Ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule, sikukhombisile izinombolo zokuthengisa zezingubo zokugqoka, imakethe abanye abakhiqizi abaqala ukuyishiya, njengoba kunjalo nge-Motorola, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule yamemezela ukuthi iyawushiya lo mkhakha, okungenani kuze kube yilapho imakethe ikhombisa izimpawu ezithakazelisayo, hhayi njengamanje ngoba kubonakala sengathi la madivayisi kuhloswe emkhakheni othile wabantu. Hhayi kuphela i-Motorola eshiya umkhumbi, njengoba nePebble nayo isenza uma isithengiwe nguFitbit. Kuyacaca ukuthi ezimakethe izinketho ziya ngokuya zincipha.
I-IDC yinkampani yama-analytics esinikeza imininingwane yekota yokuthengisa, noma kunalokho ukuthunyelwa kwamadivayisi emhlabeni jikelele kusuka kubakhiqizi abakhulu, ukuthunyelwa ngokuvamile okuphenduka ukuthengisa. Kulo mbiko wokugcina siyabona ukuthi isiginesha isetshenziswa kanjani UFitbit uhlala eyinkosi yezimakethe ngokuthunyelwa kwamayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-5,3 nangamasheya ezimakethe angama-23%, amele ukwanda ngo-11% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Izinhlobo ezithengisa kakhulu zeFitbit yiBlaze, Alta, Flex 2, neCharge 2.
Esikhundleni sesibili sithola amaShayina Xiaomi, okwathunyelwa ngamayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-3,8 kulekota edlule kutholakale isabelo semakethe esingu-16,5%, senyuka ngo-4%. Esikhundleni sesithathu sithola uGarmin, okwazile ukungena phakathi kwamakhulu amakhulu athunyelwe ngamayunithi ayisigidi esingu-1.3 kanye nesabelo semakethe sika-5,7%, ngokunyuka okungu-12.2% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo sonyaka odlule.
Esikhundleni sesine sine-Apple ne-Apple Watch yayo, imodeli ebone ukwehla okumangazayo kwenani lokuthunyelwa, zisuka ezigidini ezingama-3,9 ngonyaka odlule zaya ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.1 nje, okumele ukwehla kwama-71%. Ngokushesha uTim Cook, inhloko ye-Apple ifike ekumemezeleni ukuthi lezi zibalo zingamanga futhi azihambisani neqiniso.
Kuyamangaza ukuthi kuze kube manje i-Apple ibingakaze iziveze mayelana neqiniso ledatha ye-IDC, idatha ebihlale inhle kakhulu, kepha lapho izibalo ziqala ukwehla, baqinisekisa ngokushesha ukuthi azilona iqiniso. Kuyivelakancane kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma ucabangela lokho I-Apple ayikaze ibike ngamayunithi athengisiwe we-Apple Watch selokhu yethulwa.
Esikhundleni sesihlanu sithola amaKorea aseSamsung, ezisuka kumayunithi angaphezu kwesigamu nje sesigidi ezithengiswe kwisigidi esisodwa, ngokunyuka okungu-89,9% kanye nesabelo semakethe sika-4,5%, okufana kakhulu ne-4,9% njengamanje ephethwe yimbangi yayo enkulu emhlabeni yocingo futhi manje umkhakha wezingubo zokugqoka, i-Apple.