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The absence of official numbers for the Apple Watch leads to speculation that the device is a flop — why else would Apple hide the numbers? But the company’s penchant for secrecy shouldn’t prevent us from looking at a few facts, and from thinking about the company’s long game. 
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Samsung plans to announce a new smartwatch on September 4. Our sources confirm the launch date (in Berlin and New York) and offer up a closer look at the hardware and software in the new gizmo. The rectangular screen is 1.1 inches measured diagonally. It has a dual-core processor and should get "decent" battery life.There's a camera integrated into the watch strap.There are speakers built into the watch's clasp. The built in accelerometer should make it so the phone wakes up as you lift your wrist to look at it. There will be touch gestures like swiping up and down, but it probably won't support text. There will be sensors to do some fitness tracking. Samsung is likely to push developers making apps for it to only release their apps through Samsung's Android app store, not Google's Google Play store.It will have Bluetooth 4.0 and connect with a Samsung phone through a watch app.It's going to be announced at the start of September.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Enough for you to want one?
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Smartwatches are growing fast, and last quarter, the budding product category shipped more devices than Swiss watches for the first time ever. According to new data from Strategy Analytics, charted for us by Statista, the global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, up more than four times what it shipped in the previous year. In the same period, Swiss watches shipped 7.9 million units, down 5% from last year. Apple and Samsung led the growth, with each accounting for 63% and 16% of the overall smartwatch market, respectively. Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, said part of this had to do with the Swiss watchmakers' slow response to the development of smartwatches. "The Swiss watch industry has been sticking its head in the sand and hoping smartwatches will go away," he wrote. "Swiss brands, like Tag Heuer, accounted for a tiny 1 percent of all smartwatches shipped globally during Q4 2015, and they are long way behind Apple, Samsung and other leaders in the high-growth smartwatch category.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
It is just a question of time...
James Moore's curator insight,
February 22, 2016 6:03 AM
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