Apple’s record-smashing iPhone sales seen as split evenly between 5s, 5c

 

6:15 PM

There have been a lot of different estimates about the breakdown of last weekend’s 9 million iPhone sales but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks that it’s more likely that Apple actually sold more iPhone 5c models than iPhone 5s models. Per AppleInsider, Kuo has sent out a new research note claiming that Apple sold between 3.5 million and 4.5 million iPhone 5s models during its opening weekend while also selling between 4.5 million and 5.5 million iPhone 5c models. Kuo has established a pretty reliable track record when it comes to insider Apple information so it wouldn’t be surprising if his estimates were more on the mark than other analysts’ projections.

Smartwatch sales set to explode, expected to top 100M within four years

 

7:30 PM

From what we’ve seen of the initial smartwatch offerings, the new wearable tech category has left something to be desired. Despite the underwhelming introduction to this new technology, NextMarket Insights estimates that annual smartwatch sales will grow from 15 million units in 2015 to a staggering 373 million devices by 2020. This projected growth is due to several factors, including traditional watchmakers implementing technology into their watches, and the continued rise of the “active lifestyle segments.” As stated by the company’s chief analyst Michael Wolf, “the smartwatch category can become a substantial market opportunity even with fairly modest penetration of the broader mobile and watch-wearing public.”

The Samsung Galaxy Gear is its own product, but in many ways Samsung has marketed it as a companion to the company’s upcoming smartphone and tablet lineup. NextMarket posits that standalone smartwatches with “fully functional calling and data communication capabilities” will see significant growth in the coming years as well. As the market grows, the hardware and software will mature, and smartwatches might begin to claim their stake in the world of wearable tech.

 

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Morgan Stanley: iPhone sales to grow 28% year-over-year in Q3

 

8:40 AM

Apple looks set to get a big boost this quarter from the launch of its new iPhones. Fortune points us to new research from Morgan Stanley that projects Apple will sell 34.5 million iPhones this quarter, an increase of 28% from the 26.9 million iPhones it sold in the same quarter in 2012. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty says that the firm projects smartphone sales based on web search data culled from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China and Japan that has in the past been a leading indicator of consumer interest for new smartphone models. Morgan Stanley’s model still has Samsung’s army of Galaxy-branded devices outselling Apple’s iPhones on the quarter, however, as the firm projects the company will 47 million Galaxies in Q3.

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