Apple Watch rules growing smartwatch market: research


STAR PERFORMER: Strategy Analytics estimates that some four million units of Apple Watches were shipping during the second quarter of this year, compared to the 4.6 million smartwatches that were shipped in 2014.

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple shares took a bruising following a disappointing quarterly report, while an analyst report showed the US tech giant’s freshly launched smartwatch rules the growing market. 

Apple Watch was the “star performer” in a global smartwatch market that more than quadrupled to 5.3 million units in the second quarter of this year when compared to the same period in 2014, according to the research firm Strategy Analytics. 

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