Faced with a slowdown in the smartphone market, ICT companies have turned to the IoT (Internet of Things) in the hope of finding new sources of opportunity. Among wearable devices, smart wrist wearables - comprising of smartwatch and smart wristband - have unique selling points of freeing up the wearer's hands and providing continuous monitoring. These features, together with the increased investments of Apple and other large vendors, have made wrist wearables the mainstream of the wearable market, and have expanded the market size as a whole. The objective of this report is to analyze the worldwide market, industry, and product developments of smart wrist wearables, and identify their future trends. To this end, the researcher interviewed dozens of prominent suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors of smart wrist wearables, as well as studied brands and their wrist wearable products that have been sold globally.
List of Topics
- Definition, scope, industrial characteristics of the smart wrist wearable industry, and includes its shipment performance for the period 2016-2017
- Shipment volume and value forecast of the global and Taiwanese smart wrist wearable industries for the period 2018-2020
- The industry's value chain analysis, touching on major players in each segment and their product strategies
- Highlights observed the smart wrist wearable industry that are examined from supply and demand perspectives, and includes opportunities and challenges facing the industry
Table of Contents
1. Preface
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Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Acer
- Adidas
- Apple
- ASUS
- Better Life Group
- Blackberry
- Bulgari
- Casio
- Diesel
- Emporio Armani
- Epson
- Fitbit
- Fossil
- Garmin
- GOLife
- Goyourlife Inc.
- Guider
- Hermès
- HTC
- Huawei
- Infineon Technologies
- Intel
- Jawbone
- LG
- MasterCard
- Meizu
- MIC
- Michael Kors
- Microsoft
- MiTAC
- Mobvoi
- Motorola
- MyKronoz
- New balance
- Nike
- Nokia
- Okii
- Oppo
- Pebble
- Philips
- Polar
- Samsung
- Sony
- Suunto
- Swarovski
- Swiss
- TAG Heuer
- TomTom
- Under Armour
- WISeKey
- Withings
- Xiaomi
- ZT
Methodology
Primary research with a holistic, cross-domain approach
The exhaustive primary research methods are central to the value that the analyst delivers. A combination of questionnaires and on-site visits to the major manufacturers provides a first view of the latest data and trends. Information is subsequently validated by interviews with the manufacturers' suppliers and customers, covering a holistic industry value chain. This process is backed up by a cross-domain team-based approach, creating an interlaced network across numerous interrelated components and system-level devices to ensure statistical integrity and provide in-depth insight.
Complementing primary research is a running database and secondary research of industry and market information. Dedicated research into the macro-environmental trends shaping the ICT industry also allows the analyst to forecast future development trends and generate foresight perspectives. With more than 20 years of experience and endeavors in research, the methods and methodologies include:
Method
- Component supplier interviews
- System supplier interviews
- User interviews
- Channel interviews
- IPO interviews
- Focus groups
- Consumer surveys
- Production databases
- Financial data
- Custom databases
Methodology
- Technology forecasting and assessment
- Product assessment and selection
- Product life cycles
- Added value analysis
- Market trends
- Scenario analysis
- Competitor analysis
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