Apple Watch Launches in Chile, Philippines and South Africa on October 23

This might be the slowest product rollout ever

I would really like to see apple online store in Chile, don't care for the apple watch.

As a South African. This pleases me.


As a South African. I'm worried about the price which is yet to be announced

"Apple Watch prices in Chile and South Africa are not yet listed on the Apple Online Store. "

There is no Apple Online Store in Chile.

FINALLY coming to Chile! I don't get why we are left so behind in Apple's products rollouts.

I quote from Wikipedia:

"Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations,[10] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-BBC-Chile-10') leading Latin American nations in human development ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_development_(humanity)'), competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.[11] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-hdrstats.undp.org-11') Since July 2013, Chile is considered by the World Bank ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank') as a "high-income economy ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy')", and hence as a developed country ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country').[126] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-wb-126')[127] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-:75-127')[128] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-:76-128')

Chile has the highest degree of economic freedom ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_freedom') in South America (ranking 7th worldwide), owing to its independent and efficient judicial system and prudent public finance management.[129] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-iefhf-129') In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development').[130] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-OECD_20100507-130') In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America.[131] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-131')"

And still, we are not even in the top 100 countries that apple gives priority to deliver their products. LAME!

Nope. I'm not buying the “complexity of distribution” argument. Every country that has an official online Apple Store should get the Apple Watch in the same timeframe as an iPod. It can't be compared even to the iPhone launches, for which deals have to be reached with mobile operators (which, in turn, require coding specific baseband firmware).

I'd expect that the manufacturing-and-distribution-chain-extraordinaire Tim Cook et al. would've gotten this launch right and lean by now. As it stands, it's looking even worse than my last Rev. USB 2 17'' iMac G4 (my first Mac), which reached Portugal much faster than this newfangled gizmo (in much smaller quantities, it must be said, but still). If they drag this much further, I might as well wait for Apple Watch 2. :mad:

"Apple Watch prices in Chile and South Africa are not yet listed on the Apple Online Store. "

There is no Apple Online Store in Chile.

There wasn't an official Apple Store in Portugal back then either. We had a crappy importer/distributor that was super slow and inefficient. The turning point actually came with the iPhone or the switch to Intel processors (they happened in consecutive years, so I can't pinpoint exactly when [Edit: Actually, we only got the iPhone 3G, but the point still holds; it happened circa 2006-08, long enough for me not to remember it in detail as I always bought my stuff at FNAC]), and we have enjoyed an official online store and decent store-within-a-store and proper Premium Resellers/AASPs ever since.

So where the hell is the Apple Watch? Does not compute, honestly.

FINALLY coming to Chile! I don't get why we are left so behind in Apple's products rollouts.

I quote from Wikipedia:

"Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations,[10] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-BBC-Chile-10') leading Latin American nations in human development ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_development_(humanity)'), competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.[11] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-hdrstats.undp.org-11') Since July 2013, Chile is considered by the World Bank ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank') as a "high-income economy ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy')", and hence as a developed country ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country').[126] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-wb-126')[127] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-:75-127')[128] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-:76-128')

Chile has the highest degree of economic freedom ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_freedom') in South America (ranking 7th worldwide), owing to its independent and efficient judicial system and prudent public finance management.[129] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-iefhf-129') In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development').[130] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-OECD_20100507-130') In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America.[131] ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile#cite_note-131')"

And still, we are not even in the top 100 countries that apple gives priority to deliver their products. LAME!

I'd like to visit Chile. Looks like a beautiful country.

Must remember to take a sweater.

Get the stainless one, my South African friends. I originally bought the aluminum but recently sold it on swappa and bought a stainless one. Stainless steel is just so much more attractive and substantial feeling.

The Same in Chile
Today MacOnline and ReifStore (the Apple Official Premium Resellers) confirms this.

The orders starts in October 16 and the sales starts in October 23.