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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 tangomargarine on Monday November 02 2015, @06:15AM
tre·ble1
ˈtrebəl/Submit
adjective
1.
consisting of three parts; threefold.
"the fish were caught with large treble hooks dragged through the water"
predeterminer
1.
three times as much or as many.
"the tip was at least treble what she would normally have given"
noun
1.
a threefold quantity or thing, in particular.
pronoun
1.
a number or amount that is three times as large as a contrasting or usual number or amount.
"by virtue of having paid treble, he had a double room to himself"
verb
1.
make or become three times as large or numerous.
"rents were doubled and probably trebled"
I have never heard anyone use "treble" in anything but a musical context before. Why not "triple"?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Touché) by frojack on Monday November 02 2015, @06:29AM
I have never heard anyone use "treble" in anything but a musical context before. Why not "triple"?
We are just trying to broaden your horizons son.
There is a huge vocabulary out there. No shortage in sight. Its all free. Use all of it you want.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Monday November 02 2015, @07:35AM
There is a huge vocabulary out there. No shortage in sight. Its all free. Use all of it you want.
Except that some of it is not, because it is just wrong, like using "treble" for "triple", or even worse, for "Tribbles." We aspire to high levels of erudition and grammatical acumen here on SoylentNews, so do everyone please tremble your efforts at literalism.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday November 02 2015, @08:29AM
Humor me, and google
definition of treble
You're welcome. No charge.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday November 02 2015, @08:39AM
It's all about the bass, no crappies! I would quadruple the fourfold pentitude of your verbosity, if only I knew what I was saying.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday November 02 2015, @01:23PM
It's all about the bass, no crappies!
Its all about the bass, the bass, the bass, no treble... finally I understand those lyrics.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 02 2015, @12:10PM
You're not keeping up, aristarchus. FatPhil (I think it was) used 'yclept' a day or two ago, and contrary to all expectation, was correct. It's a word. And I've never heard 'croodle' spoken in conversation before (except by me), and only once in print in an H.P. Lovecraft story, but lo and behold it's a real word.
In that context 'treble' is not particularly egregious. And in fact, if it's high levels of erudition you're arguing for, you ought to insist on 'treble' instead of 'triple,' and for bonus points should even croodle with it.
So says the user yclept Phoenix666.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 4, Funny) by VortexCortex on Monday November 02 2015, @08:09AM
Treble hooks are for fishing... or for very tiny people to grapple up walls.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 02 2015, @10:02AM
British English.
Tyre, kerb, treble... Just a few words I had to re-learn over there.
(Score: 2) by jcross on Monday November 02 2015, @01:59PM
Oh, I thought it was about how hard it is to make good bass speakers small enough to fit in a wearable device. I mean laptops have weak enough bass response as it is.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday November 02 2015, @04:19PM
Because what we really need in the vernacular is to infuse more legalese :P
"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 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.
Genius by birth. Evil by choice.
(Score: 2) by unzombied on Monday November 02 2015, @06:53PM