one in this thread. Boom, problem solved. See ya next year folks!
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gohmak posted:I can't front that I'm not a little pissed that I stayed up, ordered at 3:02am eastern and given a 5/13 ship date when some rear end in a top hat that decided to try on the watch first, ordered his at 3:00pm is getting one tomorrow. But here's the thing with this, you ordered the specific watch you wanted based on watch case, band style, size, etc. Would you have preferred if you could have just bought your Apple Watch like buying concert tickets from Ticketmaster and just get shuffled into first/best available? I see the annoyance, don't get me wrong (especially as someone with a who knows when link bracelet order), but would you have chosen a different watch if it meant getting it a few days earlier? For something that's going to be on your wrist all day, that seems like an odd thing to compromise on. Also http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1871764 io_burn fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Apr 23, 2015 |
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"I really think Apple lied to some of us. From what i read her there isnt a single person that ordered a Space Grey 42mm black sport band on april 10 in the first 5min that will be delivered on the 24th ... so no matters what was said on the confirmation mail or when we place the order one information was false since the beginning : WATCH AVAILABLE 04.24.2015 ... for this particular model that s false advertisement .... i wish a class action lawyer would be willing to sue their rear end !!! to me this is the worst apple product launch ever !!!" Mac Rumors
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io_burn posted:I would love to be a fly on the wall listening to the phone conversation between that guy and an actual lawyer as he explains his case against greedy ol' Apple. "But but... Beyoncé  "
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