Wearables Week in Review
The week when:
- Google combines gaming and exercise, wrapped up with cellular connectivity
- Put a Pin in it
- Look back in Amusement?
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The week when:
- Google combines gaming and exercise, wrapped up with cellular connectivity
- Put a Pin in it
- Look back in Amusement?
Circana Connected Intelligence’s new Promotions Marketplace report is a monthly updated tracker providing insights into a wireless carrier and national distributor's promotional incentive practices. The report provides a detailed list of all promotional activities captured via Circana’s retail and online store visits conducted on a periodical basis. Captured promotions are categorized (i.e., service plan, accessories, device discounts, BOGOs, Gift Cards, etc.) and dated (start date/end date) for easy navigation and analysis purposes.
The Circana Connected Intelligence Service Plans Marketplace Report provides a complete view of all mobile broadband service plans offered by the nationwide postpaid and prepaid carriers. This report features each carrier's service plans on smartphones and mobile broadband products in separate tabs, which provides sectional navigation to postpaid and prepaid plans. The data is gathered from multiple sources (online and retail store surveys) during the last week of each month.
Key highlights from the May 2024 Marketplace Reports:
Circana Connected Intelligence's Device Marketplace report provides a comprehensive view of the US mobile device landscape through the online tracking of mobile phones and other cellular-powered products such as tablets and mobile hotspots. The monthly updated report provides device spec and pricing information on the afforementioned products available through all major postpaid and prepaid service providers' digital channels as well as national distributor outlets (including Best Buy, Walmart, Target online stores) and manufacturer direct online store of Apple.
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Metro by T-Mobile shook up the prepaid world with the debut of its new Flex plan program, which essentially allows customers to receive free and/or discounted device upgrade offers based on tenure with the carrier.
Broadband is getting faster and more common, with 81% of connected homes seeing 25 Mbps or higher. But there are stumbling blocks on the horizon
As the smartwatch market matures, the watch is heading towards an identity crisis. Is it a companion (dare I say, merely an accessory) to the smartphone or can the watch be a distinct device unto itself?
The week when:
- Metro goes Uncarrier with Flex
The week when:
- Quilt Makes a Smart HVAC System
- Google Adds Smart Home Functionality