Found this one today:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102792032
Is interest in the Apple Watch dissipating?
Uptin Saiidi | @uptin
Friday, 26 Jun 2015 | 3:12 PM ETCNBC.com
Since the recent launch of Apple Watch, investors have been eagerly watching consumers’ reaction to the new wearable. For the most lucrative of buyers, interest may be waning.
According to a new study by MBLM, a brand intimacy agency, millennials are dissatisfied with the watch. Many reported the original thrill of using it began to dissipate after 30 days, with the watch starting to feel like a weak extension of their iPhone. Some even reported feeling guilt over wearing the Apple Watch, saying it was an ostentatious symbol of wealth, while others said the watch is simply frivolous.
Wearables are often notorious for having a high ditch-rate, with some people ditching them after an average of 60 days.
“The initial demand for the Apple Watch looks lackluster,” Brian Blair, managing director at Rosenblatt Securities, told CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Friday.
“It’s not clear what the killer app is,” he said. “It’s nice to get notifications, but it’s a nonessential product.”
Strange that your own article doesn't have the data to back up their FUD headline. . . instead it concludes with this:
"Morgan Stanley recently found that demand for Apple Watch is 20 percent higher than the first generation iPhone. There is, after all, few examples of any new product immediately being massively adopted by consumers. I smell desperation in the air.In a note put out by FBR Capital Markets, Dan Ives said Apple Watch sales are not only strong, with five million units predicted to have sold, but the watch is now a major product catalyst for the entire wearable market.
Most stores have an abundance of units in stock, Blair noted. "I think many estimates for the calendar year will have to come down."
What a stupid, mis-informed statement. Of COURSE the stores have "an abundance" of the Apple Watches in stock. . .this article was written and published on June 26, 2015, the day that Apple finally had caught up with the initial orders and had now had sufficient quantities to be able to release the Apple Watch for sale in their retail stores. The stores were not even allowed to sell Apple Watches directly to the public before June 26th! That makes that statement deliberately misleading.
It was also on the day that Apple was making the Apple Watch available in ten more nations where there was pent-up demand. Very strange timing, don't you think?
Singapore greets Apple Watch with a shrug
There were line-ups at the Singapore Apple stores. . . but Singapore had a strong gray market in Apple Watches being brought in from the Hong Kong access to the online Apple Store before the official availability.
I just read through MBLM's report on the Apple Watch and only a few of their respondents claimed what this article states, others LIKED the Apple Watch and found it very useful. The comments of reported in this article were cherry picked from MBLM's report. For example, ONE respondent found he/she felt the #349 Apple Watch was an ostentatious symbol of wealth. . . and only one other said it was "simply frivolous," and he did not even own one. SHEESH!
I think that Samsung is backing these Astroturfing FUD articles and is running scared since their flagship phone is tanking in sales. . . which would have a bad effect on their smartwatch sales.