Apple doesn’t share specifics on Apple Watch sales, but Counterpoint has shared its estimates on global smartwatch sales for last quarter. The report shows Apple Watch saw more impressive growth, 49% YoY for the March quarter which again made it the number one smartwatch by a large margin.
Tim Cook mentioned some general highlights about Apple Watch during the company’s earnings call earlier this week.
Counterpoint (via MacRumors) didn’t share specific shipment numbers, but its estimates show Apple Watch with 49% growth YoY for Q1 2019 (Apple’s fiscal Q2). That helped the company ever so slightly increase its leading market share of global smartwatches to 35.8%.
Samsung grabbed second place in market share with 11.1% for the quarter, with imoo and Fitbit landing in third and fourth with 9.2% and 5.5%, respectively.
Counterpoint’s analyst Satyajit Sinha explained more about Apple Watch’s popularity, detailing that the new ECG feature on Series 4 has been driving demand:
Sales of Apple Watch along with AirPods, HomePod, and other accessories are now as big as iPad.
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