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ABI Research reports that smartphone components are being used in smartwatches in lieu of optimized smartwatch components, even when claimed otherwise.
Teardowns of a number of devices found that nobody has an optimal wearable peripheral solution yet. The Samsung Galaxy Gear and Z-watch use application processors originally targeted for smartphone/tablets and the uWatch goes a step further by using a full blown GPRS SOC, MediaTek MT6260, but only uses the integrated BT. Other watches like the Sony series and Pebble use discrete solutions.
The end result is less than optimal battery life and unnecessary cost/size that get passed on to the consumer....
In the rush to launch products, manufacturers are hurting consumers and themselves by claiming they use "new" components instead of recycled smartphone components.