The Moto 360 has been the poster boy for Android Wear ever since it was first announced. Despite several months passing between than and when it was actually released, it seemed to only build more hype in that time as it appeared to encompass what the smartwatch industry has been so lacking – a functional, yet still stunningly beautiful watch. So it’s no surprise to hear then that the Moto 360 is beating its competition in not only the Android Wear standings, but also the smartwatch and fitness band market in its entirety, owning a 15% portion of the market.
This formed a part of the almost 5 million smartwatches and fitness bands shipped in the third quarter, and is even more impressive given that the Moto 360 has had one less month on sale in the quarter having been released in September. That’s obviously a testament to Motorola‘s work on the device and is hopefully an indicator or things to come for the manufacturer in the wearable space. Unsurprisingly, Samsung was actually the number one when considering number of devices sold by a manufacturer, thanks to its family of Gear devices, which made up 52% of the market.
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Source: canalys via TalkAndroid
