At its earnings name, Apple mentioned the Apple Watch grew 50% year-over-year in gross sales however continued its silence on revealing precise numbers for its wearables. Estimates from Canalys recommend that unit gross sales virtually hit 4 million for Apple Watch within the third quarter.
The analyst says the mobile LTE Apple Watch Collection 3 has proved in style, with demand outstripping provide and carriers stunned by the demand for the mobile Watch …
Canalys estimates that about 800,000 of the three.9 million Apple Watch models bought within the third quarter have been the LTE mannequin.
Notice that calendar Q3 refers to July, August, and September. The Apple Watch Collection 3 was solely out there from the center of September. Regardless of the late launch within the interval, 1 / 4 of the entire Apple Watches bought have been LTE S3 Apple Watch fashions.
In China, the Apple Watch LTE entry is currently disabled by the government. Canalys expects robust demand from Chinese language prospects as soon as the problem is resolved.
This bodes nicely for the vacation quarter. Apple Watch has sometimes been a powerful vacation product and demand for the S3 Watch is considerably larger than the S2 was a yr in the past.
General, Canalys believes that Apple was the #1 wearable producer for the quarter together with each smartwatches and less-feature-rich sensible health bands. Xiaomi and Fitbit trailed Apple with 3.6 and three.5 million models, largely consisting of health bands.
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