Today, Apple ($AAPL) announced the Apple Watch Series 4, adding a redesigned face, screen, and new health-monitoring features. It also goes on sale today and ships September 21.
So now that the Series 3 Apple Watch is slowly on the way out with price reductions, we took a look at which versions sold best at Best Buy, the largest Apple retailer outside of Apple itself. [Data available here for subscribers]
The most-popular version was the smaller 38mm watch in gold with a pink sport band with an average rank of 243.04 (out of all Best Buy products). In second was the larger, 42mm Space Gray aluminum watch with a black sport band with an average sales rank of 249.10.
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Name |
Category Rank (Average) |
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Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 38mm Gold Aluminum Case with Pink Sand Sport Band - Gold Aluminum |
243.04 |
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Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 42mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band - Space Gray Aluminum |
249.10 |
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Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 38mm Silver Aluminum Case with Fog Sport Band - Silver Aluminum |
664.98 |
|
Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 38mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band - Space Gray Aluminum |
729.02 |
|
Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 42mm Gold Aluminum Case with Pink Sand Sport Band - Gold Aluminum |
748.13 |
|
Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 42mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Gray Sport Band - Space Gray Aluminum |
874.24 |
|
Apple - Apple Watch Nike+ Series 3 (GPS), 42mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Anthracite/Black Nike Sport Band - Space Gray Aluminum |
1008.75 |
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Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular), 42mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band - Space Gray Aluminum (Unlocked) |
1052.66 |
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Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular), 38mm Gold Aluminum Case with Pink Sand Sport Band - Gold Aluminum (Unlocked) |
1118.36 |
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Apple - Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS), 42mm Silver Aluminum Case with Fog Sport Band - Silver Aluminum |
1325.99 |
It's worth noting that among the top-10 ranking Apple Watch Series 3 versions sold at Best Buy, only two included cellular service. It seems that consumers don't feel they need the data access when using an Apple Watch, or at least the majority of them don't.