Smart watches are less popular.
Apple remains the market leader in smart watches, but sales of its gadgets are falling.
Analytical company IDC has released a report on the results of smart-watches market in the third quarter of 2016. Just over a quarter shipments volume reached 2.7 million units, which is 51.6% less than last year’s result in the same quarter, when deliveries amounted to 5.6 million
“The sharp decline in the supply of smart watches reflects how the platform and the individual manufacturers reshaped in recent times”, says Ramon Llama, Manager of IDC. In addition, recently the market has arisen and it became obvious that “smart watch is not for everyone.”
The leader remains Apple with smart clock Apple Watch. However, its sales fell by 71.6%, down from 3.9 million to 1.1 million Analysts are predicting some growth in sales in the next quarter due to new models, which were introduced in September.
The five leaders of smart-watches market include Garmin, Samsung, LG and Pebble. I wonder what Garmin was able to show sales growth of 324% and ahead of Samsung, whose sales increased by 9%.
A Pebble, a startup that launched on Kickstarter in 2012. And now that the company completing the top five world leaders in the production of “smart watches”. By the way, 2 Pebble is the first watch companies that have a heart rate sensor.
