from Statista.com
— this post authored by Felix Richter
When Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy Note 9 smartphone at its “Unpacked” event on Thursday, the Korean electronics giant had one more thing (quite literally) up its sleeve: a new smartwatch.
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The Galaxy Watch, Samsung’s first wearable device in the Galaxy family, comes in two sizes (42 and 46 mm) and, in line with the company’s previous smartwatches, it will feature a round design closer to a traditional (albeit huge) wrist watch than the rectangular Apple Watch. Like the latter, the Galaxy Watch will come with a bunch of health features as well as water resistance and an LTE option. Its standout feature could be the battery life though, which Samsung claims to be “several days” on a single charge.
As the following chart, based on IDC estimates, shows, Samsung has a lot of ground to make up if it wants to challenge Apple’s dominant position in the smartwatch market. In 2017, the Cupertino-based company shipped 17.7 million watches compared to Samsung’s 3.6 million.
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