Global shipments of wearable devices are expected to total 396.0 million units in 2020 according to new data from IDC…
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IDC: Apple dominates Q220 wearables with 34.2% market share
The market for wearable devices grew 14.1% during the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), as Apple’s domination continues, thanks to…
Apple countersues headphone maker Koss in AirPods patent infringement battle
Apple has countersued Koss, claiming not only that the headphone maker’s claims are baseless, but also that Koss broke a confidentiality…
Koss sues Apple over wireless headphone patents
Koss, the U.S. company that essentially launched stereo headphones in 1958 with its invention of the Stereophone, is suing Apple …
Apple AirPods Pro have secret hidden feature
Brooke Crothers recently upgraded from the AirPods 2 to the AirPods Pro and found that Apple’s AirPods Pro have secret hidden feature …
Apple’s story is shifting thanks to the massive success of Apple Watch and AirPods
Apple’s wearables business, which includes the Apple Watch and AirPods, are expected to show massive growth for the 2019 holiday quarter…
Apple’s AirPods make more money than Spotify, Twitter, Snapchat, and Shopify combined
Imagine a startup with $12 billion of revenue, 125%+ YoY revenue growth (two years in a row), and Apple-esque gross margins (30-50%)…
Apple AirPods sales totaled $6 billion this year, could generate $15 billion in 2020
Apple sold $6 billion worth of AirPods this year and should sell more than double that next year, according to Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein…
Apple’s AirPods fire up Luxshare, one of Asia’s top stocks
Luxshare is making big gains from producing Apple’s hot-selling AirPods as Cupertino’s wearables business is expected to become a growth driver…
Analyst: Apple’s new AirPods to be ‘clear star’ of Black Friday amid surging demand
Ives estimated Apple was on track to sell more than 65 million AirPods units this year and could potentially hit 90 million unit sales in 2020…
Apple AirPods demand ‘much higher’ than expected; shipments expected to double to 60 million in 2019
There’s currently a wait time of two to three weeks for the AirPods Pro on Apple’s U.S. website…
IDC: Apple Watch to lead smartwatch growth through at least 2023
The market for wearable devices is on track to reach global shipments of 222.9 million units in 2019, growing to 302.3 million units in 2023…
AirPods continue to dominate the wireless hearables market
The size of the global market for true wireless hearables reached 17.5 million units in calendar Q119…
Apple AirPods continue to dominate the hearable market with 35 million units sold last year
The global market for true wireless hearables is estimated to reach a volume of 129 million units..
