Wearables Still Cure for No Known Disease, Says DisplaySearch Blogger
Nearly “every big tech company” at CES used the even​t to announce a product “that can be worn close to or on the body,” Riddhi Patel, DisplaySearch research director-consumer insights, said Wednesday in a blog post. Wearables “are available in…
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all shapes and sizes,” whether buckled onto the wrist or “stuck to the body” with adhesives, and they’re capable of “monitoring everything from movement of the body to vital medical information to sleep patterns,” she said. “However, we are no closer to answering the question of what problem these devices really solve, or indeed what their enduring value will be.” Contrary to speculation last fall that the Apple Watch would deliver a killer app, the product, as introduced, “did not result in a Eureka moment,” she said. “These are exciting times, and all this leads me to believe that the near future holds a lot of promise for both consumers and the wearable value chain. Maybe the next CES will see some players dropping out of the market, some having more established plans, and some emerging as clear leaders as the industry slowly discovers where lasting value lies.”