Apple Watch, Not Dead Yet | Re/code

Leads paragraphs from a timely Apple Watch sales momentum reality check; also see Selling Watch Sales Data (Asymco)

"In the absence of any real information, a slew of talking heads have emerged to fill the silence surrounding the fate of Apple’s first new product category in five years, the Apple Watch.

Last week, one research firm that seemingly burst onto the tech scene just to track the Apple Watch reported that online sales had plunged 90 percent since the device’s introduction in April. The report, by Slice Intelligence, was widely credited by the technology and mainstream press as the definitive sign that the Apple Watch is a dud.

A closer look at the data and a few phone calls tell a different story."

Apple Watch, Not Dead Yet | Re/code