I talked to Apple about this today.. it *seems* like the online Apple Store is being used to process the transaction, but the developer watch orders are really being handled elsewhere, so the Apple Store emails have nothing to do with what's really going on with your order. I was told I may or may not receive a confirmation when my order ships.. it may just show up.
The hypocrisy on these forums are outstanding. If Google did this the comments would be "Don't be evil /s", or some other bashful comment.
Why don't we call it what it is instead of making excuses for a multi billion dollar company that's only job in this particular case was to ship some watches on a specific date.
Chill out. Google did something far worse and nobody cared- they got their developers to pay thousands for Google Glass units that never did anything useful and ended up getting discontinued. At least Apple is offering Watch developers a real market with real customers.
Ultimately, Apple is going to do the best they can.
Seeing as they like to tout that they have 7 million registered developers (or close) I'm sure they had "best they can" in mind when making the promise. .....unless.....
It's whining. The solution is to cancel the expedited order for the affected individuals and give them the same deal that developers got for the iPhone and iPad- nothing.
Since Apple is only doing this for their own benefit, to get better third party apps faster for the watch so they have better selling points, it's very disingenuous to attack the developers who were promised one.
It does seem like this may be more of an Apple store notification issue than an actual shipping issue.
I was chosen, I followed Apple's instructions, still nothing. VERY disappointed. If it weren't for the expedited shipping, I would have spent my 400$ on a different Apple watch that I liked better.
Yes, it was a 38 mm Sport. My 42mm sport ordered about 45 min after orders opened, did move up from June, to May 29. Maybe it will continue to improve.
Which model did you order? Was it 38mm? Those seem to be easier to get.
Yes, it was a 38 mm Sport for my wife. A 42mm sport (Space Gray) ordered about 45 min after orders opened, did move up from June, to May 29. Maybe it will continue to improve.
I am in the same boat... I received the invitation as a developer to order and was accepted via lottery and placed my order. Now it's 4/29 and still not shipping information. Order status still says will ship in 2-3 weeks. Contacted online order support and they transferred me earlier to the developer support which at the time was still out of office. I just want to test my app on a live device so I figured rather than be choosing about the band/color options that I would opt for this as a chance to get guaranteed shipment by 4/28.
At least I am not alone. Let me know if any of you get a shipment notice.
Same happened to me. First got a note saying it would be 2-3 weeks, and a few minutes later, 6 to 8. I suspect it's some automated response that doesn't know about the developer's deal. So we could very well get the watches in the next few days.
It's whining. The solution is to cancel the expedited order for the affected individuals and give them the same deal that developers got for the iPhone and iPad- nothing.
Sure. "Guaranteed to ship by" == "whining".
Let me tell you the "deal" I got as a developer for my iPad 1 3G. I went to the local Apple Store on release day, Friday at 5pm and got in line. There were 11 people in front of me. I walked out 15 minutes later with my iPad. They actually had them in stock. Crazy, huh?
@benz917: I posted about this if you scroll up, but here's an update: The Apple Store page still says mid-May, but today the order mysteriously changed to be uncancellable and switched status to "Preparing for Shipment". So from what Dev support told me, it might have already shipped. I'm just going to submit my app and let the reviewers find the first round of problems while I wait...
A California developer who, like others, still has it listed as "Available to ship: 2-3 weeks".
Called Dev support (at the recommend of a store.apple chat fellow who could not help me) and talked to a very professional staffer. Apparently they have been inundated with calls. He could not provide any real info other than they are working very hard on the problem. He was very apologetic. I did get a case number. He said he is keeping a list of those affected and promised an email when he learns more. I should also get an email when it is shipped; apparently that is the only notification and the store.apple.com data will not reflect that shipment.
I wonder, what sort of email did those few who were successful (I'm talking about the expedited dev special blue band Sport Watch delivery) get? An apple.com email or a UPS notice?
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The choice of words was deliberate as the last mile is, for the most part, entirely out of Apple's control.
is BlendTec a registered developer?
Not getting what Apple promised me has given me time to think about why I'm spending $480 on something that does nothing.
The hypocrisy on these forums are outstanding. If Google did this the comments would be "Don't be evil /s", or some other bashful comment.
Why don't we call it what it is instead of making excuses for a multi billion dollar company that's only job in this particular case was to ship some watches on a specific date.
Chill out. Google did something far worse and nobody cared- they got their developers to pay thousands for Google Glass units that never did anything useful and ended up getting discontinued. At least Apple is offering Watch developers a real market with real customers.
Seeing as they like to tout that they have 7 million registered developers (or close) I'm sure they had "best they can" in mind when making the promise. .....unless.....
Which model did you order? Was it 38mm? Those seem to be easier to get.
In the next two week is earlier than June for my previous order.
An aside and FYI: My 42MM SS Milanese went to 'Preparing for Shipment' this morning.
My wife's 38MM did the same last Wednesday, and arrived on Friday, so I expect to get mine this Friday.
Since Apple is only doing this for their own benefit, to get better third party apps faster for the watch so they have better selling points, it's very disingenuous to attack the developers who were promised one.
It does seem like this may be more of an Apple store notification issue than an actual shipping issue.
Yes, it was a 38 mm Sport. My 42mm sport ordered about 45 min after orders opened, did move up from June, to May 29. Maybe it will continue to improve.
Which model did you order? Was it 38mm? Those seem to be easier to get.
Yes, it was a 38 mm Sport for my wife. A 42mm sport (Space Gray) ordered about 45 min after orders opened, did move up from June, to May 29. Maybe it will continue to improve.
I am in the same boat... I received the invitation as a developer to order and was accepted via lottery and placed my order. Now it's 4/29 and still not shipping information. Order status still says will ship in 2-3 weeks. Contacted online order support and they transferred me earlier to the developer support which at the time was still out of office. I just want to test my app on a live device so I figured rather than be choosing about the band/color options that I would opt for this as a chance to get guaranteed shipment by 4/28.
At least I am not alone. Let me know if any of you get a shipment notice.
That would be a nice surprise. I have contacted developer support but haven't been able to get someone on the phone, so just posted via site.
It would be nice if someone from Apple Developer could comment on this post and they would update the status with an official response.
It's whining. The solution is to cancel the expedited order for the affected individuals and give them the same deal that developers got for the iPhone and iPad- nothing.
Sure. "Guaranteed to ship by" == "whining".
Let me tell you the "deal" I got as a developer for my iPad 1 3G. I went to the local Apple Store on release day, Friday at 5pm and got in line. There were 11 people in front of me. I walked out 15 minutes later with my iPad. They actually had them in stock. Crazy, huh?
A California developer who, like others, still has it listed as "Available to ship: 2-3 weeks".
Called Dev support (at the recommend of a store.apple chat fellow who could not help me) and talked to a very professional staffer. Apparently they have been inundated with calls. He could not provide any real info other than they are working very hard on the problem. He was very apologetic. I did get a case number. He said he is keeping a list of those affected and promised an email when he learns more. I should also get an email when it is shipped; apparently that is the only notification and the store.apple.com data will not reflect that shipment.
I wonder, what sort of email did those few who were successful (I'm talking about the expedited dev special blue band Sport Watch delivery) get? An apple.com email or a UPS notice?
keep on hopin' . . .