Apple Watch is a practical system that may additionally save lives. Rescue instances occurred greater than as soon as, and the media enthusiastically advised tales of how smartwatches saved customers from sure dying. However there are different tales the place Apple Watch helped attackers perform their felony plans.

One in all these instances occurred in January final 12 months. It was the Apple Watch that helped criminals observe down a drug supplier in New York and steal $ 500,000 from him. The resourceful gangsters determined that it was price making the most of the drug supplier’s funds from unlawful drug gross sales. To trace him down, they used an Apple Watch as a GPS tracker, which they mounted beneath the bumper of his automobile.

By way of the Locator software, they managed to determine that the drug supplier’s automobile was parked close to one of many accommodations. Arriving on the place, they broke the automobile window, however alas, nothing of worth could possibly be discovered within the automobile’s inside. Sadly, at that second a drug supplier got here out of the resort, who was crushed and his resort room key was stolen, the place a bag with $ 500,000 in money was discovered.

Proud that they managed to hold out the operations, the gangsters determined to protect the second of triumph as a memento – they took photos towards the background of the catch. The identical images later grew to become proof of their involvement within the crime after their seize.

Apple Watch gross sales exceeded 100 million models

Gross sales statistics for smartwatches from Apple have earlier appeared on the community. There are some attention-grabbing “indicators” to contemplate.

To start with, Apple has bought 100 million wearable gadgets in all 5 years. The determine is spectacular, however there may be nonetheless room for enchancment. For comparability: on the earth, a couple of billion folks use smartphones from Apple. It seems that solely 10% of iPhone customers have determined to purchase an Apple Watch, and 90% don’t but take into account it mandatory or advisable to purchase a smartwatch along side their smartphone.

Individually, it ought to be famous that 30 million watches have been bought within the final 2020 alone, which is a number of occasions greater than within the interval 2015-2017.

With such statistics, it’s arduous to disclaim the corporate’s progress and success on this section. Probably, Apple will proceed to push the smartwatch business, and actively promote new companies and improvements. That is merely mandatory to be able to keep a optimistic momentum; and encourage much more iPhone customers to consider shopping for an Apple Watch.