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Year-Over-Year Smartwatch Sales Jumped By 61% In the US Last Year (bgr.com)
New research from The NPD Group reveals that the smartwatch market overall is growing at an impressive rate and that the Apple Watch remains the best-selling wearable on the market. "Specifically, year-over-year smartwatch unit sales in the U.S. jumped by 61% while revenue jumped by 51%," reports BGR. "As for specific revenue figures, the report relays that smartwatch revenue from November of 2017 through November of 2018 checked in at $5 billion. One particularly interesting data point is that 88% of all smartwatch sales can be attributed to Apple, Samsung, and Fitbit." From the report: "Over the last 18 months smartwatch sales gained strong momentum, proving the naysayers, who didn't think the category could achieve mainstream acceptance, had potentially judged too soon," NPD analyst Weston Henderek said in a press release. "The ability to be truly connected via built-in LTE without the need to have a smartphone nearby proved to be a tipping point for consumers, as they now recognize the value in being able to complete a wide range of tasks on the device including receiving notifications, messaging, accessing smart home controls, and more."
Indeed, Apple executives have pointed to the inclusion of LTE connectivity on the Apple Watch Series 3 as a huge selling point. Notably, Apple Watch sales during the 2017 holiday quarter were record-breaking. More recently, Tim Cook said that revenue from Apple wearables line jumped by 50% "thanks to strong sales of both Apple Watch and AirPods."
Indeed, Apple executives have pointed to the inclusion of LTE connectivity on the Apple Watch Series 3 as a huge selling point. Notably, Apple Watch sales during the 2017 holiday quarter were record-breaking. More recently, Tim Cook said that revenue from Apple wearables line jumped by 50% "thanks to strong sales of both Apple Watch and AirPods."
....4586% of all people will have smartwatches by 2025! Think of the money!
At first I read the headline as "Year-Over-Year Sammich Sales Jumped By 61% In the US Last Year ". Too close to dinner time, I guess.
Momentarily, the need for the construction of new light will no longer exist.
it's fitness tracking.
that's the "application" for them.
Anyhow, apple execs are insane if they think that having lte on the watch matters anything. sure, having a data connection is useful so you can leave your phone at home, but not that it is lte.
also, well. these are nearing the last years where you can sell 800bucks phones. they're running out of things to add to them. you can literally place 150 bucks phones next to 800 dollar phones on a table and if you don't know beforehand you can't say which is the expensive one - even if you're shown people using them for typical tasks.
the sub 100 bucks smartphone market in emerging markets is especially important as for those people that is the only digital connected device they have ever had.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.