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Majority of Apple Watch owners plan to give it as a gift
As Apple Watch enters the critical holiday shopping season…
Apple Watch again the most buzzed-about product for holidays
Briefly surpassed during the Black Friday sales weekend as consumers buzzed about low-cost 4K ultrahigh-definition TVs, Apple Watch has made a comeback…
IDC estimates Apple sold 7.5 million Apple Watches through calendar Q315
While there has been clear growth in the wearable market…
Banking apps accessed via smartwatches to exceed 100 million by 2020, as millennials change banking habits
The global number of banking apps accessed via smartwatches will reach the 10 million mark in 2017, rising to more than 100 million by 2020…
As Apple Watch sales ramp, Swiss watch makers suffer biggest slump in six years
Swiss watch exports had their biggest decline in six years in October…
Apple Watch models take top four spots on 10 most-wanted smartwatches list
A new report from analytics firm Argus Insights puts the Apple Watch well ahead of its competitors…
Apple Watch changed my life; it’s a great gift for many
It took more than a month of wearing the watch to truly understand it’s benefits…
Watchmaker Fossil to buy Misfit fitness tracker maker for $260 million
Watchmaker Fossil Group Inc. has agreed to acquire startup Misfit Inc…
Apple Watch sales hit 7 million ahead of holiday shopping season
Apple is remaining tight lipped about the official sales figures for its debut wearable, but…
Canalys: Apple has shipped nearly 7 million Apple Watches since launch
Apple has now shipped nearly 7 million Apple Watches since launch, a figure in excess of all other vendors’ combined…
Rivals claim Apple Watch having ‘no material impact’
Despite Apple’s success with smartphones and tablets, it is facing stiff competition in the smartwatch sector…
Apple has already sold more than $1.7 billion worth of Apple Watches
It’s reasonable to estimate that the Apple Watch could be at least a $5 billion business in this current fiscal year…
Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch sells 4.5 million units in Q315, takes 74% global smartwatch market share
In first place with a commanding 74 percent marketshare, Apple Watch continues to catalyze demand and set the pace in the smartwatch industry…
Swiss watch makers in deep shit, as Apple Watch designer Jony Ive predicted
The numbers are in and it’s not great news for the Swiss watch industry…
With Apple keeping mum, analysts are all over the map with Apple Watch sales estimates
By Tuesday the average Q4 unit sales estimate among the analysts in Fortune’s panel…
Swiss watch exports post biggest quarterly export drop since 2009
Swiss watch exports posted the biggest quarterly export drop since 2009 as plummeting sales…
Apple officially launches Hermēs Watch collection; prices start at $1100
Apple Watch Hermès is Apple’s first foray into direct fashion partnerships for the Apple Watch…
LVMH’s Jean-Claude Biver sees tougher 2016 for Swiss watch industry
The introduction of Apple Inc.’s smartwatch, combined with a surge in the Swiss franc and China’s slowing economy…
Pebble CEO: We’re Swatch, Apple is Rolex
Privately held Pebble yesterday announced a new addition to its lineup, the ‘Pebble Time Round’…
Why Apple Watch sales are primed to explode
There’s a good chance that Apple’s new wearable will soon experience a dramatic uptick in sales…
With Apple Watch Hermès collection, Apple broke some traditions
Designers at Apple and Hermès offer look into creation of the $1,500 Apple Watch Hermès…
Apple and Hermès collaborate on luxurious Apple Watch Hermès collection
The new Apple Watch Hermès, which goes on sale 5 October, is clearly the most interesting news from Cupertino…
Android Wear stupidwatches now work with Apple iPhones
Google Android Wear smartwatches work with Apple iPhones – sort of…
Apple Watch already dominates smart-wearables market, says IDC
Apple is the dominant provider of smart wearable devices in its very first quarter of sales…
IDC estimates Apple sold 3.6 million Apple Watch units in Q2
Apple Watch already has some 66% market share in “smart wearables” after debuting to severe supply constraints…
Apple Watch set to dominate smartwatch market for years
The report suggests that, by 2020, Android Wear and Android will have a combined share of…
Swiss watch exports decline most since 2009
Swiss watch exports slid the most in more than five years in July amid plunging shipments…
I own two $6,000 Swiss watches, but I wear my Apple Watch most of the time
How on earth could I let down my companion-for-years-Rolex in favor of an Apple Watch that I had used for just three weeks?
Apple Watch will make up 40% of premium wristwatch sales by 2020 – report
Those currently considering a smartwatch purchase were most interested in…
Fossil already under pressure from revolutionary Apple Watch
Fossil didn’t mention Apple by name, but the watch maker said new competitors…
Apple Watch kills a entire industry in three months
Apple Watch’s debut was followed by a sharp drop for the sales of traditional watches…
U.S. wristwatch sales post biggest drop in seven years after Apple Watch debut
Apple Watch is eroding demand for traditional timepieces…
Apple seeds watchOS 2 beta 5
Apple is continuing to fine tune the upcoming watchOS update…
Benedict Evans: ‘The smartphone is the new sun’
How many people will own a smartwatch, or a tablet or smart thermostat…
Apple’s secret Android plan for Apple Watch
Apple already said it intends supporting Android with Apple Music…
Is it time for Apple to make Apple Watch compatible with Android?
We now know Apple has done well with the Apple Watch and that it outperformed…
Why Apple is ‘afraid’ to reveal Apple Watch numbers
Chief Executive Tim Cook has an explanation for why the company…
Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch takes 75% global smartwatch market share with 4 million units in Q215
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics…
Canalys: Apple ships 4.2 million Apple Watches in Q2 to become world’s top wearables vendor
With 4.2 million shipments, it easily overtook Fitbit, Xiaomi and all the smartwatch vendors…
Apple Watch too expensive for most consumers?
One in ten US broadband households plan to buy a smartwatch in 2015…
Apple Watch 2 coming in 2016 with LG Display as exclusive display supplier, sources say
LG Display will be the sole display supplier for the Apple Watch 2…
