Dubai — The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were officially launched in the UAE about a week after its global roll-out last September — a far cry from the longer period people here had to wait during Apple’s previous launches and apparently highlighting this market’s growing importance to the company.
So it won’t be any surprise if the Apple Watch followed the same route.
Launched late on Monday Dubai time, Apple’s first foray into the wearable devices segment is seen to — once again — disrupt the market in the way only the world’s most valuable company can do.
And the wait can’t be that long; while orders will be taken starting April 10 and the official roll-out will begin in nine countries — Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US — on April 24, at least one UAE retailer says it could possibly offer the device in the country the very next day, according to rounds made by Khaleej Times.
“Unofficially, by April 25… we’ll aim to have inventory as soon as we get a hold of it. This should be on or around April 25,” said Omar Kassim, founder of online marketplace JadoPado.com. “I think the Apple Watch will be an interesting one and may take a bit of time to take off, but it should do well.”
Sean Connor, managing director of Plug Ins, shared a similar view: “There’s been no official word from the local office in Dubai. However, we expect it to launch in the UAE at around the same time.”
On the other hand, Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO of Emax, gave a slightly longer waiting time.
“I expect that [the UAE] will be part of the second wave of the launch… and I expect that to be within three weeks,” he said.
“I also expect that the Apple Watch will command a very healthy market share… and it will be successful with its amazing features; its launch will make the wearable devices segment even more attractive.”.. see more
source: khaleejtimes
Tags: Apple Watch, technology, UAE
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