Research firm Strategy Analytics has put out a report today showing that Apple has claimed over 75% of the global smartwatch market with the launch of the Apple Watch.
Tt's way, way too early to call the Apple Watch a flop. You truly have to give this product a few years before you can do that. As with all great products, things take time.
Chris Welch from The Verge has posted and image of how Pebble's latest smartwatch, the Pebble Time, is being sold at Best Buy. The image highlights the exact reason why I believe the Pebble and other smartwatches are doomed to fail.
According to a survey conducted by research firm Wristly and Creative Strategies, overall customer satisfaction of the Apple Watch is at a whopping 97%.
Brian X. Cheng and Vindu Goel writing for the New York Times on how some app developers are waiting to see how Apple Watch does before developing apps for it.
According to Kuo, Apple may launch two new colors of the Apple Watch Sport. The colors are said to be a yellow gold and a rose gold that will match the current gold used on in iPhone as well as a rumored upcoming rose gold that will debut with the iPhone 6s.
Apple's belief that the "product sells itself" is hurting Apple Watch early on. That will be remedied in time, but Apple should still nip it in the bud.
This week, Abdel and Julia are joined with special guest Mark Miller, an astute Apple observer and writer. We talk about Apple Watch in China and how each of us uses the Watch differently.
Dan Frommer writing for QZ on why we simply shouldn't be calling the Apple Watch a flop, but that it makes sense that sales have somewhat declined, particularly because of the time of year.