wraggster
July 13th, 2015, 20:53
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/5099010e50f6612316af7caa3b91f2b6/202276149/AppleWatchIsFlopping.gif (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/12/why-the-apple-watch-is-flopping/)The Apple Watch, despite years of hype before it was even announced, appearsto be flopping after all (http://www.fastcodesign.com/3042987/you-guys-realize-the-apple-watch-is-going-to-flop-right).
It wasn't a good sign when Apple announced shortly before the Watch release that they weren't going to be breaking out sales numbers (http://www.cnet.com/news/what-apple-isnt-telling-us-anymore/). Now, a new report from third-party analysts Slice Intelligence not only show that Apple Watchsales are down 90% since launch (http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-sales-estimates-2015-7)—a big deal, since it implies early adopters aren't regaling more cautious buyers with glowing word-of-mouth—but also that Fitbit is outselling Apple in the wearables space (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-29/the-apple-watch-hasn-t-killed-fitbit). Apple may have alreadycrushed small time smartwatch companies (http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/08/apple-watch-collapsing-sales-report-actually-shows-apple-is-crushing-smartwatch-sector) like Pebble, but the Watch has failed to disrupt the larger wearable marketplace.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/12/why-the-apple-watch-is-flopping/
It wasn't a good sign when Apple announced shortly before the Watch release that they weren't going to be breaking out sales numbers (http://www.cnet.com/news/what-apple-isnt-telling-us-anymore/). Now, a new report from third-party analysts Slice Intelligence not only show that Apple Watchsales are down 90% since launch (http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-sales-estimates-2015-7)—a big deal, since it implies early adopters aren't regaling more cautious buyers with glowing word-of-mouth—but also that Fitbit is outselling Apple in the wearables space (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-29/the-apple-watch-hasn-t-killed-fitbit). Apple may have alreadycrushed small time smartwatch companies (http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/08/apple-watch-collapsing-sales-report-actually-shows-apple-is-crushing-smartwatch-sector) like Pebble, but the Watch has failed to disrupt the larger wearable marketplace.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/12/why-the-apple-watch-is-flopping/