Knocked down arrogance: Samsung ahead of Apple in watch sales growth

In the second quarter of 2022, Apple remained the leader in global watch shipments with a 26.4% share. This is significant

more than its competitor Samsung (8.9%).However, in the same quarter, Samsung achieved real success in terms of sales growth. According to Canalys, shipments of Samsung devices increased by 58% compared to the same period last year, while shipments of Apple Watch grew by only 6%. Discuss

Apple shipped 8.4 million watches from April to Junethis year compared to 7.9 million delivered in the same months last year. But Samsung shipped 2.8 million watches in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 1.8 million that shipped in 2021. The strong growth recorded by Samsung during the quarter not only reduced Apple's lead over the company from 24.1 percentage points to 17.5 percentage points, but also allowed Samsung to overtake Huawei in second place.

Huawei is followed by Indian Noise and Garmin.