In total, last year shipped 4.6 million smart watches, of which 720,000 Android devices Wear; a share of about 16 percent. The round watch from LG, the G Watch R, slightly outperformed the first smart watch from LG, the square G Watch.
The total smart watch market is led by Samsung, which in fourteen months whopping six smart watches released on various platforms. However, the South Korean manufacturer, according to the analyst to work hard to continue to fascinate its users, and must also make a great effort to bring app developers to its own Tizen platform.
Pebble, that is not running on the operating system of Android, sold between its launch in 2013 and the end of 2014 a total of 1 million units. Pebble managed to perfectly defend its market share by a good app and offer a relatively low price, said market analyst.
Canalys expects much of the Apple Watch, which will be released in April and the market “will be drastically grow. “Apple has made a good choice by focusing on battery life and efficiency,” said the analyst. “Android will have to improve a lot, but we expect that it will do so.”
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