Wearable Devices’ Hardware Design a Limiting Factor in Their Comfort, Says Report
As the need grows for “complex, differentiated use cases” for wearable devices, so too will the devices’ size and weight increase, causing discomfort to users wanting to wear them daily, reported Strategy Analytics Wednesday. It said hardware design “is one…
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of the most obstructive factors for wearable devices because it inhibits what they can actually do.” The need for wearables to be comfortable and lightweight “conflicts with the ideals of longer battery life and more distinct applications,” and there’s “only so much a small device can do,” it said. Even smart earbuds and headsets “that offer distinct audio manipulation features are inhibited by their short battery life and dependency on a smartphone,” said the report. “They are too small to be truly independent devices.”