The worldwide wearable tech market, which includes fitness trackers and smartwatches, grew a staggering 172 percent last year, shipping 78.1 million units, according to a report today from research firm IDC. The growth was driven by the popularity of lower-cost trackers from companies like Fitbit and the appeal of the higher-end Apple Watch, the report adds. More more than one-third of all sales in 2015 happened in the fourth quarter, a 127 percent jump over the previous year's holiday season.
Fitbit remains the undisputed leader of the global wearable market with 21 million units shipped in 2015, accounting for more than a quarter of all sales. We still don't have official figures for Apple's wearable, but IDC pegs the Apple Watch's...
via The Verge
