Apple has officially announced the date of commencement of pre-orders for "smart" watch Apple Watch. According to the company, leave a pre-order the device will be on April 10 with 12:01 PST (23:01 GMT).
Pre-orders for the device will start in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, UK and USA. And the beginning of sales in these countries is scheduled for Friday, April 24th. Apple Watch is available in two sizes, 38 mm and 42 mm, and in three different collections called Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch and Apple Watch Edition. Issue price - from $ 349 to $ 17,000 depending on the version.
The most accessible version, Apple Watch Sport, equipped with anodized aluminum in silver color and the "gray space" and display Retina, protected glass Ion-X. Collection Apple Watch different housings made of polished stainless steel and color "black space" and protects the display with sapphire crystal. The collection of Apple Watch Edition housings are made from a specially designed 18-carat pink or yellow gold, which is twice as strong as usual. In each line there is a set of straps made of various materials - fluorine plastic, leather, steel - and in different colors.
Leading analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray predicts that Apple Watch will be a bestseller.He predicted that only the first weekend Apple sells 1 million copies Smart watches, of which 300,000 will be sold in the first 24 hours.
Looking ahead, the analyst suggested that before the end of 2015. Apple Watch disperse 8,000,000th edition. Apple's revenue from their sales this year will be approximately $ 4.4 billion. According to the forecast Gene Munster, by 2017 sales of Apple Watch reach about 40-50 million units.
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