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18.4% -- unit sales growth rate for Global wearable electronic devices (2016)
Worldwide unit sales of wearable electronic devices were forecast to grow by 18.4% in 2016 compared to 2015.
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18.4%
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2016
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Gartner, Inc.
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https://electronicsnews.com.au/sales-of-smartwatches-to-total-50-4-million-units-in-2016/ ↗
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Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016, an increase of …
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Gartner forecast, vs 232.0 million units in 2015
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Global wearable electronic devices: 18.4% unit sales growth rate. Source: Gartner, Inc. (2016). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wearable-unit-growth-2016
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wearable-unit-growth-2016" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>18.4%</strong> -- unit sales growth rate for Global wearable electronic devices<br><small>Source: Gartner, Inc. (2016) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wearable-unit-growth-2016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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