Earlier this morning, the Apple Watch Sport showed a US shipping date of 4-6 weeks. That’d be a shipping date ranging from May 8th to May 22nd.
A few hours later and that shipping date is now June. Not a date in June, just June. That’s the same shipping date for every other watch I checked, except for the rose gold Apple Watch Edition, which shows a ship date of July.
Interestingly, when I add a third Apple Watch to my shopping cart, I get this message:
A maximum of 2 watches can be purchased per customer. Please adjust the total quantity of watches in your order before checking out.
Obviously, this is an easy enough work around if you had the need for more than two, but this is a clear sign that Apple is doing their best to spread demand.
Got mine (42mm stainless steel with white band) ordered 2-3 minutes after midnight PST and got in on the first range of shipping dates (4/24-5/8). Within about 10 minutes it had slipped to 4-6 weeks. Supply seemed more constrained than I had expected, or there is more interest than I thought (or both).
I ordered by 3:07 EDT, and my Sport has the same shipping window.
42mm w/ Black Sport Band. I ended my order around 3:06AM and got the 4/24-5/8 shipping dates. The whole process was quite fast
the process was amazing on the app — tap your favorites, tap the watch, tap PAY, touch thumb to sensor.
only apple.