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Neil Mawston
| Nov 02, 2018
New research from our WDE (Wearables) tracker shows global smartwatch shipments grew an impressive 67 percent annually to reach 10 million units in the thi...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 04, 2018
The worldwide distribution of smartwatches is becoming a key battleground for industry stakeholders like Apple, LG, Huawei, Amazon and FNAC. Which retail channe...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 04, 2018
Smartwatches designed and optimized for young children between 3 and 11 years are becoming increasingly popular across Russia this year. What factors are d...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 04, 2018
Virtual reality (VR) headset trade revenues will grow a decent +18% in 2019. The VR industry, for now, is focusing more on "value" than "volume". Key players, l...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 04, 2018
Luxury smartwatches costing thousands of dollars, such as Tag Heuer’s new Connected Modular 45 Full Diamond, are more widely available than many realize. ...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 27, 2018
Armani, a famous Italian clothing label, this week expanded its presence among the high-growth smartwatch category.
The Armani A/X Exchange Connected is t...
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Steven Waltzer
| Sep 19, 2018
According to Strategy Analytics Wearables (WDE) service, global core wearable (fitness band + smartwatch) revenues grew a healthy 29% YoY in Q2 2018 due largely...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 13, 2018
The new Apple Watch Series 4 will launch commercially worldwide from September 21st, 2018.
Apple’s latest smartwatch goes beyond a fitness tracker a...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 30, 2018
It is being widely reported this week that Apple has recently purchased Akonia Holographics, a US startup that creates color displays (lenses) for augmente...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 02, 2018
Global smartwatch shipments soared +56% YoY in Q2 2018.
Smartwatches are now among the world's fastest-growing electronic gadgets.
Apple Watch lost ground to ...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 02, 2018
Global fitnessband shipments dipped -19% YoY in Q2 2018. Fitnessbands are losing ground to smartwatches. In what's left of the fitnessband market, Xiaomi i...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 24, 2018
Corning of the US has recently introduced Gorilla Glass DX and DX+ optimized for wearables. The protective coating is antireflective (for better reading) a...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 24, 2018
Insomnia and lack of sleep are common problems in modern society. How can wearables, such as Apple Watch, help you sleep better? Can wearable vendors differenti...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 12, 2018
We forecast global smartwatch revenues will rise by an impressive +33% in 2018. Apple Watch, Garmin and others are benefiting from consumers' buoyant deman...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 12, 2018
Hearables -- or smart headphones -- are deep-in-ear wireless devices optimized for voice comms, medical monitoring, fitness tracking, and other featur...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 05, 2018
Wearable device makers, such as Huawei, Qualcomm and LG, will target children under the age of 13 for fresh growth next year. Which brands, products and regions...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 05, 2018
Rumors abound that Google will launch a Pixel smartwatch in the United States and worldwide during the fourth quarter of 2018. What is the likely strategy?...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 05, 2018
Apple Watch is dominating the China smartwatch market today. This wildly popular model is crushing competition from Huawei, Samsung and others, a...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 05, 2018
Garmin’s global fitnessband revenue share has doubled in the past year. It is the world’s fastest-growing major vendor. A strong blend of attra...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 04, 2018
Qualcomm recently introduced its Snapdragon Wear 2500 chipset, which is optimized for the (quietly) growing category of child-focused and parent-focused smartwa...
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