Smart watches 2015: more popular but still aren't necessary

Year 2015 is the rapid development of smart watches, apple, samsung, MOTOROLA, Pebble, tiger tag heuer, asus, Fossil, whether it's consumer electronics brand, watches, fashion brands, are entering the market, aimed at the user's wrist.

So the result? According to Apple, led Watch, smart watches, already poses a threat to the Swiss Watch, cause the overall market down. However, this does not mean that had been universal smart watch. First of all, the watch is optional accessories for many people, most people are found no compelling reason to buy smart watches.

Smart watches more abundant

Cnet editors summarized 2015 the smart watch market representative products, and they can be divided into several categories. Among them, Apple Watch is undoubtedly the most successful, to work, wearing feeling, deep movement monitoring, communication is very outstanding, plus Apple brand appeal, may be the first choice for many users. And, of course, its battery life is a problem, and basically can't solve.

Android Wear areas, Moto 360, huawei Watch a breakthrough in wearable sex, more beautiful, more easy to match clothes, this is clearly a step forward. And similar Withings Activite products, because the only provide a step function, so a longer battery life, appearance design is the most close to ordinary watch, relatively simple but functional aspects.

Of course, we also cannot ignore tiger tag heuer, Fossil, Swiss watch or a fashion manufacturers such as wang table products, obviously the manufacturer should know best watch is what appearance, but in terms of function, often only integration simple step function, lack of personality, and availability (tiger tag heuer is an exception).

Smart watches application is still not enough

So, has bought smart watches what is the most commonly used function of the user? Cnet, according to the user is the most commonly used motion monitoring, social applications, rarely attempt other types. Obviously, playing games, listening to music, watching the news is not obviously fit for application of watches, smart watches the use form of the rich is not because the application type and extension, is quite limited, this is obviously the product type itself.

It is worth mentioning that apple, Garmin is currently ranked very top of the world's movement monitoring equipment manufacturers, and the two brands have smart watches, sports watches, enough to compete with motion wrist strap makers like Fitbit, means that many users are more inclined to choose smart watches.

How to develop in 2016?

In the future, smart watches need to be more. Integration is more precise and more comprehensive exercise monitoring function, truly independent operation ability, and is more practical and useful applications, and the most important battery life, these are all require manufacturers to work. What is clear is that in 2016 there were more integrated WIFI, cellular data network of smart watch, at least you can need not always carry a mobile phone. Of course, they should also become more beautiful and more fashionable, really into the life of people.