Accenture claims demand for products such as the latest Samsung smartphone, or iPad peaked in 2014, that demand for such products plateaued in the last 12 months, and is about to dip in 2016. Meanwhile uptake of wearables, and connected home devices will continue to stall as headlines over hacking continue to stoke privacy fears.
Despite consumers’ eagerness to embrace the convenience posed by such devices, manufacturers peddling these wares will have to surmount this dual trend, with John Curran, managing director with Accenture’s Communications, media, and technology group, also noting this also poses an opportunity for the IT security sector.
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Source: The Drum
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