Apple Watch Cellular revives company's growth in Q2 2018, says Canalys
Features::
Apple's dominance in the smartwatch category is
being increasingly challenged by other players in the market. Apple Watch is
restricted to iPhone users as it doesn't pair with Android devices. On the
other hand, most of the smartwatches including the ones from Samsung and Fitbit
are compatible with both iPhone and Android smartphones.
With players like Apple, Fitbit and Garmin, among others,
capitalising on the wearables trend and offering a diversified portfolio to the
consumers, global smartwatch shipments reached 10 million units. While Apple
has been leading the smartwatch category (with just one model every year and
two variants last year), its share fell to 34 per cent from 43 per cent in Q1,
2018. But the company's strategy to launch its Apple Watch LTE in Asia worked.
Research firm Canalys reports, Apple Watch shipments to Asia (excluding China)
surpassed 250,000 units, with the LTE version accounting for about 60%. The
cellular-connected Apple Watch Series 3 was the best-shipping smartwatch in
Asia in Q2 2018 Overall, Apple's smartwatch performed strongly with 3.5million
units shipped worldwide, which is 30 per cent more than what was shipped in Q2
last year.
Features::
- Built-in GPS and GLONASS
- Water resistant 50 meters
- Ion-X glass
- 2x brighter OLED Retina display with force touch (1000 nits)
- Ceramic back
- Digital crown
- Heart rate sensor, accelerometer and gyroscope
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