I guess I wrong...
My estimate before they went on sale was 2 Million in the first twelve hours.
uh its not that bad, they only sold 5.5 million macs last quarter. To sell a million watches in a day is pretty good when you compare it to something sensible like the mac. Not every product they release will be the next iPhone.
more than anyone else, but seems a bit small?
I fail to see how this is meaningful data. Only Apple has meaningful sales data. Anything else is just BS.
There are a number of variables to consider when interpreting these Apple Watch pre-order estimates, including that data was limited to the United States and likely extrapolated based on a relatively small pool of consumers. Apple has not provided official sales figures for the Apple Watch, nor did it provide comment on the accuracy of this data, so the exact number of pre-orders Apple received remains to be seen.
Just want to point out this important paragraph at the bottom of the article:
Although impressive, I expected at least as much. Several people are ordering more than 1. Interesting this information was put out on a Sunday.
It's still on the front page though. Your headline will get tweeted out, not the paragraph on the bottom. In fact that's where I first saw your article...in my Twitter feed.
I fail to see how this is meaningful data. Only Apple has meaningful sales data. Anything else is just BS.
more than anyone else, but seems a bit small?
That's less than a TINY amount (for Apple), but a HUGE amount for a gen 1 product with no track record. Well done Apple
To all the people who inevitably, predictably, have - and will - say "iWatch is pointless", I say this to them - "Okay - so how much MORE pointless does that make all the direction-less, cumbersome Android smart watches?"
This is not official. Just a guess.
Most early adopters ordered at least 2 and then cancel after try on. And scalpels ordered multiples.
Try 500k as legit interest and purchases for personal use.
Yes there are those who believe that statistically sampled data is meaningless. Those became the losing baseball teams after Sabermetrics and other statistical methods were introduced to the sport.