The mobile devices market is not limited to smartphones. In recent years, smartwatches have become very popular among customers around the world, which in practice are typical watches equipped with a touch screen instead of a typical dial. This market is recording a significant increase from month to month in terms of the number of sold devices. This can be confirmed by the report prepared by Strategy Analytics.
The collected data indicates that over 14 million units of smartwatches were sold during the third quarter of this year, and almost half of them were devices created by Apple, which shows how strong strong position has American company on this market. For comparison, 10 million smartwatches were sold in total during the third quarter of 2018. As for the percentage increase in sales, in the third quarter of the previous year this ratio was 67%, and in the recently ended quarter of this year it was 42%.