From my experience, many consumers aren’t interested in a smartwatch until it has the ability to completely untether from a smartphone. Last week at IFA Berlin, we saw a slew of smartwatches from the likes of Samsung Electronics, Huawei, Motorola, LG Electronics, and others. Many of these smart watches primarily come with WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. But some of them also have 3G/4G connectivity as well. Having 3G/4G connectivity is really what will enable wearables to become the product segment that we’ve all been promised it would become. Because if you have to rely on WiFi and Bluetooth all the time, the device becomes tethered to something at all times, and that defeats the purpose of a wearable. It makes sense to have wearables tethered to smartphones to save power and get faster connectivity, but when people want to be untethered, they should be able to go free.

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