Today's portable devices are far from perfect, they are in dire need of a compact and capacious battery, as well as cost-optimized displays and processors. Wrist devices in most cases are companion for smartphone, and their functionality is limited to the basic minimum. However, IDC experts predict , in the next few years we expect a boom in wearable devices - only this year market capacity will increase by 173.3% to 72.1 mln Pieces.
By 2019, sales of handheld devices will grow to 155.7 million Pieces, providing average annual increase of 42.6%. IDC experts share wearable devices into two categories: basic and smart. The first can only work with a limited set of features that predestinated manufacturer. The latter are able to run third-party applications. It must be said that the low price of the first allows them to count on a decent level of popularity - this year, sales of basic equipment will grow by 76%. However, the smart devices progress will be even more noticeable - 683% growth this year and 84.1% per year until 2019.
IDC Experts suggest that wrist devices are the most popular, and smart glasses get Distribution 2017-2018 year earlier. Smart clothing will be closer to the end of the decade, and the second most popular after wrist devices are modular solutions.