Goldman Asked More Than 1,000 Consumers About the Apple Watch, and it's Good News for Apple

Goldman sees solid interest

Members of the media preview the Apple Watch smartwatch at an Apple Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 10, 2015. The first new gadget under Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is selling in eight countries and Hong Kong, with shipments scheduled to start April 24.

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Preorders kicked off last Friday for the new Apple Watch, and analysts across Wall Street are trying to estimate what the sales figures will look like.

In an attempt to get further insight, Goldman Sachs conducted a survey of over 1,000 nationally representative U.S. consumers over the weekend, asking participants about their intentions to buy a smart watch this year.