Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Smartwatches fail to live up to analysts' expectations, lack of defined purpose to blame

In the beginning of this year smartwatches were expected to be the next best thing after smartphones. They showed a lot of promise and there was significant hype around them. This is no longer the case, it seems.

The research company eMarketer estimated that 63.7 million Americans will use a wearable device with Internet connectivity at least once a month. The firm now acknowledged its incorrect prediction, dropping this number down to 39.5 million. The same company estimated that the usage of such devices will grow more than 60% among US adults in 2016. Instead, it only grew 24.7%.

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