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Apple Pre-order Thread - iPhone 8, 8+, Watch Series 3, AppleTV 4K
- Thread starter wachie
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I also got the +, but although i expect the X to do very well, im not sure it'll be breaking any records anymore, unit wise, maybe by revenue from the higher price.
Yup. This is the rule for Apple products in general.
I too ordered a series 3 watch and monday for me too (still showing prepping for shipment), but I guess its because I live at the end of the world, Oulu, Finland.
I'm in Vancouver, BC. Guess our American friends are getting dat sweet Friday shipping
I've worn mine nearly everyday for a year and there is one or two superficial stretches that are very difficult to see. The glass has easier to see scratches than the aluminum.
Its really not particularly durable in my experience. I do a lot of manual labor each day and mine had several scuffs and scratches on the case after 4 or 5 months. The composite back was also scratched as hell. I got a great deal on a SS and it held up perfectly. Its scratches, of course, since its polished stainless steel. But you can polish the case if you so desire which isnt possible with Aluminium. The scratches are really only noticeable in direct lightning so it doesnt bother me whereas on the Aluminium watch it chips off the color. The ceramic back doesnt have a single scratch at all. Also: sapphire glass on the SS vs gorilla glass on the Aluminium. Not a single scratch on the display either after 5 months but itll scatter more easily should you ever drop it, so ACP is a must imo.
If youre mostly wearing it for sports or office it should be fine.
Can confirm. I am a sweet American.
LOL at a $900 apple watch. I still get more compliments with a gen 1 stainless moto 360.
I've still yet to see a single person in the wild with an Apple watch. Not even one. Not even just a passerby or anything. Literally no one.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Christ i'm just thinking of the upcoming names they are probably going to use...
iPhone X-2: Aux 3.5 HD Remix
iPhone X-3: Lightning Plug Returns
And that signifies...?
My wifes aluminum series 0 is scratched to hell. Works fine though.
Pretty weird, I've seen atleast 10 individual people by now using one and Germany/Austria is by far no Apple stronghold (unfortunately 😜
People with Apple Watches are all over the place. You don't really notice them because you're not really looking for them.
So you are wearing 2 smart watches and switching off between them, trying to judge which one gets you more compliments?
Cool. I work in downtown Chicago and it's hard to not see one.
Thanks for your input everyone!
esmith08734
Member
Where do you live? I see them constantly.
Wisconsin. I get around a lot throughout most of the eastern side of the state. Milwaukee up through Oshkosh/Appleton/Green Bay.
Do you live in the woods? I see them on tons of people every day. I see more people wearing apple watches than regular watches tbh.
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
I'm probably more sheltered/less observant that the average person and I see them fairly often.
That's crazy to me. At my current job probably half the building wears one. At my last job, the company bought one for every employee.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Did they remove in store pickup? I don't see it on the order screen anymore.
Could depend on what you're ordering and what country you're in.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Tried both gold 8+ in US
Bruce Springsteen
Member
You must not be around many people
Or he lives in an area where that sort of thing isn't commonplace for social/socioeconomic reasons. I didn't see anyone wearing them until I moved to Austin TX.
LostMyNarbles
Member
I see them all over where I live (South Jersey). It really surprised me to see how many people own one. In particularly my community college is full of people wearing them and when I go to local tracks I see a lot of people sporting it. I know you can't really speculate since they all look similar to one another, but if I had to fancy a guess I'd say the majority of people are buying the $200-$300 Series 1 watch that goes on sale regularly compared to the more expensive models.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Looks like theres no more pickup because launch day stock sold out
Did you try your carrier in addition to Apple?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
You guys. It makes perfect sense that Apple watches and other smartwatches are almost ubiquitous in urban areas and not popular in rural regions. You don't have to give anecdotes about how you see them all the time because one person shared that they don't.
On topic tho, my watch just got to Kentucky in the tracking progress!
On topic tho, my watch just got to Kentucky in the tracking progress!
Zeyphersan
Banned
4K content is already there, if youre on an updated device and browse the movies itll say 4K and an HDR format instead of HD if its the newer version of the movie. I own John Wick in 4K right now, and on the front page theres Wonder Woman, Baby Driver, and probably some others.
Redeemed codes get updated as well. So any code that would normally redeem in HD will redeem automatically in 4K if thats on the store right now, and if it redeems in HD and it gets upgraded later your version becomes 4K for free automatically
tiredheadcrab
Member
I am from south jersey as well and see them fairly often. More so than fitbits
Oh shit, I didn't know! I was browsing on my PC, which is probably why nothing showed up.
Great news!
holygeesus
Banned
I'm still happily rocking my Gen2 Apple Watch, but I notice that carriers charge extra a month for people with existing iPhone contracts with the new LTE model? Has that always been the case with iPads etc? Seems a massive swizz as surely you just eat into your allowance when using the watch's LTE capabilities?
iPads have always cost extra to have on your plan, but they at least get their own data bucket. $10 a month for an LTE feature I'd only use very occasionally (how often do I go out, or even want to go out, without my phone?) and would use very little data on anyway (not exactly watching Netflix on a Watch) seems a bit much.
I'm noticing some weird stuff. Like, my Star Trek Beyond shows up as 4K Dolby Vision. My Star Trek '09 shows 4K Dolby Vision for a split second before the page fully loads and recognizes that I own it already, and then the 4K badge goes away.
I agree, I'm willing to pay just to have the convenience while running, but that's something that I do nearly everyday.
If someone isn't going to be away from their phone then........ why?