Tomas Chlebek Ngekota yokugcina ka-2015, ama-smartwatches ayizigidi ezingu-8,1 athunyelwe emhlabeni wonke, okubonisa ukwanda konyaka ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwama-316. Ngokwezilinganiso I-Strategy Analytics, iyiphi idatha yakamuva ushicilele, ukuduma "kwamakhompyutha esihlakala" kukhula ngokushesha eNyakatho Melika, eNtshonalanga Yurophu nase-Asia.
Okudume kakhulu kwakuyi-Apple Watch nge-margin enkulu, ukuthengiswa kwayo okuhambisana namaphesenti angama-63 ayo yonke imakethe yewashi elihlakaniphile. Endaweni yesibili kube yiSamsung ngamaphesenti angu-16.
Abakhiqizi baseSwitzerland bamawashi endabuko, lapho impumelelo yawo wonke umuntu eqhathaniswa ngokujwayelekile, babone ukuthengiswa kwehla ngamaphesenti angu-5 unyaka nonyaka. Ngokokuqala ngqá, ambalwa athunyelwa kunamawashi ahlakaniphile—okulinganiselwa ukuthi ayizigidi ezingu-7,9. Abanandaba neze negagasi elizayo lobuchwepheshe bedijithali.
Okuwukuphela komdali omkhulu waseSwitzerland ozama ukuthwebula ezinye zezethameli ezintsha ngu-TAG Heuer. Lona ngoNovemba yethule imodeli Exhunyiwe, ngentengo yama-dollar angu-1 (imiqhele engaphansi kwezinkulungwane ze-500) ebiza kakhulu iwashi elihlakaniphile nge-Android Wear. Kepha le modeli futhi isebenza kakhulu njengesingeniso emhlabeni we-TAG Heuer. Le nkampani inikeza labo abathenga imodeli Exhunyiwe eminyakeni emibili kamuva kanye nemali eyengeziwe engu-$1 ukuze bashintshisane ngedijithali ngenguqulo yomshini. I-TAG Heuer ithumele iphesenti elingu-500 lawo wonke amawashi ahlakaniphile engxenyeni yokugcina ka-1.
