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Do you plan on ordering the new Apple Watch Series 7 (2021) this September?


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@Boardiesboi I'm about to throw this phone and watch out the window. 🤦‍♂️ can't get OzWeather to change from Sydney to Melbourne on my watch. 🤦‍♂️🙄😂

Any ideas. 🤔

What settings are you using for the app?
And you’re thinking if you throw your gear out the window, it will notice the weather and report back to you?
 
Just for a fun exercise as I wait for my Friday arrival of my 45 mm starlight aluminum I looked at the two closest apple stores for me over two hours away in Chicago. No watches of what I am getting no matter the band choice so some of you were/are lucky to find it that way.

But on Friday last my watch moved to shipping so I could not cancel and I was too busy to go to local Best Buy which had my watch available for a very short time. But we had to be somewhere most of day and by that time they were all gone.
You just buy it online and do in store or curbside pickup. Then you don’t need to rush to get it. Also, returning the watch from Apple is as simple as starting the return process with Apple and printing a label. Nothing to really stress about.
 
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You're welcome. It's super easy to install. Clean it with the cleaning wipe and let it dry, then wipe of excess. Use the wipe, in a circular motion to add the coating and let cure for 10-15 minutes and then wipe off with the microfiber cloth. Do this before bed so it can cure over night.
Is this a bourbon hangover cure?
 
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I just got an email saying my order that was supposed to be delivered by tomorrow, is now pushed to November 26th WTF Apple?
Same! But mine now says Dec 6-17 from the original Oct 18-20. F*cking insane. And it has been "preparing to ship" all this while. The person who was preparing my order probably stepped into a portal to a different dimension by accident and got lost. Now Apple has to send in an extraction team to retrieve my order hence the delay.

Edit: The Apple Watch can open portals after all.
 
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No big deal but watch now has sat in Anchorage for 9 hours. Most of my devices (all iphones) usually 4 hours average. It is expedited and not express like the iPhones are always. Below is chart of the two (and other services). I see expedited is about double the time compared to express (2-5 days compared to 1-3 days) So not surprised Lots of delays on UPS planes out of Anchorage to Louisville this morning. Weather is fine they had a bit of rain awhile back but not much wind and no major issues listed in flightaware app and website. Wonder why the delays — inquiring bored nerdy minds want to know LOL

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UPDATE one of the 45 minute delayed planes heading to Louisville now but it may be half hour or more til UPS scan shows that if watches on on that plane, but again being expedited may mean its not priority also.


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Debating if I should walk into the nearest Apple Store and see if they have the AW Starlight S7 in stock this weekend. Website keeps saying it's completely out of stock in the state of Ohio, and shipping will take longer than usual (Shipping estimates December 3-17). I live in Marion, Ohio — and the nearest Apple store is in Columbus which is about 45 minutes from me on a good day. An hour if there's traffic. 😅
Sounds like it could be an adventure—How about planning something fun over there to do so if Apple doesn’t have your watch, you can still have a fun reason for that trip?
 
Planning on it. I may go in Saturday Morning if I can. Not a morning person but I'll be bringing a giant cup of coffee with me haha. I currently have a 44mm AW6 aluminum in silver but debating if the 45mm AW7 will look too big on the wrist or if it's not that noticeable.
Maybe think about if you’ll be okay with the 45 if it looks too big? Mine looked way big, but I kinda loved that. Mine felt way big and I didn’t like that. Literally woke up in the night with sore wrist. So maybe consider what you’ll do in the various what-if scenarios, and remember if you like it, it doesn’t matter what other people think of how it looks. We’ll encourage you to enjoy it.
 
DHL express aren’t exactly an express service!
My watch has been out for delivery all day and when I spoke to them, they told me by the end of the working day.
Guess what, its still not here! Hopeless!
Well for me DHL express in central Illinois with no local store is a mixed bag over years compared to FedEx and UPS. I was expecting a special shipment one time and got this notice that no one was home or such but they never came here. And it was going back to their hub in Chicago Subburb. I called and they got the driver and he came back. Turned out that the GPS they had put him 1 mile east of me in country. Now since them did not have this problem but with them not being local I eventually had person in Morocco (sending fossil) to use UPS again when he sent items.
 
I assume you dont mind my asking as you posted it on the internet, why?

Yeah no probs. I managed to get one day after launch from John Lewis with a preferred strap. Would I have just kept the original order if I knew it would be here today (originally set for 27-29th)......probably.
 
DHL express aren’t exactly an express service!
My watch has been out for delivery all day and when I spoke to them, they told me by the end of the working day.
Guess what, its still not here! Hopeless!
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It’s here! 1 full week before the date I was given when I ordered it.
Coming from a S4 44mm, I don’t notice that much of a difference on my wrist.
The screen looks much bigger to look at though!
Loving the green case and leather link too!
 
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It’s here! 1 full week before the date I was given when I ordered it.
Coming from a S4 44mm, I don’t notice that much of a difference on my wrist.
The screen looks much bigger to look at though!
Loving the green case and leather link too!
Congrats! Same with mine - one whole week earlier! I had a S4 too in 44mm and the screen increase is pretty noticeable, also really liking the AOD!
 
Congrats! Same with mine - one whole week earlier! I had a S4 too in 44mm and the screen increase is pretty noticeable, also really liking the AOD!
Yeah, screen increases in size is noticeable but not on my wrist, it still looks roughly the same size which is good!
Yeah, AOD is really cool coming from an S4, didn’t think that would be as big a difference as it is!
 
Same! But mine now says Dec 6-17 from the original Oct 18-20. F*cking insane. And it has been "preparing to ship" all this while. The person who was preparing my order probably stepped into a portal to a different dimension by accident and got lost. Now Apple has to send in an extraction team to retrieve my order hence the delay.

Edit: The Apple Watch can open portals after all.
I’m considering cancelling now, cause that’s BS. A preorder reserves you an item that should be delivered around when they say it should, not over a month later.

If they couldn’t get a Milanese band, they should have offered another band, not just pushed my order off.
 
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