Saturday, November 3, 2018

APPLE SHARE IN GLOBAL SHIPMENTS OF SMARTWATCHES DOWN TO 30 PERCENT IN Q3 2018

Worldwide smartwatch shipments grew 53 percent year-over-year in the second from last quarter of this current year with solid execution from Fitbit, kids watch brands, for example, Imoo and new businesses, for example, Amazfit, demonstrated the most recent discoveries from Counterpoint's "Worldwide Smartwatch Tracker". 

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Fitbit's offer in the smartwatch shipments advertise went up to 16 percent in Q3 of this current year, from six percent in a similar quarter a year ago, enrolling a year-over-year development of 348 percent as far as shipments, the report said. 

"Fitbit keeps on moving its concentration from dominatingly SmartBand/trackers to smartwatches and has now developed as the following best player to Apple as far as experience and scale," Counterpoint Research Analyst Satyajit Sinha said in an announcement. 

"The dispatch of the Versa smartwatch was the defining moment for Fitbit's smartwatch fragment development. The wellbeing/wellness factor is assuming a key job in driving buyer basic leadership for the selection of smartwatches and Fitbit has altogether centered around this center utilize case," Sinha said. 

With regards to Apple, the presentation of the Series 4 this harvest time was the greatest refresh from a plan and highlights stance, the report said. 

"Apple's Series 3 saw an uptick later in the quarter with marked down evaluating, while Apple's Series 1 kept on being the single greatest offering SKU adding to half of all Apple Watch shipments. This could change in Christmas season quarter as our channel checks indicated repressed interest for the Series 4," Counterpoint Research Director, Jeff Fieldhack, noted. 

The US buyers discover the LTE interchanges ability in the Apple Watch the most attractive component, the report said. 

Cell network empowers watches to work autonomously of cell phones — a capacity that we accept will drive the market. 

"By end of this current year, cell proficient watches will probably add to 20 percent of worldwide smartwatch shipments. This will be a test for Fitbit to explain and go LTE SKUs (stock keeping units) in their portfolio," Sinha said. 

"The youngsters' or children's smartwatch portion is developing quickly, particularly in Asia," Counterpoint's Senior Analyst, Hanish Bhatia, included.

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