Smartwatches to Drive Wearables Growth, Says IDC
The transformative wearables market is expected to grow 20 percent this year to 125.5 million units globally and will top 240 million units by 2021, IDC reported Wednesday. Digital assistants, cellular connectivity and connections to larger systems will fuel growth,…
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said analyst Ramon Llamas. Smartwatches will see a bump in volume in 2019 as they gain cellular connectivity, said IDC, and earwear like the Samsung Gear IconX that send information back and forth to a smartphone app will become more popular.