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Steven Waltzer
| Oct 21, 2017
Reports have surfaced that cellular connectivity of the Apple Watch Series 3 Cellular has been suspended in China. This comes after an initial software issue ca...
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Neil Mawston
| Oct 12, 2017
Everyone has to wear, make or buy clothes. We estimate 80 BILLION “dumb” garments will be produced worldwide in 2018. The potential for “smart...
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Steven Waltzer
| Sep 21, 2017
In an Apple Watch first, problems with the new Watch Series 3 cellular model have been acknowledged by the Cupertino tech giant prior to the launch of the devic...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 12, 2017
Apple today has introduced its new Watch.
The Series 3 adds LTE via eSIM, allowing functionality independent of the smartphone or WiFi network. This enabl...
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Cliff Raskind
| Sep 12, 2017
Apple’s impressive launch of the new Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular raises a host of key questions.
For most consumers the issue with smartwa...
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Neil Mawston
| Sep 01, 2017
Wearables were a prominent part of this year’s IFA 2017 event in Berlin, Germany.
Samsung, Diesel and Fitbit had a good show, Garmin introduced a new wea...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 30, 2017
Samsung this week at IFA launched a new fitnessband and smartwatch.
The Gear Fit2 Pro and Gear Sport are fitness-led products for higher-end consumers. The two...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 30, 2017
Diesel, this week, finally launched its first Android Wear smartwatch in the US. Other countries, like the UK, will follow through October.
Diesel is owned by ...
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Cliff Raskind
| Aug 28, 2017
Fitbit has a lot riding on it's first real smartwatch - the "Ionic" - after a Q2 share loss of over 15 pts across wrist-worn wearables,yoy. Design language rema...
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Cliff Raskind
| Aug 07, 2017
LTE being conspicuously absent in last month's watchOS4 launch was surprising, but it now seems the Apple Watch WILL break it's iPhone shackles (as reporte...
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Steven Waltzer
| Aug 03, 2017
According to the latest research from our Wearables service, global wearables shipments reached 22 million units in the second quarter of 2017. Xiaomi captured ...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 28, 2017
Rumors of Fitbit's "Project Higgs" GPS smartwatch have been around for months, but the chatter has been getting louder in recent days. A launch may be getting c...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 21, 2017
According to our WDE (Wearables) research service, global smartglasses revenues will grow +16% in 2017. Specialists such as Vuzix and tech heavyweights like Goo...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 21, 2017
According to our WDE (Wearables) service, global wristworn wearables revenues topped US$2 billion in Q1 2017. Apple holds the no.1 position by revenue, followed...
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Cliff Raskind
| Jun 09, 2017
At WWDC this week Apple made public the details of watchOS 4. Starting in fall 2017 the new platform will go public, powering all Apple Watches shipped. With fu...
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Steven Waltzer
| May 31, 2017
According to Strategy Analytics' WDE (Wearables) service, global sales of cellular-enabled wearable devices will grow +123% in 2017. The percentage of...
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Steven Waltzer
| May 24, 2017
According to Strategy Analytics' WDE (Wearables) service, global Feature Watch sales are expected to grow 58% in 2017, versus expected smartwatch growth of 41% ...
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Steven Waltzer
| May 24, 2017
According to Strategy Analytics' WDE (Wearables) service, the global wearable device market will grow a healthy +221% between 2016 and 2022, averaging a su...
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Neil Mawston
| May 17, 2017
Our WDE (Wearables) service notes Samsung this week has been using the annual Tizen Developer Conference to talk up the potential of the platform for smaller mo...
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Steven Waltzer
| May 10, 2017
Apple, for an undisclosed amount, has acquired Finnish sleep-tracking company Beddit, known for their between-the-sheets sleep tracking device and associated ap...
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