IDC's Worldwide Wearable Device Tracker Taxonomy, 2024

IDC's Worldwide Wearable Device Tracker Taxonomy

• Figure: Wearable Device Primary Segments

Wearable Device Tracker Taxonomy Changes for 2024

Taxonomy Overview

Definitions

• Wearable Computing: A Definition

• Product Category

• Advanced

• Basic

• Product

• Product Detail

• Brand

• Vendor

• Company

• Operating System

• Sensors and Communications

• Connectivity

• Near-Field Communication

• Bluetooth

• GPS

• Other Hardware Specs

• ECG

• External Speaker

• Heart Rate Sensor

• Skin Temperature Sensor

• Microphone

• Watch Face

• Waterproofing

• Kids' Device

• Price Band

• Channel and Channel Group

• Figure: IDC's Channel Taxonomy — Direct

• Figure: IDC's Channel Taxonomy — Indirect

• Direct — Internet

• Exceptions

• Direct — Store

• Exceptions

• Direct — Inbound/Outbound

• Exceptions

• Indirect — Dealer/VAR/SI

• Exceptions

• Table: Examples of Dealer/VAR/SI by Region

• Indirect — eTailer

• Exceptions

• Table: Examples of eTailers by Region

• Indirect — Retail

• Table: Examples of Retail by Region

• Indirect — Telco

• Exceptions

• Table: Examples of Telcos by Region

• Segment Group

• Commercial

• Consumer

• Geographic Segmentation

• Table: IDC's Wearable Device Segmentation by Geography

• Shipments

• "Sales In," "Sales Through," and "Sales Out"

• Average Selling Price

• Value (or Shipment Value)

• Installed Base

• Exchange Rates

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• Methodology

• Synopsis