The Apple Watch is widely expected to be the kind of “halo” device that gives wearables an additional aura of credibility among consumers. It should not be any different in India and in fact may be a “booster shot for the nascent wearable category.” As one would expect though, not everyone believes that wearables are about to explode. Indian device […]
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Smartwatches to make up over half of wearable shipments by 2020
Some 6.8 million smartwatches were sold in 2014. That number includes a number of devices such as Fitbit’s devices that arguably belong more in a fitness tracker category, suggesting that the actual number is even lower than that. With more than 150 companies now developing smartwatches and the upcoming Apple Watch, smartwatch shipments are expected to jump significantly this year and will […]
Apple Watch to trigger ice age for Swiss watch industry
Apple is expected to pole vault right to the top of the smartwatch manufacturer list this year with the Apple Watch. The impact will be felt not only by other smartwatch manufacturers but also by the traditional watch industry. Elmar Mock, the co-inventor of the Swatch, predicts that Apple will sell about as many Apple watches a year as the […]
Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch to own 55% of 2015 smartwatch market
The Apple Watch is expected to be another home run for the California company. It has been on an impressive run since it launched the first iPhone in 2007 and there is little to suggest that this latest product will be any different. Market analysis firms have all been busy gazing into their crystal balls to predict how successful the […]
The top 10 smartwatch companies in 2014
2014 was a banner year for wearables. From relative obscurity, the segment firmly established itself as one of the biggest buzzwords and one of if not the most exciting areas in consumer electronics. Despite the hype and the promise, sales of smartwatches did not explode the way many had predicted. The overall market grew 82% year over year but that still only translated […]
Apple to ship 26 million Apple Watches in 2015?
We just told you that Android Wear shipments topped the 720,000 unit mark in 2014. While not stellar, such numbers are not bad and may well improve nicely over the next year as more devices become available and Google improves the platform. It’s unlikely though that we’ll know whether these numbers met the expectations that Google and its partners had for its […]
Android Wear shipments top 720,000 units in 2014
Google unveiled Android Wear almost a year ago but the first devices powered by it only began to reach customer hands in the fall. By the end of the year, market research firm Canalys reports that 720,000 Android Wear devices had shipped out. In comparison, the overall smart wearable bands topped 4.6 million units last year. Volumes were not only […]
Apple dominates Christmas 2014 device activations
It appears that quite a few people asked Santa Claus for a new Apple iPhone or iPad this Christmas. And if the latest Flurry Analytics numbers are any indication, Santa heard them and delivered. The market research firm found that Apple accounted for over 51% of new device activations worldwide between December 19th and 25th. Its closest competition, Samsung, could […]