Only Apple Watch, Apple became worn equipment manufacturers world's second largest
According to analyst firm IDC, Apple shipped 3.6 million units in Apple Watch II / 2105, occupies second place in the list of equipment manufacturers put the world’s largest.
Since Apple introduced and sold in May 4/2015 Watch, Apple has never disclosed the sales of products that many people feel curious. To satisfy this demand, market analysis firm IDC recently conducted and published a study on Apple’s SmartWatch, and the results showed that sales of Apple Watch is very positive. Specifically, according to IDC, Apple shipped 3.6 million units in Apple Watch II / 2015, enough to firm up positions wearing equipment manufacturers world’s second largest, after the company Fitbit.
Fitbit shipped about 4.4 million devices worn in the quarter, up significantly from the same period in 2014, with only 1.7 million units of product. However, due to the emergence of new competitors is Apple and Xiaomi (Chinese company shipped 3.1 million devices in the second quarter / 2015), Fitbit’s share declines from 30% to 24 , 3%. Overall, Fitbit, Apple and Xiaomi occupy three leading position; The remaining two names in the top 5 are Garmin and Samsung (the two firms are in turn shipped 0.7 and 0.6 million units of product). The Apple and Xiaomi official “war” also helped market the device worn to 232% growth over the same period last year.
According to IDC, Apple sales compared with just the smart meter products of competitors, their market share is much larger. In his study, IDC created a category called “equipment wears smart” – to only the devices allow installation of third-party applications. In this segment, Apple Watch is currently a “ruler”: IDC predicts that two out of three wearing smart devices shipped in the second quarter / 2015 was Apple’s SmartWatch.
This is a happy sign for “Apples with”, when their Watch Apple is considered as the product in the premium segment. However, sales of Apple Watch good can also be due to it is a completely new product and a lot of people looking to buy curiosity. If Apple maintains its position in a long time, that is the proof that its SmartWatch successfully received.
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