I-Apple Watch manje iyatholakala ku-Wal-Mart.
Umthengisi we-mega waqala ukuthengisa i-Apple Watch kuwebhusayithi yayo. Ngokungafani nabanye abathengisi abathwala izinhlobonhlobo ezahlukene ze-wearable, iWal-Mart inikeza kuphela i-Apple Watch Sport. Okwamanje ukuthengisa kwe-Apple Watch kuvinjelwe esitolo se-intanethi nje se-Wal-Mart; Kodwa-ke, angeke kusimangaze ukubona ukuthi kuqale ukuveza kwezinye izitolo ze-Wal-Mart ezithe xaxa esikhathini esizayo.
Ngaphandle kwe-Apple Watch Sport, u-Wal-Mart uphinde uthengise izesekeli ezimbalwa ze-Apple Watch, kufaka phakathi izinketho ezimbalwa ze-Sport Band, nezintambo ezengeziwe zokushaja.
Ngesikhathi i-Apple iqala ukuqala i-Apple Watch ekuqaleni konyaka, iWatch yayitholakala kuphela kuma-Apple Stores kanye nezitolo ezimbalwa zokugcina ezicwebezelayo. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple iye yandise ukuthengiswa kwe-Apple Watch kumanani abathengisi abahlukene abandakanya Ukuthenga Okuhle Ne-Target. Kuze kube ukwengezwa kukaWal-Mart, uTharget wayengumdayisi omkhulu ohlinzeka i-Apple Watch. I-Apple Watch iyatholakala futhi ezitolo ze-T-Mobile ne-Sprint.
I-Target ibike ukuthi i-Apple Watch "yayithandwa kakhulu" ku-Black Friday ezitolo zayo, njengama-iPads. I-Target ithengise isilinganiso se-iPad esisodwa semzuzwana ku-Thanksgiving.
Umcwaningi we-Asymco u-Horace Dediu uthe kuleli sonto ukuthi i-Apple isendleleni yokubona ama-Apple million ayizigidi ezingu-21 kulo nyaka. Lezi zindlela zibuye zithathwe ngabanye abahlaziyi.
"Noma kunini uma i-Apple ingena emakethe entsha, ayikho nje kuphela into eyaziqhenya ngayo kodwa emakethe yonke," kusho uRamon Llamas, uMphathi Wezokucwaninga wethimba le-Wearables lika-IDC ngo-Agasti lapho i-Apple Watch iseduze nokuthola i-FitBit ekuthengiseni. "Ukubamba iqhaza kuhlomula abadlali abaningi namapulatifomu ngaphakathi kwendawo yokugqoka, futhi ekugcineni ukushayela inani eliphakeme kakhulu." Apple iphinde iqale abanye abathengisi - ikakhulukazi labo abayingxenye yalesi simakethe emakethe amaningi - ukuhlola kabusha imikhiqizo yabo kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo. hhayi, i-Apple izoba yinduku okumele ilinganiswe ngayo nezinye izingubo zokugqoka, futhi abathengisi abaphikisanayo badinga ukuhlala njengamanje noma phambili kwe-Apple. Manje njengoba i-Apple isengxenye yemakethe yokugqoka, wonke umuntu uzobukela ukuze abone ukuthi yiziphi ezinye izinto ezigqoka ezithathayo ukuqala, njengezibuko ezihlakaniphile noma izingubo zokugqoka. "
Ngesikhathi u-Apple kulinganiselwa ukuthi uthole imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1,7 kusukela ku-Apple Watch yokuthengisa kuze kube manje.
Lapho i-Apple Watch iqalile ukudayiswa, amakhasimende akwazi ukuthenga i-Watch ezitolo. Kusukela lokho kuqaliswa kokuqala, i-Apple isiqalile ukunikeza izesekeli eziningi ze-Apple Watch ezitolo, kufaka phakathi amaqembu ahlukene we-Apple Watch, ne -dock entsha yokushaja i-Apple Watch, okuvumela ukuthi ukhokhe i-Apple Watch kokubili i-portrait kanye ne-landscape mode.
Ngaphandle kwezingxenyekazi ezisemthethweni ze-Apple, iningi labalandeli abathathu seliqale ukuthengisa izesekeli ze-Apple Watch kanye. I-Apple Watch yokushaja ama-dock nama-watch bands yizigaba zombili ezithandwayo ikakhulukazi kumaqembu wesithathu ukudala.