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Worldwide Wearables Market Climbs 26.1% in 2Q 2016

According to IDC, basic wearables soar, while smart wearables stall.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Shipments of wearable devices reached 22.5 million in the second quarter of 2016, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Despite a decline in shipments for one of the largest vendors, the overall market for wearable devices grew 26.1% year over year as new use cases are slowly starting to emerge.   “Fitness is the low-hanging fruit for wearables,” said Jitesh Ubrani, senior research analyst for IDC Mobile Device Trackers. “However, th...

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