Kwiinyanga ezintathu ezidlulileyo, sikubonise iinombolo zokuthengisa ezinokunxitywa, intengiso abanye abavelisi abaqala ukuyishiya, njengeMotorola, ethe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo yabhengeza ukuba iyalishiya eli candelo, ubuncinci de kube yimarike ibonisa iimpawu zomdla, Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kuba kubonakala ngathi ezi zixhobo zijolise kwicandelo elithile labemi. Ayisiyiyo kuphela i-Motorola eshiya inqanawa, njengoko uPebble nayo isenza nje ukuba ithengwe nguFitbit. Kucacile ukuba kwimarike iinketho ziya zincipha.
I-IDC yinkampani ye-analytics esibonelela ngedatha yekota kwintengiso, okanye mandithi isixhobo sithunyelwe kwihlabathi liphela ukusuka kubavelisi abakhulu, ukuthunyelwa okujika kube yintengiso. Kule ngxelo yokugqibela sinokubona ukuba utyikityo lunjani UFitbit uhlala engukumkani wentengiso kunye nokuhanjiswa kweeyunithi ezizigidi ezi-5,3 kunye nesabelo sentengiso se-23%, emele ukwanda nge-11% xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo. Iimodeli zeFitbit ezithengisa kakhulu yiBlaze, Alta, Flex 2, kunye neCharge 2.
Kwindawo yesibini sifumana amaTshayina Xiaomi, ethe iiyunithi ezizizigidi ezi-3,8 zithunyelwa kule kota yokugqibela yafumana isabelo sentengiso se-16,5%, inyuke nge-4%. Kwindawo yesithathu sifumana uGarmin, oye wakwazi ukufikelela phakathi kwezona zinkulu zineeyunithi eziyi-1.3 yezigidi ezithunyelwayo kunye nesabelo sentengiso se-5,7%, ngokunyuka nge-12.2% xa kuthelekiswa nelo xesha linye lonyaka odlulileyo.
Kwindawo yesine sine-Apple ene-Apple Watch yayo, imodeli eye yabona ukwehla okumangalisayo kwinani lokuthunyelwa, isuka kwi-3,9 yezigidi kunyaka ophelileyo ukuya ngaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1.1, emele ukwehla ngama-71%. Ngokukhawuleza uTim Cook, intloko ye-Apple ize ngaphambili ukubhengeza ukuba la manani ayinyani kwaye awahambelani nenyani.
Kuyamangalisa ukuba kude kube ngoku u-Apple wayengazange azibonakalise malunga nokunyaniseka kwedatha ye-IDC, idatha eyayihlala ilungile kakhulu, kodwa xa amanani aqala ukwehla, bakhawuleza baqinisekisa ukuba ayinyani. Inqabile kakhulu, ngakumbi xa ucinga oko U-Apple akazange axele ngeeyunithi ezithengisiweyo ze-Apple Watch oko yasungulwa.
Kwindawo yesihlanu sifumana amaKorea eSamsung, eziphuma ngaphezulu nje kwesiqingatha sesigidi seyunithi ezithengisiweyo zaya kwisigidi esinye, ngokunyuka nge-89,9% kunye nesabelo sentengiso se-4,5%, ngokufanayo kakhulu ne-4,9% ebanjwe ngumlingani wayo omkhulu kwihlabathi lefowuni ngoku ngoku Icandelo lezinto ezinxitywayo, iApple.