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Canalys analyzes the results and believes that Apple Watch could have sold 4.2 million. As we predicted yesterday, it has not been too long since the publication of the results for the third fiscal quarter Apple for some analysts and financial firms have been analyzed in depth what lies behind the figures. The excitement lies in Apple Watch, for although the company offered no official sales numbers, if included in the “Other” category, which grew by more than 1,000 million over the previous quarter.
Now, Canalys has analyzed these figures and believe they have found a very approximate number of Apple Watch units sold during this past quarter: 4.2 million watches. Undoubtedly, this figure stands at the side of the optimistic forecasts. We had before knowing the financial results confirm the good performance that had the Apple Watch recent months.
The figure would be more than enough to catapult Apple Watch the top of the market for wearables, surpassing many other manufacturers who have spent years in this industry as Fitbit. In fact, it is estimated that total sales of Smartwatch last year stood at around 4 million units, so the Apple Watch have managed to overcome all manufacturers in just three months.
Canalys analyst, Chris Jones, believes that Apple and other smart watches manufacturers still need to continue working on the performance of the devices, the battery life and integration with more advanced sensors. Besides, also it points to the success of Apple Watch long term is closely related to the quality of third-party applications, which now have reached the figure of 8,500 in the App Store on the device.
Apple Watch success long term is related to the quality of third-party apps
As we read in Appleinsider, Tim Cook and Luca Maestri and said during the meeting yesterday that sales of Apple Watch overcome completely internal expectations of the company, and although I do not want to talk about absolute numbers, it does let slip that he had exceeded sales the first iPhone and iPad, which are computed by one and three million units respectively during the first three months on the market, it seems quite feasible to have reached 4 million units sold.
During the results call, Apple CEO Tim Cook said mainly that the Watch had exceeded internal expectations, and sold better in June than it did in April or May, debunking reports of a massive sales slump.
Via appleinsider