I-Apple Watch ibonakalisile, kwenye ikota, ukuba sesona sixhobo sithengisa kakhulu emhlabeni, ngaphandle kwenkampani esekwe eCupertino khange azikhathaze ngokubhengeza amanani asemthethweni enani lentengiso esi sixhobo sinaso ukusukela oko sangena kwimarike kwikota yokuqala yowama-2015.
Ngexesha lekota yesibini yonyaka, ngokutsho kohlalutyo lweCanalys, iApple yathumela iiyunithi ezizigidi ezi-3,5 zeApple Watch, inani I-30% iphezulu kunexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Inani elipheleleyo lee-smartwatches ezithunyelwe ngabavelisi abohlukeneyo kwikota yesibini ye-2018 yayizizigidi ezili-10.
Imakethi ye-smartwatch ikhula inyanga nenyanga, hayi kuphela ngenxa ye-Apple Watch, kodwa nakwabanye abavelisi abanjengoFitbit, uGarmin okanye uSamsung, apho le femu yohlalutyo ingakhange inikezele ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nenani lezixhobo ezithunyelweyo. Ukuba yimakethi ekhulayo, Isabelo sentengiso sika-Apple sincitshisiwe, Ukunikezela ngaphezulu kwepayi kwabanye abenzi kwaye ukusuka kwisabelo sentengiso se-43% kwikota yesibini yonyaka ophelileyo, ukuya kwi-34% yesabelo sentengiso sangoku. Ayisiyo kuphela i-Apple ethengisa ngaphezulu, kodwa bonke abavelisi bathengisa ngakumbi.
China, omnye unyaka, iye yaba ngumthengi ophambili weApple, kunye nokuhanjiswa okungaphezulu kweeyunithi ezingama-250.000 kwaye apho iApple Watch LTE inesabelo sentengiso esingama-60% phakathi kwewatchwatches ezixhumeneyo. I-Apple WAch LTE iboniswe kwigama eliphambili ngoSeptemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwaye ukusukela ngoko, iApple ibisoloko isandisa inani lamazwe ekhoyo kwaye namhlanje singayithenga kumazwe ayi-16 kwihlabathi liphela.
Ngokwamahemuhemu onke, kwi-Keynote elandelayo i-Apple inokuveza uthotho lwe-4, imodeli eya kuthi ivelele ubungakanani bescreen esiphezulu esinokuyifumana kuluhlu lwe-Apple Watch okoko yafika kwintengiso ngo-Matshi 2015, nangona yaboniswa ngoSeptemba 2014.
