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Neil Mawston
| Mar 24, 2021
Global 2G / 3G / 4G smartwatch shipments jumped a healthy +28% in 2020.
Consumers like the standalone nature of cellular smartwatches -- no smartphone nee...
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Neil Mawston
| Mar 22, 2021
New research from SA shows more than a half-billion wearables were sold worldwide for the first time ever in 2020.
TWS Bluetooth earbuds an...
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Neil Mawston
| Mar 20, 2021
Wear OS by Google reclaimed second place in the global smartwatch market during Q4 2020.
Can Wear OS catch Apple watchOS in 2021?
Full reports here and h...
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Gina Luk
| Mar 05, 2021
COVID-19 has changed the velocity of digital transformation and this year's predictions from Mobile Workforce Strategies are shaped by the disruptive forces of ...
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Neil Mawston
| Feb 24, 2021
Mobile operator, 1&1, has partnered recently with TCL to launch a 4G kidswatch in Germany.
TCL's Movetime Family Watch MT40 comes with LTE videocalling, an...
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Neil Mawston
| Feb 15, 2021
New rumors this month suggest Facebook is developing a 4G or 5G smartwatch.
Why might it make a "Facewatch"?
What could it look like?
Do US consumers care?
Wha...
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Neil Mawston
| Feb 04, 2021
Speculation continues to fly around the Internet this week that Apple's rumored VR headset could cost as much as US$3,000 retail if (or when) it is launche...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 27, 2021
Samsung has this week announced that its Health Monitor app will soon be available across 31 new countries.
Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 users can us...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 22, 2021
Rumors surfaced again this week that Apple is planning a portable virtual reality headset and a pair of mobile augmented reality smartg...
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Neil Mawston
| Jan 07, 2021
Recent research from our WDE service finds OPPO grabbed a record 1% share of the global wearables market by revenue in the second half of 2020.
OPPO has o...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 23, 2020
New research from our Wearables (WDE) service shows Apple is the world's no.1 wearables vendor by REVENUE in the second half of 2020.
Of course, Apple Wat...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 17, 2020
New research here from our WDE (Wearables) service shows Samsung's Tizen was the world's 2nd largest smartwatch platform by shipments and revenue during Q3 2020...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 17, 2020
New research from our WDE (Wearables) service shows global smartwatch prices fell -2% YoY during Q3 2020. This is their lowest level for two years. A flood of c...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 11, 2020
Despite a global pandemic, wearables have continued to grow this year. What does next year bring? Will growth re-accelerate? When will Apple intro smartglasses?...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 07, 2020
While Huawei is being pushed out of smartphones by American sanctions, it continues to rise strongly in wearables, particularly the fitnessband segment.
Huawei...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 07, 2020
Global CELLULAR smartwatch shipments jumped an impressive +36% YoY in the third quarter of 2020.
Cellular (mobile) remains one of the fastest-growing subcatego...
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Neil Mawston
| Dec 07, 2020
In another solid quarter -- despite Covid -- Apple Watch shipments grew +12% YoY worldwide during Q3 2020.
The flagship Series 6 and cheaper SE models arrived ...
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 18, 2020
OPPO looks set to enter smartglasses in 2021, with its AR Glass 2 model. Will it be a hit or miss? Read our new analysis here.
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Neil Mawston
| Nov 16, 2020
We forecast global hearables sales to grow +45% in 2021.
More consumers will embrace in-ear biometrics for their Bluetooth headphones.
Top brands, like Samsun...
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William Ablondi
| Oct 14, 2020
On October 12, 2020 Nest announced its first new thermostat in about two years.
Key attributes:
It’s the least expensive of the Nest lineup: $129 vs...
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