The company led
the emerging wearables market in the last quarter with shipping 3.9 million wearables that captured 34.2 percent market share, as reported by research firm IDC.
At $ 1,500 the price seems rather steep, but it's worth bearing in mind that Glass was conceived as an elaborate tech demo rather than an actual consumer product - Google's way of fostering innovation in
the emerging wearables market.
The Apple Watch is Apple's entry into
the emerging wearables market.
Not exact matches
«The personal device manufacturer business is consolidating — and manufacturers must compete in all three device
markets, plus
emerging wearable categories, or get left out of the next
market shift.»
According to Daniel Debow, Senior Vice-President of
Emerging Technologies,
wearables are the next wave of the mobile revolution but the
market is still in its early stages, «This is as much a platform for business applications, for new uses, for productivity as the smartphone was,» he said.
Cheaper iPhone models for
emerging markets and
wearable gadgets such as the Apple Watch also drove revenue growth.
The technology will enable product designers to develop stylish, more ergonomically - friendly devices in several
emerging industrial segments, including flexible AMOLED and other displays for mobile and
Wearables and the Internet of Things, -
markets which are forecast to be worth $ 12Bn by 2020 (IHS 2013 report) and $ 1.9 trillion across all sectors in 2020 respectively.
As technology advances and the
market continues to explode with
wearable devices that enable more and more self - monitoring, the quantifiable self has
emerged.
It is not that the technology is not impressive (as it is), or the fact that it is a
wearable (as this is one of the most impressive
emerging tech
markets at the moment), it is just -LSB-...]
«Growth in the smart
wearables market points to an emerging battleground among competing platforms,» said Ramon Llamas, research manager, W
wearables market points to an
emerging battleground among competing platforms,» said Ramon Llamas, research manager,
WearablesWearables.
The
market of
wearables is not just similar to any other
emerging market, it gained a lot in the recent past and is getting bigger every single moment.
Companies like Xiaomi are getting huge success in the basic
wearable segment, while some
emerging companies such as Micromax - backed Yu Televentures are also in development to offer their competitive products to gain from the
wearables market.
The
emerging wearable computing category is perhaps where the most intriguing possibilities lie, but smartphones will apparently be the first device category to see a mass -
market device launch featuring a new flexible display.
The iWatch, on the other hand, is expected to be an Apple's attempt to step into the newly
emerged market of
wearable devices.
«
Wearable technologies have
emerged as the next big consumer electronics category in the Indian
market.
«Growth in the smart
wearables market points to an emerging battleground among competing platforms,» says Ramon Llamas, research manager, W
wearables market points to an
emerging battleground among competing platforms,» says Ramon Llamas, research manager,
WearablesWearables.