Six percent of US adults plan to buy Apple Watch: poll

KEEN INTEREST: According to the poll, adults aged between 30 and 39 were the most likely buyers, with 13% saying they planed to buy an Apple Watch.

SAN FRANCISCO: About 6% of US adults plan to buy Apple Inc's smartwatch according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, with men twice as likely as women to purchase Apple boss Tim Cook's first new major product. 

The poll showed the watch, marketed by Apple as a high-fashion item as well as a new frontier in technology, appealed to fewer than 4% of women compared with 9% of men.