Imininingwane yakamuva evela enkampanini yocwaningo lwemakethe I-IDC, iveza ukuthi i-Apple Watch ihlala iyismartwatch esithandwa kakhulu esigabeni sokuqala, ngesabelo esilinganisiwe se- Ukuthengiswa kwezigidi eziyi-1,5, futhi naye 46 por ciento wemakethe ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala zika-2016.
Samsung kwaba usongo olusondele kakhulu ku-Apple Watch phakathi kwama-smartwatches kulekota, ngesabelo semakethe esilinganisiwe se- Ukuthengiswa okungu-700.000 futhi i 20,9 por ciento, ulandelwa ngu Samsung, Huawei, futhi Garmin ngesilinganiso se 400.000, 200.000 y 100.000 ukuthunyelwa ngokulandelana, kusabelo semakethe esihlanganisiwe se- 18,6 por ciento.
U-Apple uqede isithathu emakethe ngokuvamile ngokuba nesabelo semakethe se 7,5 por ciento, ngemuva Fitbit y Xiaomi, ezinamanani angcono. UFitbit uwina isabelo semakethe ne 24,5 por ciento, nesilinganiso se- Ukuthunyelwa kwezigidi ezingama-4.8ngenkathi Xiaomi con Ukuthunyelwa kwezigidi ezingama-3,7 thola isabelo semakethe se 19 amaphesentio.
I-Apple ngeke idalule ukuthengiswa kwewashi layo emiphumeleni yakho yekota, ubeka le miphumela ekuqoqeni ngaphansi kwesigaba sakho 'Eminye imikhiqizo' kanye nama-iPod, i-Apple TV, i-Beats Electronics, nezinye izinsiza. IDC ne-Strategy Analytics balinganisela inani eliphelele lokuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch cishe Izigidi ezingu-16 kusuka ngo-Ephreli 2015 kuya kuMashi 2016.
Fitbit iqale i-2016 ngendlela efanayo yokuthi u-2015 uphele, njengoba umholi ongenakuphikiswa emakethe ye-Wearables. Ukwethulwa kwamadivayisi abo amasha Alta y Blaze kuholele kwizigidi zokuthengisa ngakunye, ngenxa yabalandeli bakhe be- ukuqina. Iphinde ikhombe ekwehleni okuphawulekayo empumelelweni yayo edlule, kepha noma kunjalo, ngephothifoliyo ehlukaniswe kahle, isu elihle lamanani entengo, nomkhiqizo oqinile, iFitbit imi kahle.
Abathengi abaningi abangaba khona manje sebezibamba ekuthengeni ama-Wearables, njengoba belinde i- I-Apple Buka i-2, kunamahemuhemu okuqala ekuqaleni kwesigamu sesibili sika-2016 kungaba ne- Ikhamera ye-FaceTime, i-Wi-Fi ethuthukisiwe, ukuxhumana kwamaselula, ukwakheka okuncane, futhi cishe isiyonke ukuzimela nge-iPhone.
