“Fluent Research recently conduced an interview with over 2,500 American’s nationwide and determined that the Apple Watch is nearly 8% of American’s already own an Apple Watch,” Abdel Ibrahim reports for WatchAware. “The survey asked users why they purchased one as well as various other questions regarding usage. Interestingly enough, Fitness was one of the top reasons why folks purchased one.”
Here’s what else they found:
• Three in five users said they plan to upgrade their Apple Watch when the next version is released
• Those who currently have an iPhone are likely to purchase an Apple Watch within the next year
• The public is not completely sold on the idea of whether or not the Apple Watch will be a useful product in about a decade
• Health and Fitness is the number one reason people are buying Apple Watches (80%)
• 75 percent use their Apple Watch for listening to Music, while 61 percent use it for Apple Pay
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: So, on average, every 12th person or so that you pass on the street in the U.S.A. is wearing an Apple Watch. That’s first generation, no less.
Eleven people wasting their time and one person efficiently moving through their day armed, literally, with their Apple Watch, not craning their neck, fixated on their iPhone display, saving bits of time here and there that really add up to a significant chunk of time by the end of each day.
1 out of every 12 Americans already has an Apple Watch. Quite the “flop,” huh? 😉
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