“One of the biggest questions among Apple Inc. shareholders is how the company will produce future growth in the face of slowing iPhone sales,” Danny Vena writes for The Motley Fool. “The iPhone isn’t Apple’s only product, however, and the company still has several compelling opportunities to generate future growth, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale.”
“The wearables market is one such opportunity. Growth in the industry is expected to average 20% in each of the next five years, according to a report by technology research firm CCS Insight. The largest portion of that market is smartwatches,” Vena writes. “As many as 71 million smartwatches are forecast to be sold in 2018, and that number could double to 140 million by 2022, resulting in a wearables market worth an estimated $29 billion.”
“Apple is the single biggest player in the smartwatch market,” Vena writes. “Apple reportedly sold 18 million Watches in 2017, up 54% year over year, according to estimates by industry research company Canalys. If those estimates are correct, Apple generated more Watch sales than the entire Swiss watch industry — more than Rolex, Omega, and Swatch combined. ‘Apple has become the market leader for smartwatches. Sales volumes have exceeded expectations and the introduction of a cellular-enabled model has pushed up the value of its sales, which we estimate at $5 billion in 2017,’ according to George Jijiashvili, senior analyst for wearables at CCS Insight.”
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Working in healthcare see a lot of people and the only smart watches I see are Apple Watches. I see few “regular” watches in people below 60.
Mt LTE Apple Watch is better than the first generation I traded up from, but could be better. Apple should invest heavily in developing the HW for the watch, as in the long run it might replace the iPhone. I would prefer an iPad and Apple Watch combo to the iPhone/Apple Watch setup.
Have to remember, Apple is a phone maker primarily.
Well they used to be a Mac maker primarily.
Apple dominates the Mac market and the iPhone market as well. Seriously, there is no smart watch market without the AppleWatch. It rides the tail of the so far unstoppable iPhone.
The watch is quite a wonder. At first, I was skeptical, but Apple hit it out of the park with this. Now, if they can just fix the notification bugs on a few apple watch apps, maybe with iOS 12 and I am assuming a new watch OS.
You have to admit that the “right device for the moment” strategy is sound, I just fear the weakening of the devices to make them more Fischer Price like to the point where I’m forced to abandon. I’m relying on Windows and Linux more and more lately. What is good for Apple is not good for IT. As they gut functions that are critical to the Mac office, I’m seeing Microsoft continue to embrace IT. I never thought I’d see the day when I spend more time on Windows than Mac, and it’s come. I find I’m using my Apple devices primarily for personal entertainment.
Nonetheless the AppleWatch is a bit of a time saver. I just need an Apple ring to remind me to grab my AppleWatch before leaving😶.
On the what if side of things…
The answer of the question is pretty easy If you ask me. Apple must move to other smart device such as smart match, smart tv etc. I think if their product and market researcher do proper work than they will find this type of answer. But they have to collect a lot data and I have also face this problem while I was working for https://researchpapers.io/do-my-research-paper-cheap/. But This really help us the clients who are willing to buy this product. We will hope to see more new product form apple soon.