New Headsets Prop Up Extended Reality Market in 2023
Virtual and augmented reality devices — often referred to together as extended reality — have felt more intense pressure from recent macroeconomic weakness than some other categories of smart devices….
Basic Smartwatches Rescue Wearables Market in 2023
Smartwatches with advanced capabilities experienced a difficult market in 2022, and sales will grow very slowly in 2023. But in India basic smartwatches have taken off and will help the…
Holiday or Shiny New Smartphone? A Modern Conundrum
CCS Insight has been running its Connected Consumer Radar survey for well over a year, and we’ve harvested a wealth of insights from every wave of research. Here’s a sneak…
Extended Reality Pace Slowed by Economic Woes
Macroeconomic weakness is hindering all consumer device markets right now, with virtual and augmented reality devices (VR and AR) — often combined as “extended reality” or XR — being no…
Weak Phone Market Slows 5G Growth, But Future Remains Bright
A sluggish mobile phone market in 2022 is hitting the transition of telecom subscribers to 5G networks, but total 5G connections worldwide are still expected to grow 86% and reach…
The Smart Home Opportunity
Smartness has quietly made its way into people’s homes. Our research has found that in advanced markets, 37% of households own at least one smart home device, be that an…
Forecasts during Wartime
Events in Ukraine will have a global impact As the crisis in Ukraine has turned into a dreaded war, a growing number of questions are being raised about what impact…
Green Considerations for Connected Devices
How can tech companies convince people their green efforts are genuine? Tech companies are among the most active businesses when it comes to setting sustainability targets and actually working toward…
The Consumer Device Forecasting Puzzle in 2022
A dynamic and interesting year is in store for the tech industry Technology market forecasting has never been a boring job, but the past two years have been particularly fascinating….
Extended Reality Deserves Optimism
Market will reach sales of 71 million devices in 2025 On 23 November, we published our latest market forecast for virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) devices. Here, we…