Saturday, October 24, 2015

Apple Watch to launch in India on November 6



The Apple Watch will launch in India on November 6. The company has quietly updated its India website and when you go to the Watch page, the top left corner mentions it will be available on November 6.

Earlier, Apple had plans to launch the wearable in September as per an Economic Times report, however, that was delayed. In an exclusive report IndiaToday.in had reported that the launch of the product was delayed due to the lack of interest from Apple's partners in India as they weren't convinced about the viability of the category and were unwilling to hold inventory for the product.

It appears that things have changed or perhaps due to the muted launch - Apple is not going to be bringing in large quantities of the wearable.

The Apple Watch was announced in September 2014 alongside the iPhone 6 and went on sale in April 2015 in a bunch of countries. According to research firm Canalys, Apple had shipped 4.2 million units of the Apple Watch in three months overtaking the likes of FitBit and Xiaomi.

Reports have suggested that Apple's entry in to the wearable space has affected the sales of swiss watch makers, particularly the ones competing with the base Apple Watch Sport model in terms of pricing.

Globally too, Apple faces stiff competition from Android Wear based wearables. In fact, in India, there are already a bunch of Android Wear based products available in the market.

Motorola's Moto 360 retails for around Rs.14,000. The Apple Watch which starts at $349 for the Sport model could be priced much higher. It could start more than Rs.22,600 which is a direct conversion of the dollar price in the US considering taxes and the volatile exchange rate.

The Apple Watch runs Watch OS 2.0 which comes with new features like third party complications and time travel. At its September event for the unveil of the new iPhones, Apple also announced new watch bands for it.

Apple, earlier in the month, launched the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S plus smartphones in India for a starting price of Rs.62,000.

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