Basic wearables soar and smart wearables stall as worldwide wearables market climbs 26.1% in 2Q16, says IDC

Shipments of wearable devices reached 22.5 million in the second quarter of 2016, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Despite a decline in shipments for one of the largest vendors, the overall market for wearable devices grew 26.1% on year as new use cases are slowly starting to emerge.

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