Muted response to Apple Watch launch here
Queues outside retail stores for tech giant's first smartwatch are notably shorter than at launches of previous Apple products
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THE Apple Watch launched to muted fervour on its first day of sales in Singapore.
Compared to the snaking overnight queues usually camped outside retailers for previous launches of Apple products, only a handful of Apple fans were spotted waiting outside shops at 9am on Friday, when the watches were first made available to Singapore buyers.
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