Fitness freaks prop up wearables market

It would appear the wearables market isn’t as bad as we thought, after research from IDC has growth at 3.1% year-on-year for the third quarter.
Before anyone starts to get too excited about smartwatches taking over the world (again), let’s put things in perspective a bit. Basic wearables, mostly fitness bands, comprised of 85% of worldwide sales and experienced double digit growth to hold up the lumbering segment. Total sales for the quarter came in at roughly 23 million units.
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