Smartwatch user dropout rate is still 29%, Gartner says

Almost a third of smartwatch owners -- 29%, to be exact -- have stopped using them, saying they didn't find the devices useful, got bored with them or they broke.
Those findings, released Wednesday by research firm Gartner, don't indicate that smartwatches are on their way out. But what's troubling is that the 29% rate of "abandonment" hasn't really changed very much since 2013, said Gartner analyst Angela McIntyre.
"I'm a little surprised that the abandonment rate is still that high, given all