Apple recently announced its latest financial results. While it revealed how many iPhones and iPads it sold, it did not reveal any Apple Watch sales numbers. Company CEO Tim Cook only said that early sales were off to a better start than both the original iPhone and iPad. While analysts are still gazing into their crystal balls and trying to come […]
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Apple Watch captures 75% of smartwatch market share in Q2 2015
Apple may not have disclosed Apple Watch sale numbers yesterday when it announced its Q3 FY2015 financial results but Strategy Analytics estimates that the company shipped 4 million smartwatches during Q2. With the overall global smartwatch market hitting a record high 5.3 million units, Apple accounted for a dominant 75% of the market despite the Apple Watch making its debut during the […]
IDC: Global wearable shipments to jump 173% in 2015
Despite fears that the launch of the Apple Watch might affect global wearable shipments early this year, the first quarter showed no signs of slowing down. IDC reported earlier this month that more than 11 million wearable devices shipped in Q1 2015, up 200% over the same quarter a year ago to record their eighth consecutive quarter of growth. In […]
Apple Watch sales closing on 3 million unit mark
While Apple has yet to officially announce how many Apple Watches it has sold to date, market research firm Slice has calculated that Apple has sold about 2.79 million of them as of mid-June. Slice uses e-mail receipt data from some 2 million online shoppers in the U.S. to make its analysis. In this case, it found that more than 20,000 people […]
Xiaomi Mi Band shipments top 6 million mark
Fitbit was the market leader in the nascent wearables market in Q1 2015 but it its reign at the top may be short-lived. Shipments last quarter hit 3.9 million units but China’s Xiaomi looks to be catching up very quickly. Xiaomi, which did not even offer any wearables in Q1 2014, this year grabbed second place with 2.8 million units […]
Significant market share loss for Samsung Tizen smartwatches in Q1
Despite growing 86% year over year, Strategy Analytics described the global smartwatch market in Q1 2015 as “subdued and in a holding pattern” as it awaited the arrival of the Apple Watch. It’s unlikely that Samsung would agree with this assessment. It saw the market share of its Tizen smartwatches drop sharply since early last year with the arrival of Android Wear. They accounted for 47.8% of […]
Strong growth for wearables in Q1 2015
Fears that the upcoming launch of the Apple Watch would cause consumers to hold off buying wearables in Q1 2015 have proven unfounded according to IDC. Instead, the worldwide wearable device market grew for the eight consecutive quarter, even bucking the usual trend of slowing sales following the holiday shopping season. Wearable shipments hit 11.4 million units, up 200% from the same quarter a […]
IDC: Tablet shipments to shrink in 2015
While IDC expects that the global smartphone market will continue to grow well into 2019 albeit at a slower rate than we’ve seen in recent years, tablet shipments and 2-in-1 devices are set to shrink this year. According to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, shipments are set to drop 3.8% to 221.8 million units this year. While overall tablet shipments are set to drop, […]