Xiaomi Mi Band online sales leading 6 million globally

We envision there's some extreme nail attacking taking place over at Fitbit Towers. On the eve of its IPO, the San Francisco startup business is not only facing a lawful challenge from veteran competing Jawbone, there's additionally now a danger from more afield in regards to task tracking control.

Earlier this month we reported that Fitbit was leading the way with regards to wearable tech shipments-- with 3.9 million in the Q1 2015 period and also a market share of 34.2 %-- thanks to the launches of the Fitbit Fee, Fee HR and Surge.

Nonetheless, those IDC numbers explain Fitbit's share has actually lost over 10 %, with Xiaomi now its biggest competitor. The Chinese firm taped 2.8 million deliveries, inned comparison to zero in Q1 2014.

And also now reports are circulating that the $15 Mi Band has actually offered 6 million units in total. With an estimated 4 million overall sales around mid-April (based on a 1 million estimate for 2014 plus the Q1 IDC data) that supposeds Xiaomi is now offering about a million fitness trackers each month. That will only grow with Xiaomi's new online establishment for Europe and also the US.

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Without knowing individual product failures for Fitbit it's impossible to declare categorically that the Xiaomi Mi Band is the largest selling physical fitness tracker in the world however it's definitely looking by doing this.

Wareable has a Mi Band strapped on its wrist today as well as we'll be bringing you a full review later on this week.