1.2 million smartwatch units to sell this year, forecast says

Pebble smartwatch

The smartwatch is a device on the rise this year, if we were to believe what an ABI Research forecast (press release below) says, with 1.2 million units expected to ship this year.
The degree of penetration smartphones have achieved (35 percent of customers opt for high-end devices, another study says), “a flourishing app ecosystem,” as well as the fact that that components are getting cheaper, are the main reasons behind ABI’s prediction.

Interestingly, the figure accounts for a third of the number of netbooks expected to ship this year. Another study, by IHS iSuppli quoted by the L.A. Times, says that netbook shipments in 2013 will be at 3.97 million (not surprising, considering the way PC sales have been declining).
We’ll see if the sales forecast comes true or not, but fact is that this year seems like it will be full of these devices. LG (which had such products in the past), Google, Apple and Microsoft are all said to be planning smartwatches, while crowd-funded projects like Pebble are already shipping. No reason why things shouldn’t be looking up for the smartwatch this year, and for Android to play a large part in the whole thing.
Do you think smartwatches will become increasingly popular in the future?

Via:TechCrunch

Source:LA Times

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