Actually, I can confirm it works without registering your UUID.
Apple Announces watchOS 2 With Native Apps, Third-Party Complications, and More
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Actually, I can confirm it works without registering your UUID.
TheRealTVGuy
macrumors 6502a
I just wish they would open up the NFC portion of the watch. I want someone to manufacture an NFC lock for the front door of my home. That way when I go running I only need to take along my watch and bluetooth headphones.
Trius
macrumors 6502a
Cool story, bro.
normang
macrumors member
Since you cannot currently buy a watch in store, that limits the potential interest, plus those cases are enclosed, you can view the options, but you cannot touch one.. you have to either have an appointment, or ask to be shown a demo watch.. So I would not expect at this point for crowds to be surrounding a "display case" of Apple Watches.. but if the lid comes off and a buyer can touch and use a demo watch on his own at a display table, like one, and then buy one and walk out with it on his or her wrist, that will change the story.
normang
macrumors member
Because you can touch and play with iPhone's even if you have to wait for one , the watches are off limits unless you are with sales person with a demo unit. not to hard to figure out if you really think about it..
Once you can walk out of the store with one and there is a table where people can actually touch one routinely without a doting sales person, looking into a Apple Store and try and gauging the popularity based on who's standing around the enclosed Apple Watch table, just doesn't work,
iZac
macrumors 68030
I don't mean to offend anyone, if they think I'm insulting their purchase. I'm just as interested as all of you in the thing, otherwise I wouldn't be on this thread. I'm not trying to prove the watch is a flop or anything, just noting what I saw in my local store, nothing more or less. Even making a joke about some obscenely rich urchin here who bought 2 gold ones and thought it would be funny to strap them on his dog.
The trouble is I really wanted to love the watch - I like watches, I wear 7 (not all at once of course). But it feels like an unfocused product that got diluted by collective thinking. No 'laser focus' to use a Jobsism.
I do get though that software-wise Apple want developers to drive where wearable tech takes us and to figure out what it's killer app is. Just feels like Apple don't really know yet.
Yeah you're very right, there's a real tactile barrier to people who are interested in the watch. to actually manipulate it, you have to specifically ask a member of staff for their time and attention. Also the process of taking the watches out of the drawer and huddling around the table in the middle of the room is all quite theatrical. Perhaps intimidating for someone who is just casually interested.
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AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
The Apple stores here have the watch on display so you can play around with it, you just can't try it on without a salesperson. There are working display units that are bolted down to try. And there are plenty of salespeople available so trying on the watch is easy. They are quite happy to let you try a couple on.
I think walking in the store and observing what people are looking at gives a good of product interest at that moment in time. And the more times you observe, the better the idea you have for a particular store. The iPhone still draws the most interest by far.
AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
If that's what you observed, it meant a lot of people were looking at the watch while you were there. Other than launch weekend, I have not seen anywhere near that many people at the watch table. And on Sunday of launch week, I waited all of 5 minutes walking in and asking to try the watch on. The store was packed, and there were several people checking the watch out.
JeffyTheQuik
macrumors 68020
As for the ones you can play with, I was disappointed in them, as they were more like a test drive in a parking lot of the car dealership with the salesman telling you to "turn here... OK, now turn there..." where the iMac/iPhone/iPad demos are more like them tossing you the keys and saying, "See you in a half hour! Give us a call if you need an explanation of anything!" (actually, it's more like you go grab the keys to the car you want to test drive, drive it for a while, then you bring it back).
As for the salespeople, if you can't find a salesperson in the Apple Store, it's either midnight or something is seriously wrong.
Lastly, for the display cases, I'm not sure how they can make them better without being ostentatious (having a glass case above the table level) or risking someone walking out the door with one (just having them out to try on), which would be of no value to the person, and negative value to Apple. Since the watch has to be paired to the person's iPhone, and that takes 5-15 minutes, that really doesn't work, either. It is a tricky problem to solve, and the "ask a salesperson" is, I guess, the least risk all around. It isn't how I like to shop, as I'd rather develop my questions than have a sales pitch (they make me want to challenge them on their points out of habit - too many vacuum cleaner sales calls in my youth) as I use the device.
Oh well... I'm on day 8 of my watch, and I like it more and more each day. Still waiting for the honeymoon to end, but I think this fall, it'll be like new all over again.
You are not the only one. The only reason why there is not open SDK is due to security and the chance of making an NFC cloning app. I did that as a demo with NFC chipset demo boards. Scary how easy it was scanning away like crazy. (Engineering details intentionally kept out.)
AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
I'm glad you're enjoying the watch. I think they did a nice job with it and I think it looks much better in person than it does online and in print. I agree, it would be nice if you could pair it with you phone without getting a salesperson involved. The nature of the product makes it almost necessary to have interaction with an employee, it's not like the rest of Apple's lineup in that regard. I like to develop my own questions too.
The Watch isnt intended to sell in the quantities of the iPhone though is it? Wouldn't one in 10 be a huge sales figure? I think speculating on the success of the product on the observations of a tiny number of people is pretty pointless. I am about to order mine over the phone and have spent about 2 mins with one in store. In fact the last few times I went in store I didn't look at the watch at all.
I don't get this - if you buy some bluetooth headphones you don't get to pair them before you buy them. If you already had a pair of bluetooth headphones I am notsure you could pair them with the display phone...
AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
iZac
macrumors 68030
Pairing it with your own phone could be a bit dangerous because someone if very likely to not un pair it, and suddenly another person (however briefly) would have access to someones personal information and communications.
Something good that comes to mind is the dummy app that Apple uses to show people how Touch ID works.
I don't know how this is sufficiently demonstrated though - perhaps it's a set up phone/watch pair which can send messages to a phone/watch pair on the other side of the table. It would give you a good demo of the capabilities of the dictation, voice recording, drawing etc. without having to catch a staff member.
I'm not sure the extent by which store staff are willing to let you do this during the 'appointment' try on session?
adityashah1989
macrumors 6502
Thanks! Thats a huge relief!
bbeagle
macrumors 68040
And you can't demo some of the features of headphones either. Yes, you can listen to music and maybe some of your own music, but you can't pair bluetooth headphones, you can't try 'charging the headphones' to see how it works, or try 'running with the headphones' to see if they stay on your ears, or 'see how noise canceling works' in a location other than the store. There's all sorts of things you can't do unless you purchase them.
bbeagle
macrumors 68040
I've gone in and nobody is at the watch table, I've gone in and seen a few people, I've gone in and it's mobbed.
I would EXPECT that very few people would be around the table because you can't buy it in the stores yet! Why would anyone, for any product, mob around something that's not available?
ColdShadow
Cancelled
That's not the case,I went to Apple store without any appointment and touched and played with watch.there were 4 of the out of display and anyone could demo them.
Also because they are not for sale instore has nothing to do with little attention.
these are a new product and naturally should attract alot of attention from people to see them closely,touch them etc.as it's the only way to do so prior to purchase.
AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
Why do they do it for the iPhone?
bbeagle
macrumors 68040
When has an iPhone ever been available to look at when it's not available in the stores?
Sometimes immediately after launch, certain models and colors aren't available, but the phones are always available.
AppleScruff1
macrumors G4
You couldn't walk into an Apple store andbuy the 5S or the 6 for a couple of months after launch. If you wanted one, you had to line up before the store opened each day to see if you could get one. Yet the tables were overflowing all the time with people checking it out.
bbeagle
macrumors 68040
Not true.
In the store where I live, there was a special line to purchase iPhones. You could enter this line at any time of the day, and there were always phones available. Maybe not the size, color or carrier you wanted, but there were always phones available.