4.5 million Apple Watches would have been sold in Q3 2015 by the Apple company worldwide, a figure that represents almost 10% of the sales of iPhones registered by those from Cupertino.
Apple Watch it was only in its second fiscal quarter of availability on global markets and according to analysts, it captured no less than 72.8% of the smartwatch market, which means that almost three quarters of all smart watches sold around the world were Apple Watches.
Making a comparison with smartwatches Samsung, the Korean company would have sold only 600.000 units of its own smart watches in the last three months, capturing a market share of only 9.8%, almost 8 times lower than that of Apple.
Practically, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), si Samsung accumulated over 82% of the smartwatch market, the remaining 18% being shared between a multitude of other manufacturers of such products, among them counting Pebble, Huawei, Xiaomi, LG, Sony and many other companies from China.
Samsung is estimated to have sold 600,000 units of its wearable device in the July-September period, representing a market share of 9.8 percent globally, according to the latest report by Strategy Analytics. Samsung was outplayed by Apple, which sold an estimated 4.5 million units of Apple Watches in the cited period. The top seller's market share came to 72.8 percent.
I was telling you today that the sales of The Apple Watch would have generated at least 1.7 billion dollars for the Apple company in the first 5 months of availability on the market, but no one has an exact figure because Apple did not offer it, considering it a secret that could help the competition.
The Apple Watch is the most successful smartwatch ever released on the market, and this is mainly because it was created and sold under the Apple brand, which is the main reason why many people are looking for it, but it remains to be seen how long it will last. maintain popularity.
