Those who are confident in wearables believe that the wide range of accessories, from wristbands to eyewear, will transform the way we use other devices, which will add new features and add new features to smartphones via Bluetooth and companion apps. Its convenience.
But how much do consumers really rely on wearables? What kind of segment will it rise in the first place?
Jawbone, a US wearable technology and audio device developer, has acquired BodyMedia, another wearable healthcare electronics company. The latter has more than 80 patents, mainly in the field of multi-sensor technology. Its main products include Body Media FIT, an armband-type health device that can be used to estimate the user's calories and sleep quality by simply wearing it on the arm, and applying the data to health management and weight loss in the form of tables and charts. The acquisition has allowed acquisitions in the wearables to reach billions of dollars.
The billion-dollar acquisition that took place in the health-care segment of wearables has already hinted at something. The most attractive aspect of wearable devices so far is that their close-to-body fit can be used to measure people's signs. They measure people's physical activity, quality of sleep, and how many steps they take each day, providing a variety of features that consumers need, including fitness enthusiasts, dieters, and the elderly.
Tiger sniffs compiled a report from BI Intelligence, hoping to see some real conclusions based on data and product analysis, rather than the media only advocating from the direction. Need to be reminded: the forecast of this report is mainly based on the US market, and in China, the heat will definitely be greatly reduced.
Let's look at a table first.
As can be seen from the above figure, consumers generally still have low awareness of wearable devices. They believe that experts' predictions about their future markets are not a blow to the sky or a wait-and-see suspicion.
We hope that the following report will help you get a clue from a mess.
-- Consumers accept different levels of wearable devices. Smart bracelets for exercise and health monitoring have been widely accepted by consumers.
-- Although technology media and fundraising platforms are keen on products such as the "Pebble" smart watch, it is hard to say whether mainstream consumers will like a watch that can be connected to the Internet.
-- Google Glass and other eye devices are still the first step in an ambitious project, albeit with great advertising value in the gaming and photography arena.
Growth problem: overrated?
Let's first look at the growth forecast for the wearable device market, which includes all smart watches, wristbands, clip-on recorders, and more professional smart clothing, and various smart adhesive devices (such as file transmitters).
The first thing that needs to be explained is the prediction of the size of the global market and the prediction of the growth rate of the market. The above picture shows some predictions from different sources. Our own prediction curve is dark blue – it can be seen that it is relatively conservative.
In the research report of IMS, it is confident that the market for wearable devices will grow from 14 million units per year in 2011 to 171 million units per year in 2016. The IMS forecast was released in September 2012, when the media was not filled with news that new wearable devices are under development.
But since then, the rumors about Apple's iWatch "love to see" have begun to emerge, and rumors about the development of such products by Google, Microsoft, and Intel are also proliferating; at the same time, Samsung announced that it will launch a A smart watch with motion record tracking for the Galaxy S4.
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