China-based wearable device vendors see shipments growth in 2Q16, says IDC

China shipped 9.54 million wearable devices in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 13.2% from the previous quarter and up 81.4% from a year earlier, according to IDC's China Wearable Device Market Quarterly Tracker report. Shipments of basic wearable devices such as wristbands, children's watches and smart running shoes grew by 92.1%, while smart wearables led by smartwatches were up by 3.4% from a year earlier.

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