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We plan to wait before we declare the Apple Watch to be the next iPhone – or even the next iPad.

Apple lumped revenue from the Apple Watch into its “other products” category.

When the iPad launched, it sold 3 million units in its first 11 weeks, so we can assume that Apple Watch sold at least 2 million units for the quarter.

But the numbers aren’t far past what was expected, revenue of $49.5 billion.

Tim Cook-led Apple Inc, the maker of the iconic iPhones among other devices, posted a $10.7-billion net profit on revenue of $49 billion for the April-June quarter. Growth was attributed to strong iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch sales (international sales accounted for 64% of the...

In the second quarter of this year, the Strategy Analytics figures show, 5.3 million smartwatches were shipped included 4 million Apple Watches. If we assume a 15% sequential decline in revenue from those products, we can attribute roughly $1.2 billion in revenue to the Apple Watch.

Other products such as iPads exceeded the estimates of 10.9 million units, while Mac sales also reached 4.8 million units, above the estimated 4.5 million. “Other” also now includes revenue from Apple’s acquisition of audio equipment maker Beats (which closed a...

Though Apple has often trumpeted sales results for new products, Cook has said he doesn’t want to reveal Apple Watch figures for competitive reasons.

The new smartphones from Apple will include a feature that allows reading the pressure applied by users to the touchscreen. It will be interesting to see what commercials Samsung will come up with around then to insult Apple and their new iPhone.