A new market study of global smartwatch sales in the second quarter of this year reveals that, albeit by very little, Xiaomi has sold more units than Apple. A first place that will once again be one of those in Cupertino when the new Apple Watch Series 7 is launched this month.
It should also be noted that the report speaks of units, not sales in dollars. Here Xiaomi has the advantage of the cheap price that it has a We Band compared to the Apple Watch.
Canalys, a company specialized in market research, has just publish an estimate of global smartwatch sales in the second quarter of this year. And although by very little, Xiaomi won in the number of units sold ahead of the second company, Apple, followed by Huawei and Fitbit, leaving the powerful Samsung in fifth position.
Keep in mind that in this quarter, Xiaomi has launched a new model, the Mi Smart Band 6, thus reaching the 8 million units sold, compared to 7,9 million of the Apple Watch. Everything points to the fact that in the third quarter, with the launch of the new 7 series Apple Watch, Apple will once again rise to the top position.
Xiaomi has eaten Apple's toast for very little.
The report explains the great boom in the market for smart watches and bracelets. Manufacturers are making great efforts to provide their wearables with important aids in the field sports and health, with new, more reliable algorithms in terms of biometric data provided by these devices.
And also with a very promising future for this market as new sensors are added to devices capable of providing us with more data about our health such as blood pressure or the level of Blood glucose, planned for future versions of some manufacturers.
It is curious that Xiaomi does not classify the Mi smart bands as watches but that they do enter the statistics as if they were.
The smart BANDS are not smart WHATCH, they are different products
You're right. But I don't know why the heck the market study includes smartbands and smartwatches as a single product range. Why do they both go on the wrist? It does not make sense to put 40 Euro bracelets and 400 watches in the same bag.