Counterpoint Technology Market Research summed up the results of the study of the global market of smart watches in the first quarter of this year. It is noted that the industry is already the fifth quarter in a row demonstrates an increase on double -digit numbers.
Shipments in the annual calculus rose by 13 %. The unconditional leader of the market remains Apple with a share of 36.1 %: the supply of smart hours of this company jumped by 14 %.
Samsung is in second place. The share of the South Korean giant is 10.1 %, and sales compared to the first quarter of last year increased by an impressive 46 %. This is explained, in particular, the high popularity of the Galaxy Watch 4 family.
Closes the three Huawei with a result of 7.2 %, but the company’s sales have practically not changed compared to last year. Then comes Xiaomi with 5.0 % and an increase of 69 %. Closes the five Garmin with a share of approximately 4.3 %.
In geographically, in most regions, growth has been recorded. However, in Europe, sales remained approximately last year.