Competition from lower-cost smartwatches will reduce average selling prices by 4.5% in 2021.

Ear-worn devices captured 46.9% of the overall wearables market during the 2Q19, up from 24.8% a year ago.

Thanks to the trend in premium brands, worldwide headphone revenue is growing four times faster than shipment numbers.

This will mean some respite after the Australian market’s massive 2019 decline and help NZ’s see some stability.

“Its current trajectory would see it displace Samsung by the end of 2019, dealing a major blow to the Korean vendor."

Asia Pacific will account for 17.4% of the 800 million 5G smartphone shipments globally in 2023.

Smartwatches and ear-worn devices will account for more than 70% of the 200 million wearables shipped by 2023.

Ongoing demand fuels a strong growth trajectory for wearable devices in Q1 2019 with wrist-worn and ear-worn leading the market, according to IDC.

Australia, sales down 10.2% in 1Q19, but New Zealand sales grew slightly by 1.3%.

Huawei is now within striking distance of Samsung at the top of the global market.

You’ll probably be sad to see another device say ‘farewell’ to the 3.5mm headphone jack. Fortunately though, as mentioned, Xiaomi were kind enough to include an adapter in the box.

Research analyst Canalys says while it’s inevitable that more vendors will jump in on the fad, it won’t be gaining much traction in 2019.

Move over OLED screens, stylus pens and speaker quality, the new battle of the smartphones is in foldables.

An attacker could target a rider, and then cause the scooter to suddenly brake or accelerate.

Futuresource Consulting reflects on the smartphone design trends of 2018 and what might be coming through the coming year.

The VR headset market returned to growth in 3Q18 after four consecutive quarters of decline and now makes up 97% of the combined market.

The fans filled Auckland’s Westfield Sylvia Park to take advantage of the opening specials and get their hands on some Xiaomi tech.

This quarter saw a global 6% YoY decline in smartphone shipments, largely due to a 13% decline for market leader Samsung, but Xiaomi’s rise continues.

Mi smartphones are hitting Kiwi shores as sales grew by 88% last year - in contrast to the global market decline of 3% facing its competitors.

Despite global shipment numbers dropping by more than a third, the market outlook is still positive an IDC Tracker report shows.

Apple’s share of the market continues to grow along with Chinese competitors Xiaomi and Huawei. Fitbit still in decline.

While Google and Amazon still lead the way, it seems the smart speaker market is no exception to the steady rise of Chinese tech.

Global smartphone sales return to growth with Xiaomi grabbing up sales to hit over 100% year over year improvement.

Canalys says wearable band shipments grew 35 percent from the year before with a two horse race at the front & fierce competition behind.