Apple Reportedly Shipped a Record 18 Million Apple Watches Last Year

Has Apple won the wearables game with Apple Watch? As per a new report past Canalys it categorically has, beating every other rival concluding twelvemonth.

The market research and analysis company says that the Cupertino-based tech giant managed to ship 18 one thousand thousand Apple Watches in 2017, chirapsia industry estimates. The figures represent a 54 percent YoY increment in a market place that continues to cater to a niche audience for the most role. The number is apparently a tape not just for Apple, but whatever article of clothing vendor anywhere. On a quarterly footing, Apple Watch shipments are said to have grown 32 percentage YoY during Q4, 2017, striking viii million units.

Apple Reportedly Shipped a Record 18 Million Apple Watch Units Last Year According to Vincent Thielke, Research Annotator at Canalys, "The cellular version of the Apple Watch was in stiff demand in the U.s.a., Japan and Commonwealth of australia, where all major operators stocked it in time for the vacation season. Merely limited operator selection in the UK, Germany and French republic influenced consumer purchase decisions, and stifled the growth potential of the continued Apple Watch. Moving into new markets, such as Singapore and Hong Kong in Q1 2018, just in time for Chinese New year's day, is a skillful move".

No thing how difficult they endeavour, electronics vendors and tech companies are unable to convince mainstream consumers near the demand for smart wearables even after all these years. Smartwatches and fitness bands, take, over the years, failed to capture the imagination of mainstream consumers the way smartphones did a decade ago.

There'southward no famine of companies are launching their ain products in the segment, simply autonomously from a very select agglomeration of early adopters and gadget freaks, the devices have failed to enthuse the mainstream consumer-base, with almost people preferring to stay away from them for the nearly part.