Patently Apple broke Apple statistics out of the Canalys chart that mixed wearable-band and smartwatch statistics. Apple is not in the wearable-band market and therefore the statistics below focuses on the performance of Apple Watch alone. Apple delivered the best performance of any wearable device company in China for Q3-22 with a whopping 52.9% annual grow.
In contrast, Huawei delivered -27.1%; Xiaomi delivered +6.5%; XTC delivered -7.5%; and OPPO delivered +22.2%.
For those wanting to review the mixed-bag wearables market statistics in more depth, review the full Canalys report. While the report by Canalys placed Apple in fourth spot due to being drowned by the sheer volume of cheap bands, the reality is that Apple stands out as the leader in smartwatches and being the only OEM driving the premium price space. Apple is clearly the standout winner, regardless of how Canalys tried to mask this fact.
