Mr. Dewitt needs to stop smoking’ hemp. Last month Apple was on track to only sell 8 million watches by the end of the year, if that. We all know sales DECLINE the farther away from the product debut.
Sorry, no. Apple has already sold 7.5 million in the first six months the Apple Watches have been on sale. Any time someone says "we all know" then you probably don't know. That certainly did not happen with the iPhone, iPad, iPod, or many other products. It may be true with the latest Samsung Galaxy phones, and Samsung gear devices.
Apple Watch Sales hit 7 million -- November 5, 2015 -- Forbes Magazine
That was more than a month ago. . . confirming YOUR link from November 5th. The six months the Apple Watches were on sale before those articles came out shows that Apple Watches were selling at a rate of approximately 1.1 million per month. Now add another month's sales ramping up to Christmas and that means 8 million by now. .
That was just two days ago. So if 62% of 8 million Apple Watch owners are planning to give an Apple Watch as a Christmas Gift, that is another 5,000,000 Apple Watches before December 25th. . . bringing the total to ~13 million or so by the end of the year.
By the way, revised figures from Canalsys, IDC and Gartner put the sales of Apple Watches in the first two quarters of availability at almost 8 million. . . and there was another month of sales after Forbes article published the 7 million estimate for those quarters.
So, sorry, Up Yours, you are just wrong.