Global shipments of wearables, which include fitness bands and smartwatches, reached 31,7 million in the second quarter, up a quarter year over year. Fitness bracelets did particularly well, growing by 46,6%, while smartwatches saw their market share increase by 9,3%. This was reported by an analytical company Canalys.
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It remained number one on the market Apple, which shipped 8,4 million smartwatches to the global market in the second quarter, accounting for a 26,4% share. After all, he has now introduced new Apple Watch for which he stated that they have been number one on the market for 7 years. It was followed by Samsung with 2,8 million smartwatches shipped and a share of 8,9%, and the "bronze" position was taken by Huawei, which shipped 2,6 million smartwatches and fitness bracelets and held a share of 8,3%.
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The biggest "year-on-year jump" was the Indian company Noise. It saw a respectable 382% growth and its market share increased from 1,5 to 5,8% (its shipments of fitness bands were 1,8 million). Thanks to this, India achieved the highest market share in history (15 percent; year-on-year increase of 11 percentage points) and was the world's third largest market for wearable electronics. However, China remained the largest market, with a share of 28% (year-on-year decrease of two percentage points), followed by the United States with a share of 20% (no year-on-year change).
