As promised two days ago, Apple is now contacting developers who applied for expedited Apple Watch shipments, notifying them that they’ve either won or lost the random selection process. Selected developers are now entitled “to place an expedited order for one (1) Apple Watch Sport that’s guaranteed to ship by April 28, 2015” paying full price for the Watch and, if chosen, AppleCare. Developers have until 5:00pm “local time” on April 27 to complete their orders.
Apple Developer Relations invited registered developers to the random drawing on April 21, enabling some of them to get faster access to Apple Watch hardware for testing purposes. The Apple Watch Sport being offered is a silver model with a blue band, and Apple promises that the orders will be shipped by April 28 regardless of the availability date listed on the Apple Online Store.
Developers who were not randomly selected received letters noting that “you can still order Apple Watch on the Apple Online Store and receive your order as it becomes available.” Both of the full emails are below…
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“We’re happy to let you know that you’ve been randomly selected to place an expedited order for one (1) Apple Watch Sport that’s guaranteed to ship by April 28, 2015.” :-)
I’m an iOS developer, and had once been working on a watch app in my day job. I wonder why I was never invited to enter the lottery, and when I tried to go to the website to sign up, I was informed the page was restricted to me. I may not have chosen to order an expedited watch anyway, because it’s not the model I ordered or wanted, but I do feel pretty left out and dissed by Apple. Why would they do this?
Did anyone get a shipment message jet?
Won and purchase few days ago but it is still processing :(
No shipment yet… almost midnight on 4/28. Anyone receive a shipping confirmation?