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Neil Mawston
| Aug 19, 2022
SA forecasts the untethered VR headset market to build an active installed base of 32 million units worldwide by 2027.
This...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 05, 2022
Qualcomm, a chipset vendor, is making a fresh drive into smartwatches with its new and improved Snapdragon W5 platform. The W5 component range is smaller, ...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 05, 2022
New research from our Wearables (WDE) tracker shows Apple Watch Series 7 was the world's no.1 bestselling smartwatch model in the ...
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Juha Winter
| Aug 04, 2022
We expect global smartwatch revenues to grow +20% in 2022, rebounding after the Covid slowdown in 2020, but moderated by nagging inflation a...
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Waseem Haider
| Aug 02, 2022
Western companies levelling the playing field with more consolidation against dominant Chinese players
Telit has recently announced to acquire Thales IoT ...
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Waseem Haider
| Jul 19, 2022
5G contributes to carbon reduction for telecom operators and enterprises
More than 50 telecom operators around the world discloses their carbon emissions now, a...
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Nitesh Patel
| Jul 04, 2022
In late June 2022, Telefónica Tech, the Telefónica’s unit focused on growth opportunities in business-to-business sectors (e.g. cybersecurit...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 10, 2022
India has potential to be one of the biggest smartglasses markets in the world. There are millions of affluent consumers, a tech-savvy culture, a...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 10, 2022
Apple’s new watchOS 9 platform -- released this month -- is a health and fitness powerhouse.
The AFib heart and running upgrades are particularly impress...
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Neil Mawston
| Jun 10, 2022
Updated research this month from our Wearables tracker shows the global smartwatch industry is now polarizing around three major software platforms.
1. Apple w...
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Jack Narcotta
| May 13, 2022
In the next phases of the smart home surveillance camera and doorbell markets, it will be less about how sharp their hardware “eyes” are and more ab...
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Neil Mawston
| May 03, 2022
In a record first-quarter for Apple, WatchOS shipments worldwide rose a decent +11% YoY in Q1 2022.
The premium Series 7 led sales, with cheaper SE and legacy ...
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Neil Mawston
| May 03, 2022
We note Garmin's new Instinct 2 Solar smartwatch is getting quite a bit of attention online.
It is a rugged GPS smartwatch with extensive fitness features...
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Neil Mawston
| May 03, 2022
The drumbeat of rumors for a new Google Pixel Watch is getting louder.
A commercial launch may (or may not) be getting closer.
The Internet now claims:
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Neil Mawston
| Apr 27, 2022
Global fitnessband sales fell -21% in 2021 and are excepted to further dip -7% in 2022.
Xiaomi Mi Band and others are struggling against smartwatches. What wil...
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Neil Mawston
| Apr 27, 2022
The untethered virtual reality (UVR) headset market continues to deliver solid growth in 2022.
Smartphone-based VR is declining sharply, as standalone now...
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Neil Mawston
| Apr 27, 2022
New research (here) finds smartwatch shipments in Indonesia are quietly getting bigger than many folks realize.
We calculate Indonesia to be the world's 10th l...
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Neil Mawston
| Apr 13, 2022
We often get asked why there are so few rugged (toughened) smartwatches on sale worldwide today.
The answer is three-fold.
First, extra rugged hardware can be...
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Neil Mawston
| Apr 13, 2022
New research (here) from our Wearables team predicts a healthy 5 million smartwatches will be sold in India this year in 2022.
This makes India one of the worl...
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Neil Mawston
| Apr 13, 2022
We forecast global smartwatch sales will grow a healthy +19% in 2022.
Despite Covid, inflation and wars, the smartwatch industry will still have a good year. D...
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