Apple Watch shipments surge in India

Smartwatch Shipments in India have been submerged every year for the first time in 2024, as customers move away Cheap, unknown brandThe Apple has built a broad trend with a 2.4X growth for years.

Accordingly Data From the analyst Farm Counterpoint, smartwatch shipments in India have declined by 30% in the year 2024. Signs of slow sales Was raised last yearThe market is flooded with an unknown brand. The trend influenced the domestic players by adversely influenced, resulting in the speed of innovation.

With the broad market collapsed, Apple Watch increased by 141% on its invoices last year. According to the counterpoint, this growth company has decreased by 57% in 2023.

Counterpoint senior analyst Anushika Jain TechCrunch told that Apple Watch saw an enthusiasm last year, “Some experienced users slowly moved to advanced smartwatch” for better health insights, smartphone integration and other features missing on cheap devices.

“We hope this growing trend will continue in 2025,” he added.

The increase in Apple Watch shipment is combined with the expanding marketshare of the country’s iPhone. Apple debuted as one of the top five smartphone vendors in India last year, with about 10% of the Q4.

However, the huge growth of Apple Watch had very little impact on its overall part of the end 35 million smartwatch sent to India last yearAccording to the IDC. Counterpoint, which does not share the perfect shipment statistics, told TechCrunch that Apple Watch integrates about 2% of India’s entire smartwatch market in 2024.

Apple Watch’s Success In India, with 147% growth, the overall premium smartwatch (price above $ 230) has increased the shipment. The series was 10 top models, then the 9 series is the

Samsung and OnePlus were the other top players in the premium department last year, including 4% and 1% market share respectively.