IDC, the market research firm
has released the latest data of the wearable market for the first
quarter of 2019. As usual, Apple has dominated the market with a good
margin. But both Huawei and Samsung are bridging the gap in the market
with their devices. A huge growth has been seen in the
wearables markets of both companies. Apart from these, Xiaomi has also
garnered huge growth this year.
Huawei’s Wearable Market Increased by 282% Compared To Last Year
The
Huawei market has been increased with a wide margin when compared to
last year sales. This year in the first quarter, the company managed to
ship 5 million units of wearables across the globe. Apple shipped 12.8
million, Samsung-4.3 million and Xiaomi shipped 6.6 million units.
Fitbit
was the last company in the top five and it shipped approximately 2.9
million wearables. The growth of all the companies is huge and in total
all the companies are shipping 49.6 million units.
Apple’s
market in China and India is declined and Huawei was able to get the
second position in both the countries. Samsung is still trying harder to
achieve the number one place but Huawei and Xiaomi are offering a great
competition for the company.
The IDC
Mobile Device Trackers research manager, Jitesh Ubrani stated that the
absence of earphone jack in mobiles and increase in the usage of smart
assistants in commercial and domestic places is the main reason for the
increase in the growth of ear-worn wearables.
In
the near future, these devices are going to make a huge difference in
the market. The companies will tout these products at a large scale. He
predicted that a day will come when people leave their smartphone behind
and use the wearables for all tasks.