When the Apple Watch first came out in 2015, smartwatch skeptics celebrated Apple's new wearable becoming "a flop." However, three years later, it looks like Apple has proven the skeptics wrong. David Phelan from Forbes notes that the Watch sold eight million units in the fourth quarter of 2017. According to Mac Rumors, the Watch outsold all competing smartwatch devices together last year.
"The research firm says one in every five wearables shipped last quarter was an Apple Watch, on the strength of new Series 3 models launched in September. "
"It's just a gimmick they said, it'll never take off they said," sarcastically points out Dannyyankou.
"No joke, just yesterday I was at a Dollar Tree and saw Apple Watch Sport on the wrists of all three cashiers. It's clearly hit that tipping point where it's not just for 'sheep' or luxury users, and all the people crying initially about the pricing ended up being wrong," answers Kaibelf.
Meanwhile, the Apple Watch isn't only becoming a huge seller; it's becoming a life saver as well. An article at Shape.com about how the Apple Watch's SOS feature saved a mother's life went viral a couple weeks back. Many people praised Apple for continuing to make technology that saves lives.
Kacie Anderson, a very young mother from Hannover, PA, used the Apple Watch's SOS feature to call for an ambulance after she suffered bad injuries from a car accident in late 2017. She was struck by a drunk driver and wasn't able to reach her phone after the accident. But she was still able to get help.
"The moment he hit us everything inside the car went airborne. My face took a horrible blow to the steering wheel, headrest, back to the steering wheel, and then to the window," Anderson claimed, adding that she couldn't see anything.
