Futhi kubukeka sengathi izoqhubeka nokuba ngumholi kule makethe iminyaka embalwa. Inkampani yaseCupertino yathatha isikhashana ngaphambi kokwethula i-smartwatch sayo emakethe, abaningi bathi ngeke ihlale isikhathi eside futhi abanye abaningi sebevele babikezela ukuthi izokuba sezikhundleni eziphezulu zokuthengisa ngesikhathi esifushane. Khumbula lokho sine-Apple Watch kusukela ngo-2015 futhi ngalesi sikhathi isisungule njengomholi ongenakuphikwa kulo mkhakha ngokusho kwabahlaziyi.
Okuhle kunakho konke, inkampani eholwa nguTim Cook, namanje ayinikeli izibalo zokuthengisa ezisemthethweni selokhu bethula i-Series 0 yokuqala, kodwa noma kunjalo, abahlaziyi baxwayisa ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwamadivayisi kufinyelela kumayunithi wezigidi ezingama-4.7 ngekota yesibili yalo nyaka ngakho-ke sikhuluma nge-17% yemakethe yamanje. I-Apple ngokungangabazeki ihola le makethe futhi nge-Series 4 entsha okufanele ifike ngoSepthemba 12 kubonakala sengathi ingahle yephule wonke amarekhodi.
El ishadi lokuthumela elilungiselelwe esifundweni se-IDC ikhombisa umehluko namanye amafemu anamawashi ahlakaniphile nokugqokekayo, i-Apple ilawula imakethe:
I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuhola emakethe yama-smartwatches lapho nayo sinamamodeli amaningi wokulinganisa eshibhile kakhulu kune-Apple Watch, isibonelo amamodeli we-Xiaomi. Kunoma ikuphi, okungacaciswa kukho konke lokhu ukuthi osukwini lwabo bashaya indawo ngokwethula i-Apple Watch, sekwephuzile yebo, kepha kwafika kwahlala kwabusa emkhakheni lapho manje ingenazimbangi khona.
LIzinhlobo ezintsha ze-Apple Watch ezikulungele ukwethulwa kulo Septhemba Banokuthuthuka okubalulekile esikrinini okunamafreyimu ambalwa futhi amakhulu, inkinobho ebonakalayo iba namandla, umqhele, ukuthuthuka kokuzimela futhi inika umuzwa wokuthi banciphisile ubukhulu (uma sibheka isithombe esihlungiwe) nakanjani iba ngomunye othengisa kakhulu ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo.