Izibalo ezishicilelwa njalo ezilinganisweni zokuthengisa ze-Apple Watch kwesinye isikhathi ziyadida. I-Apple ayikaze ishicilele ngokusemthethweni ukuthengisa okwenziwa nge-smartwatch sayo, futhi ngaleli zinga kubonakala sengathi ngeke kuze kwenzeke, asazi noma kungenxa yokuthi ayinantshisekelo noma ngoba awufuni ukubona ukuthi le makethe iseluhlaza kakhulu. Okuyiqiniso ukuthi izinkampani ezahlukahlukene zishicilela imibiko lapho zinanela ukulinganiselwa kokuthengisa ngokwamayunithi ashiye izikhungo lapho kwenziwa khona le mishini.
Umbiko wakamuva ukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple ibiphezulu ohlwini, ngenhla kweFitbit neXiaomi, amakhosi asendulo ale makethe, noma lezi zinkampani zinganikeli ngqo ngamawashi ahlakaniphile kepha kunalokho zinikela ngamasongo wokulinganisa, ikakhulukazi inkampani yemvelaphi yaseChina.
Phakathi nekota yokuqala yonyaka, I-Apple ithole isabelo semakethe esingu-15,9%, iba yinkampani ethumele amadivayisi amaningi. Esikhundleni sesibili sithola iXiaomi, ine-15,5%, emele isaphulelo sika-5% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Endaweni yesithathu sibona ukuthi izinkinga zeFitbit zishubile kanjani, ezisuke ekubeni nesabelo sama-24,7% kuya ku-13,2% kuphela esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Uma sikhuluma ngamayunithi athunyelwe, siyabona ukuthi kanjani I-Apple isukile ekuthumeleni amayunithi ayisigidi esingu-2,2 esigabeni sokuqala sonyaka odlule aya ezigidini ezingama-3,5 amayunithi wekota yokuqala yonyaka ka-2017. UXiaomi usukile kumayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-3,8 aya ku-3,4. Ngenkathi iXiaomi isukile ekuthumeleni amayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-4,5 iye kumayunithi acishe abe yizigidi ezintathu athunyelwe ngekota yokuqala ka-2017.
Ukuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch, AirPods ne-Beats Apple ibafaka esigabeni eminye imikhiqizo njenge-iPod, ngaphandle kokuphuka nganoma yisiphi isikhathi izibalo zokuthengisa zalowo nalowo mkhiqizo.
