If Apple launched its Apple Watch today, between four and six out of every 10 iPhone owners would be able to use the smartwatch, according to statistics from Kantar Worldpanel Comtech and an app analytics firm.

Apple Watch will work with the new, not-yet-released iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but the device will also link to the iPhone 5, 5C and 5S, the 2012 and 2013 series of Cupertino’s flagship. Without an iPhone, the Apple Watch tells time and tracks some biometric data — like heart rate — but not much more.

Kantar, which regularly polls mobile users worldwide, pegged the iPhone 5, 5C and 5S share of all iPhones (just iPhone 5 from this point on) at 43% in the U.S., 38% in the top five European Union countries — France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. — and a much lower 26% in China.

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