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Apple Sells a Million Watches

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday April 14 2015, @04:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the apple-does-no-wrong dept.

takyon writes:

The Register, MarketWatch, and Mashable are reporting an estimated 1 million sales of Apple's wrist augment based on Slice Intelligence's analysis of ereceipt data. Demand has been strong enough to push back deliveries by weeks, and "Apple is set to sell all of its production volume for the first three months".

Putting those figures together, that means Apple could have shifted 1.24 million watches on its first day of preorders on Friday. How does that stack up in Apple history? Back in 2007, it took the company 74 days to sell its one millionth iPhone, and it took two years to get to that milestone with the iPod. [It took Apple 28 days to sell 1 million iPads.]

Apple seems to have underestimated short-term demand for its latest product, and may intend to sell 20 million Apple Watches in the first year of availability.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Disagree) by Tork on Tuesday April 14 2015, @06:39PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 14 2015, @06:39PM (#170485)
    If you think it's wrong that Apple gets 'free advertising' then maybe you should reconsider generating noise in threads related to Apple topics.
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by quacking duck on Tuesday April 14 2015, @07:06PM

    by quacking duck (1395) on Tuesday April 14 2015, @07:06PM (#170499)

    Indeed. I swear, in most of the mainstream media articles, the majority of root-level comments are actually made by Apple bashers. Only then do the Apple fans (those who like but have also criticized the company and its products) and the occasional Apple zealot (unthinking, unwavering support) get involved, because no one is allowed to have an unanswered attack on the internet.

    Those who bash Apple and then ask why the media for giving Apple all this attention, need only to look in the mirror for part of the answer.

    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday April 14 2015, @07:28PM

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 14 2015, @07:28PM (#170512)
      Check out: http://apple.slashdot.org/?page=1&fhfilter=apple [slashdot.org] ... and note the high number of comments those stories get. I've actually seen these people bitch about having too many stories about Apple. Normally I wouldn't mind, but ... geez... when you're on an ad-supported site try to keep cause-and-effect in mind.
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