Basic Tracker Sales Decline for First Time in Q2 as Smartwatch Shipments Surge: IDC
More sophisticated features drove the wearables market in Q2 as shipments jumped 10.3 percent vs. the year-ago quarter, IDC reported. The quarter marked a turning point as sales of basic models that don’t run third-party apps declined for the first…
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time while smartwatch shipments surged 61 percent, said IDC. What were once niche features -- GPS and health tracking -- are now standard in smartwatches, said analyst Jitesh Ubrani. Xiaomi led the global wearables market with 3.5 million shipments, followed by Apple and Fitbit, tied, then Garmin and Fossil.