Apple Watch sales surge for several reasons, adding LTE network connectivity is one of Series 3. Second, Apple Watch sales channels have been expanded, more and more operators partners began to sell this in their store Apple Watch Series 3 is the most popular in the United States, Japan and Australia, with less performance in the UK, France and Germany.
However, the Apple Watch Series 3 still accounts for only 13% of Apple Watch's total sales, compared to 35% of the previous year's total sales of non-LTE Apple Watch Series 3 and 52% of Series 2 and older versions, Continued on the old equipment sales discount.
In the fourth quarter of last year, although Apple's iPhone sales were below Wall Street expectations, Apple Watch recorded impressive sales of 8 million units during the holiday season, up 32% from the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Canalys %, Consistent with Apple's previous expectations.
'This is Apple Watch's best quarter ever, with revenues and shipments continuing to grow by more than 50% in Q4 and achieving strong double-digit growth in every regional unit,' Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the fourth quarter earnings conference call.
This undoubtedly represents the best sales of all LTE smartwatches, and Apple was far from the first company to offer a cellular connection in the wristband - Samsung had previously provided this functionality, but its sales and Apple Watch is not the same.