IDC posts smart watch projections through the year 2020

Some takeaways:

  • Apple Watch is projected to have a 49.4% share of all smart watch sales this year.

  • Android Wear will close the gap by 2020, with Apple Watch share dropping to 37.6% and Android Wear climbing from 6.1% this year to 35% in 2020.

  • Apple’s projected Apple Watch shipments are 14 million for 2016 and 31 million in 2020.

These, obviously, are projections. Also, as they have done with the iPhone, Apple has established a beachhead on the higher price, higher margin side of this model, which means even at 37.6% of unit sales, Apple will bring in the lion’s share of the smart watch revenue.