Apple sets record for most wearables sold in a single quarter
Apple has shipped a record 18 million smartwatches in 2017 and almost half of those came in Q4 - 8 million. Coincidentally, that's also a record for most shipped smart wearables for a single quarter, by any maker.
Out of the total 18 million shipped Apple Watches, close to 9 million were the latest Series 3. According to Canalys data the LTE-powered Apple Watch Series 3 is the fastest-selling LTE wearable on the market, totaling 1.6 million units shipped.
Apple's Q4 numbers were a solid 32% higher year over year than Q4 of 2016 while 2017 as a whole saw 54% more shipped Apple Watches than 2016.
Reader comments
- mark
- 08 Feb 2018
- PMa
you eat your own words.. is it us or the fandroid out there? there no cure for being insecure or a hater.....
- Mailman
- 07 Feb 2018
- Ixv
Very very expensive? :) price difference isn't so big at all between gear s3 and Apple watch. I like s3 but it's too big for me. I hope Samsung will learn from Apple and will make couple sizes to choose from. Gear s2 was great size, but Samsung de...
- .alpha
- 07 Feb 2018
- ytx
Don't even see people wearing non-Apple smartwatches here in New York. Only see Android trackers here
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