Smartwatch shipments plunged 30% in 2024: ReportThe steep decline was blamed on a slower replacement cycle due to limited innovation in lower-price segments, poor sensor accuracy, unclear...
24 Feb, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
Chinese gear companies take on Indian wearable brandsChinese companies are rapidly advancing in the Indian wearables market, dominating high-sales audio segments and pricier smartwatches. Indi...
19 Feb, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Small, homebred wearables brands exiting market due to narrow margin, Chinese competitionSeveral Indian wearable brands, including Play, Wings, Vingajoy, and Riversong, have ceased operations due to declining demand and low prof...
19 Nov, 2024, 08.05 AM IST
July-Sept wearables shipment down 30% as brands clear inventoryWearable brands faced a decline in demand during the recent festive season. Shipments dropped as brands reduced inventory. Boat, a leading ...
06 Nov, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
India smartwatch shipments stagnates in Jan-Mar quarter, Apple Watch grows 3 timesSmartwatch shipments in the Indian market stagnated for the first time in the January-March quarter, with top players Fire Boltt, Noise, an...
06 Jun, 2024, 08.39 PM IST
India: Apple's wearable, laptop & tablet business fails to match iPhone's impressive growth in 2023Apple's smartwatch business in India registered a marginal 3% growth in revenues and shipments in 2023 while iPad shipments and revenues de...
22 Feb, 2024, 08.52 AM IST
Wearable market growth expected to slow in 2024 amidst plateauing innovation and inventory pile-upThe wearable market is anticipated to witness its slowest growth in 2024 since its inception in 2020, with market analysts predicting a sin...
17 Feb, 2024, 09.47 AM IST
Indian smartwatch brands turn to price cuts to gain market shareThe price war between smartwatch makers is most evident in the lower end of the market, which is where most companies have been launching m...
17 Aug, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
India set to be no. 1 wearables market in 2023Of the total 504.1 million units of wearables forecast to be shipped worldwide this year, India is expected to account for 130-135 million,...
03 Jul, 2023, 06.28 AM IST
India's Fire-Boltt surpasses Samsung for first time in global smartwatch shipmentsWhile the global smartwatch market entered into a period of stagnation since the end of last year, the market share of high-price and high-...
26 May, 2023, 04.14 PM IST
Apple is likely to launch Apple Watch Ultra with MicroLED display in 2025, claim reportsApple is expected to launch Apple Watch Ultra with MicroLED display in 2025, according to reports.
30 Apr, 2023, 03.18 PM IST
Nearly 80% of iPhone users now own an Apple Watch: ReportWhile Apple sold about one Apple Watch for every three iPhones in Q4 2022, Samsung sold only one Galaxy Watch for every 10 Galaxy smartphon...
30 Apr, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Indian smartwatch sales surge on festive push, health consciousnessA report by market research firm Counterpoint on Tuesday night said ecommerce festive season sales made India the largest smartwatch market...
30 Nov, 2022, 06.18 PM IST
Smart wearables demand rising despite inflationSmartwatches grew at a record 173% on-year in the first quarter of 2022, while the wireless earbuds category surged by 66% on-year during t...
31 May, 2022, 09.52 AM IST
Samsung says it has cornered 50% share in premium smart wearables market“In H1, we had 50% market share (sell out or final sale to consumers) in the premium category, which is Rs 25,000 and above. We have grown ...
30 Nov, 2017, 12.37 AM IST
Smartwatch maker Pebble forays into India, eyes 1 lakh units sales in one yearPebble has partnered Amazon to launch smartwatches in, priced Rs 5,999-15,999. It is bringing four models from its portfolio to the country.
13 May, 2016, 09.43 AM IST
Timex Group plans to tap wearables market with its smart watches and fitness bandsTimex launched the Ironman Run x20 GPS smartwatch and Ironman Move x20 fitness band, priced atRs 11,995 and Rs 8,995, respectively, on Mond...
05 May, 2015, 03.32 AM IST