Manufacturers and software developers are preparing to enter the "era of the Internet of things", and is the most actively growing category of mobile devices remains wearable electronics. IDC experts have tried to predict How will this market grow over the next four years.
First of all, they believe in the power of handheld devices to expand its functionality and variety of form factors. Points garments - those accessories that will "grow wiser" after watch and bracelets. There will be "smart" ear headset. The watch will be less dependent on the pairing with smartphone and learn to communicate on the network independently. Such solutions exist today.
According to IDC experts , in the period up to 2019, WatchOS and Apple smartwatch will dominate the market - by the end of the forecast period the share of the platform is reduced from 61% to 51%, but sales volumes Apple Watch will increase 36.5 % annually. In the current year, according to IDC, Apple will sell 13 million watch - not bad on the background of the total capacity of the market of "smart" watches, estimated at 21.3 million. . Watch will remain the most popular category of portable devices in the next year will be produced 34.3 million Pieces, and in 2019 - already 88.3 million. Pieces.
Android Wear is the second most popular platform, but the most rapidly growing - by 80.5% per year. By 2019, the software platform will take a 38.8% market share. The disadvantages of this operating system in its present form, the identity of the experts include the functionality of the different watch on the platform - you can choose, perhaps, on price and design. Related Products :
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