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The wearable tech industry will treble inside the next five years – with a whopping 245 million devices expected to ship in 2019.
That's according to CCS Insight's Wearables Forecast, Worldwide, 2015-2019, which states that the shipments for 2015 will be around 84 million units. That's a growth in monetary value of 64 per cent; from $15 billion in 2015 to $25 billion in 2019.
The analyst states fitness and activity trackers will account for more than half of the 2019 market in terms of units shipped, but smartwatches will make up more than 50 per cent of the revenue.
Smartwatches are obviously more expensive than fitness bands – especially given the decreasing prices of the latter thanks to budget-friendly brands like Xiaomi. The Chinese company has $15 tracker currently on sale – the Mi Band. The report claims that China overtook the US to become the biggest market for fitness trackers in 2015.
(Score: 2) by compro01 on Monday November 02 2015, @03:59PM
It's reasonably common in legal contexts. [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday November 02 2015, @05:42PM
Why would we have to supply links to example usage when the first definition in the dictionary is exactly the way it was used in the story?
Why does that usage come as a surprise or revelation to anyone old enough to post on the internet?
Why would someone who, for whatever misfortune in education, discovers, at long last, the first definition of a common word, rush to copy and paste that definition, and in the same post follow up with a confession of ignorance?
When I encounter a word that I don't know, I google it up, say a quiet thank-you to the electrons for sparing me the rummage through that 5 pound monster dictionary gathering dust on the shelf.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday November 02 2015, @07:20PM
My point was that I *did* already know the word, but thought "using the definition I already know, this makes no sense grammatically."
Between a musical term that has no synonyms and a pointless replacement for another word in common usage, I'm going to say the latter should be thrown out.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday November 02 2015, @08:49PM
Thrown out?
Please indicate how that happens? Revise the FIRST definition in every dictionary? Obama Presidential order?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday November 02 2015, @09:23PM
Nothing worth doing is ever easy :)
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Bogsnoticus on Tuesday November 03 2015, @12:13AM
So, given the fact you are having difficulty understanding basic English, by your logic it would then certainly be worthwhile and beneficial for you to actually learn it, instead of demanding it be truncated to suit your limitations.
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