CTA: US smart home devices will be hot this year, UAV will hit new highs

According to the latest semi-annual US Consumer Technology Sales and Forecast study released by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA; formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)), retail sales in the consumer technology industry in the United States in 2018 were Hitting a record 351 billion U.S. dollars, 3.9% more than the previous year. Excluding digital video streaming for the first time (projected 35% to 19.5 billion U.S. dollars), it is projected to grow by 2.2% in 2018.

According to CTA's estimates, US unit sales will grow by 6.6% to 715 million units in 2018, with sales of US-enabled acoustics speakers (including Amazon Echo and Google Home) increasing by 279% in 2017. CTA predicts that this year A 60% increase to 43.6 million units, with sales up 93% to 3.8 billion U.S. dollars.

CTA estimates sales of smart home devices (including smart thermostats, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, smart door locks / doorbell, IP / Wi-Fi cameras, smart home systems, smart switches / dimmers / sockets) An increase of 41% to 40.8 million units, sales will grow 34% to 45 billion US dollars.

In terms of VR / AR installations, CTA projects US shipments to increase by 25% to 4.9 million units by 2018, with annual sales up 18% to $ 1.2 billion. Just released at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) support Alexa AR smart glasses rose 12.42% on the 8th, up 8.60 US dollars, the highest closing price since October 5, 2016; up 37.60% so far this year.

The CTA expects to reach a record 3.7 million U.S. aircraft units by 2018, a 20% annual increase in sales and an annual increase of 17% to 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, of which sales below 250 grams It is estimated to exceed 2.2 million units and weighs 250 grams or more (in line with the FAA's minimum registration standard). It is estimated that there will be 1.5 million units.

CTA predicts sales of wear (including event trackers, smart watches and sports technology products) will reach 49.3 million units by 2018, an annual increase of 4%. Sales will increase by 1% to 6.4 billion U.S. dollars.

For smartphones, CTA estimates that US shipments will increase 2% to 189 million units in 2018 and shipments will grow 3% year-over-year to US $ 62.9 billion. For notebooks, CTA estimates 2018 In the United States, shipments in the United States will increase by 3% to 50.1 million units a year, with shipments of 28.4 billion U.S. dollars.

Sales of US television sets are projected to increase 2% YoY to 44.2 million units in 2018 with sales up 2% YoY to US $ 22.1bn. For the first time, sales of 4K UHD TVs will exceed 50% Will increase by 27% to 22 million units a year, with sales up 14% to 15.9 billion U.S. dollars.

In 2018, US car electronics sales are projected to increase by 5.9% to 15.9 billion U.S. dollars.

CTA estimates that flat panel sales in the United States will be down 12% to 45.6 million units by 2018, with sales down 13% to $ 12.5 billion a year.

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