I-Apple Watch ikhombisile, ukuthi kusasele enye ikota, ukuthi ibe yidivayisi yesandla esithengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke, yize kunenkampani ezinze eCupertino akakaze azihluphe ngokumemezela izinombolo ezisemthethweni zezinombolo zokuthengisa le divayisi enayo selokhu yafika emakethe kwikota yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2015.
Ngesikhathi sekota yesibili yonyaka, ngokusho kwenkampani yokuhlaziya iCanalys, i-Apple yathumela amayunithi ayisigidi esingu-3,5 we-Apple Watch, isibalo Ama-30% aphezulu kunesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Inani eliphelele lama-smartwatches athunyelwe ngabakhiqizi abahlukene ngekota yesibili ka-2018 laliyizigidi eziyi-10.
Imakethe ye-smartwatch ikhula njalo ngenyanga, hhayi ngenxa ye-Apple Watch kuphela, kodwa nakwabanye abakhiqizi abanjengoFitbit, uGarmin noma iSamsung, le nkampani yokuhlaziya engazange inikeze imininingwane ethe xaxa ngenani lamadivayisi athunyelwe. Ukuba yimakethe ekhulayo, Isabelo semakethe sika-Apple sincishisiwe, unikeza abanye abakhiqizi uphayi futhi usuka kusabelo semakethe esingu-43% kwikota yesibili yonyaka odlule, waya kuma-34% esabelo samanje semakethe. I-Apple ayithengisi nje kuphela, kepha bonke abakhiqizi bathengisa kakhulu.
I-China, unyaka owodwa ngaphezulu, isibe yikhasimende eliyinhloko le-Apple Watch, ngokuthunyelwa okudlula amayunithi angama-250.000 nalapho i-Apple Watch LTE inesabelo semakethe esingu-60% phakathi kwamawatchwatches axhunyiwe. I-Apple WAch LTE yethulwe enkulumweni eyisihluthulelo ngoSepthemba nyakenye futhi kusukela lapho, i-Apple ibilokhu ikhulisa inani lamazwe etholakala kuwo futhi namuhla singayithenga emazweni ayi-16 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngokwawo wonke amahemuhemu, ku-Keynote elandelayo i-Apple ingakhombisa i-Series 4, imodeli ezogqama njenge- usayizi ophezulu wesikrini esingayithola kuhla lwe-Apple Watch selokhu yafika emakethe ngoMashi 2015, yize yethulwa ngoSepthemba 2014.
