And it looks like it will continue to be a leader in this market for a few years. The Cupertino company took a while before launching its smartwatch on the market, many said that it would not last long and many others already predicted that it would be in the top sales positions in a short time. Remember that we have Apple Watch since 2015 and in this time it has established itself as the undisputed leader in the sector according to analysts.
Best of all, the company led by Tim Cook, still does not give official sales figures since they launched the first Series 0, but even so, analysts warn that device sales reach 4.7 million units during the second quarter of this year and therefore we are talking about 17% of the current market. Apple undoubtedly leads this market and with the new Series 4 that is about to arrive on September 12 it seems that it could break all records.
El shipping chart prepared in the IDC study shows the difference with the rest of the firms that have smart watches and wearables, Apple dominates the market:
Apple continues to lead in a market for smartwatches in which it also we have many quantifying models much cheaper than an Apple Watch, for example Xiaomi models. In any case, what can be made clear from all this is that in their day they hit the spot by presenting the Apple Watch, late yes, but it came to stay and reign in a sector in which it currently has no rivals.
LThe new Apple Watch models that are ready to be presented this September They also have important improvements in the screen with fewer and larger frames, the physical button becomes capacitive, the crown, the improvement in autonomy and it even gives the feeling that they have reduced the thickness (if we look at the filtered photo) so which is sure to be another best seller for the next several months.