Gartner Researcher Sees Smartwatches Among Most ‘Coveted’ Holiday Devices
Smartwatches will be among the most “coveted” devices this holiday season, Annette Zimmermann, Gartner vice president-research, blogged Wednesday. “Some users have held back on purchasing an Apple Watch until now as the use case has not seemed compelling enough,” said…
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Zimmermann. But the cellular connectivity on the Apple Watch Series 3 gives the smartwatch “new use cases, such as music streaming during a workout at the gym, or leaving your iPhone at home, that will inevitably spur demand and boost sales,” she said. Gartner expects 41.5 million smartwatches will be sold globally in 2017, she said. “Other consumer electronics brands such as Huawei, LG, Samsung and Lenovo will also contribute to this, but to date the Apple Watch remains the most successful smartwatch in the market.”