IDC Claims Apple Watch
Losing Market Share Without
Providing Market Context
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Posted on 07/21/2016 10:53:26 AM PDT by Shanghai Dan
he smartwatch market has hit its first bump, and it’s all Apple’s fault. Vendors shipped a total of 3.5 million smartwatches worldwide last quarter. This Q2 2016 figure is down 32 percent from the 5.1 million units shipped in Q2 2016, marking the first decline on record.
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As you can see above, Apple’s market share decreased 25 percentage points (from 72 percent to 47 percent) and it shipped less than half the smartwatches (1.6 million). But the company still holds almost half the market, with every other vendor shipping fewer than a million units.
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Just another data point showing that Cupertino is out of ideas and is flailing around for something, anything, to keep the market growth going. Stagnant phone sales, declining watch sales, declining tablet sales, and losing market share in all markets - not good news for Apple!
Bought my wife a FitBit to go with her iPhone, so I guess I helped the trend.
No idea why anyone would buy these kinds of overpriced toys. I’m not much into bling.
It’s just not in the budget right now. I will eventually get one.
I have some apple products but will never get that watch.
I forgot those things even exist.
Smart watches just are....kinda useless.
Pretty, but useless.
I had a beautiful Moto 360 2nd gen. Rose gold band and bezel. Loved it. It stopped working after one month and Moto took it back and told me to order another, but they never again had the rose gold band and bezel. Rose gold is a very hot color right now and I paid $50 extra to have the rose gold. They kept trying to get me to order the watch with the leather band ($100 cheaper), and refused to refund my money. Visa did, though. I hated to go that route but I paid extra for the rose gold. Either deliver another rose gold moto 360 2 or give me my money back.
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Uh, this is comparing totally unlike quarters in that a year ago Apple released the Apple Watch during the quarter and sold millions. Apple did NOT release a new model Apple Watch during the 2nd Quarter of 2016 so there is no comparison to be made with a new release quarter. Selling 50% of the number one sells of a product's introductory numbers a year later is NOT the sign of a failed product, Dan. In fact, on the contrary, it is a sign of a very successful product.
“It’s just not in the budget right now. I will eventually get one.”
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Why? Not meant to be a snarky question, just wondering why someone would want one.
Tim Cook’s first major, standalone product is a flop. According to the latest IDC data, sales of the Apple Watch plunged by 55%, from 3.6 million a year ago to just 1.6 million in Q2. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-21/apple-watch-sales-tumble-55
Hyper reaction to the data... 2.0 is coming in the fall, and folks interested in buying are waiting for the next version.
Why? Not meant to be a snarky question, just wondering why someone would want one.
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I understand they tell time pretty good although they have that huge negative of being more complex than a standard watch... I can see myself having one in 20 years or so ,, after all 20 years ago I thought cell phones were a stupid fad ... but they kept improving to the point where I no longer have a landline.
I don’t want a watch. That’s what the numbers on my phone are for.
My wrist has been free for so long that if I need to place one of those leather and metal shackles on it, even for legitimate reasons, it soon reminds my via itching that there is something there that does not belong.
Guess that means I won’t be adding to their list of sales anytime soon.
Cell phones are a different matter, buying one actually makes some sense - unless you’re shelling out hundreds every coupla months ad infinitum for a new one. A person shouldn’t pay more than a couple of bucks for a doorstop. Or pay 50 bucks, at most, for a cellphone that’ll be around for at least a year.
Keeping a landline is a good idea, tho. It’s a lot harder for people to steal.
Several errors on your part, Neidermeyer. The Apple Watch is not a "standalone product" as it is an accessory for the iPhone line. Ergo, as an accessory it requires the ownership of an iPhone to work properly.
Secondly, anything that has sold over a minimum 14 million units in its first year on the market is not a flop. It outsold the iPad, the best selling consumer product of all time in both products' first weekends, and the Apple Watch out sold the iPhone itself in its first year on the market, neither of which can at all considered to be "flops."
Thirdly, and finally, at an average retail selling price of over $450 per unit, compared to the competition's under $175 ARSP per unit, the Apple Watch has produced a one year revenue of over $6.3 BILLION, a revenue amount all by itself GREATER than the revenue generated by 112 of companies on the Fortune 500! That is NOT a flop by anyone's definition, Neidermeyer.
So, Neidermeyer, the only flop here is your claim the Apple Watch is a flop.
I wouldn’t have to dig my phone out of my purse every time a text or call came in. I’ve purposely not bought a cheaper Fitbit because I want one of these. I want one, apparently not bad enough, since I don’t have one yet.
Can you name another Apple product that took a 25-30% decline in sales over a year, after its introduction?
One of the reasons is that you do not have to pull your iPhone out of your pocket to see who is messaging you or calling, or to answer a message or even to answer a call. My girlfriend was always missing calls on her iPhone because hers was always buried in her purse and by the time she got everything unzipped and the iPhone found, the call was timed out, only to find she didn't need to answer it anyway. Or, alternately she was digging her iPhone out for a junk message that was worthless, wasting her time. Now with a glance, she can see she can ignore the call or message.
On silent mode, in meetings, I can just glance at my Apple Watch and get important update messages with no one being the wiser. I am alerted by a quiet tap on my wrist.
You can, as I said, answer and initiate phone calls on your Apple Watch, reply to messages by dictating your replies through SIRI (quite accurately), or select from pre-canned answers for quick responses.
With SIRI, I can ask any question and get an answer, again, without digging out my iPhone, merely by saying "Hey, Siri" and then asking the question.
The Apple Watch can keep track of your exercising, remind you to keep up with exercising, track your health, paces while walking, running, heart rate. etc.
The Apple Watch can direct you using Apple Maps to any destination while walking using subtle taps on your wrist that only you can feel, telling you when to turn and which direction. In addition, you can have the Apple Watch alert you to sales and bargains available nearby, should you choose, from restaurants and other stores, through Group-on, and other services.
I use my Apple Watch frequently to pay for many things with Apple Pay, which requires a single push of a button and merely passing the Watch near the NFC active credit card machine. Again, I do not have to fish my iPhone out of my pocket to pay, or dig a credit or debit card out of my wallet to do it. . . and it is far more secure than using the credit or debit card. If someone were to remove the Watch from my wrist, that feature will no longer work. In fact none of them will.
As a watch, it is far more accurate than any i have ever owned, being time set by the atomic clock at the US Navel Observatory.
I can use it to control my Apple TV, my regular TV, changing volume, stations, etc. . . and as a remote shutter release for my iPhone's camera/video recorder for those rare occasions where i wish to take photos/videos of myself with my family and also be in the photo/video and not be behind the camera. I can control iTunes playback of either recorded or streaming content from my Watch.
I have instant access to my Alarm system at my house and work, and can reset either as required.
My calendar is available to me at a glance and I can add appointments as required easily. . . and I can set reminders including GPS type reminders such as "Remind me when I get to work to do X" and it will do it, knowing when I walk through the door at work because it's linked to the GPS on my iPhone.
You can pretty much customize the watch face to include whatever complications you want on the dial. . .
Battery life has been sufficient for me to get through an entire day, and has, on occasion gone two days before recharging, on reasonably heavy use.
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