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Analysts: Apple sold in the three months of 3 million smart-watches, 2017 will be a breakthrough for Apple Watch

Sale hours Apple Watch for the three months amounted to 3 million units. It is reported by 9to5Mac, citing data from Gene Munster of research firm Piper Jaffray.

According to Munster, Apple now sells in the US from 10 000 to 20 000 smart-hours a day. After the release of Apple Watch to the market on 10 April in the first week the company sold about 1 million units, or an average of 200 000 pairs hours a day. The low level of sales at the start associated with the deficit and the lack of product in retail stores.

Two-thirds of the Apple Watch, sold to date, fall watch collection Apple Watch Sport, with prices starting at $349 and is the lowest among all models. Watch the collection Edition with 18K gold, the cost of which is $10,000 and above use weak demand.

Analysts predict that by 2017 will be a “breakthrough year” for Apple Watch sales hours will increase dramatically. Apple sells about 40 million instead of 14 million a year earlier. The interest of users will cause the new features of the Apple Watch next generation and native application support.

“Smart” watches Apple support basic functions of a smartphone, allowing you to answer calls, send messages, thereby saving users time. With the help of the device can also measure heart rate, to pay for purchases. It should be noted that apps for Apple Watch in its current form is essentially a extension for hours. Similar to the mechanics of their work, according to the plan the company has a positive impact on battery life. However, for this reason, the software has to ask for data to the iPhone, the user must endlessly look for the download icon.

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Support native apps Apple Watch will appear in the exit platform watchOS 2 this fall.

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