The Apple Watch is expected to make its debut this year. When exactly no one can be sure, but if there’s one thing many people are expecting is that the Apple Watch will make a splash in the wearables market. T-Mobile’s CEO believes it will help make wearables more mainstream and according to analyst Rob Cihra of Evercore, he believes that the Apple Watch will account for 36% of Apple’s revenue growth for 2015.
Cihra has stated that he believes that Apple Watch will be launched in March and could be sold at an average price of $500. At the moment the base model is priced at $350, although Apple neglected to mention how much the other versions could cost. Cihra’s predictions also includes 18.5 million Apple Watch shipments in 2015, and an additional 22.9 million in 2016.
He has expressed his confidence in the product and that it will be a hit right out the door, but whether or not the Apple Watch will indeed herald a new direction for wearables remains to be seen. A recent poll has revealed that only 2.2% of iPhone owners have said they’re “extremely likely” to get the Apple Watch, which is admittedly rather low.
However this is barring any review or hands-on experience, so perhaps once the Apple Watch hits the stores, those numbers could increase. In the meantime what do you guys think of Cihra’s predictions? Will the Apple Watch prove to be a hit for the Cupertino company?
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