Most Apple Watch buyers left with bare wrists on launch weekend<article>
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Most people who placed early orders for the Apple Watch in the U.S. and expected to receive it during the first batch of shipments found themselves out of luck.</p><p>
Just 22 percent of the watches that were pre-ordered were shipped over the weekend, according to online shopping research firm Slice Intelligence. That’s about 376,000 watches out of the 1.7 million that were pre-ordered in the U.S., according to Slice’s estimates.</p><p>
Slice’s shipment figures are based on the emails received by 10,744 Apple Watch buyers. In a separate study, Slice estimated that Apple sold around 1 million watches just on April 1, the first day people could try on and pre-order the device in Apple stores and a few luxury retailers.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2915272/most-apple-watch-buyers-left-with-bare-wrists-on-launch-weekend.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Most Apple Watch buyers left with bare wrists on launch weekend
