“Apple is now preparing for the rollout of the in-store pickup option on new Apple Watch orders, which will allow users to select a retail location to pick up their wearable devices after order,” Mike Beasley reports for 9to5Mac. “This is the first time Apple has made any indication of watch stock appearing at its stores since Angela Ahrendts revealed that the company was unsure of when that might happen.”
“Shoppers will now have the option to select ‘pick up’ as an option for delivery,” Beasley reports, “though at the moment it seems every store just says ‘available soon,’ with no solid date for when you’ll be able to actually make a pick up.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We’ve been hearing rumblings that Apple Watch production capacities have increased as of late along with a smattering of Apple Watch shipments having arrived or slated to arrive before Apple’s stated delivery dates.
Good news. One of our April 10 watch orders arrived yesterday. My link bracelet model is still in Processing mode, but individual link bracelet (sans Watch) orders are starting to appear in the wild. So, I’m hoping to see some movement on my order soon.
Still waiting for my black sport 42mm… ordered 12:09am 4/10. Shipping date May 13-27.
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Me too. Exactly the same model, time of order, and shipping date.
They better fill those back orders first. Or my heads gonna explode. Ordered 4/10. Still waiting for 42 SS link. 😕