{"id":317864,"date":"2026-03-07T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317864\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:04:10","slug":"indias-budget-smartwatch-bubble-bursts-sales-plummet-innovation-lags-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317864\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#039;s budget smartwatch bubble bursts: Sales plummet, innovation lags &#8211; Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India&#8217;s budget smartwatch bubble bursts: Sales plummet, innovation lags<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Mint<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9wFBVV95cUxQQV8zLUpGdmZlUDBxVXBVSzYyRjBnZzZJZDBOdGJIWW1pYUpUOGg0ejBNbzFiZEg0S1Rsanp6MmNYYl9GeWUtT0V1ZEZNd20yTE5zbGJuSENLc1JzZ3lqQkhYQ2F2ZzN6Q2NEMjJfbERPZFZMN2hGS0djNGRGREtuNThnWGVLREY5NlFmMnZyOWhZb0J5S3Q3SnpwT3RxRHNGZkVrQWJiVmpSTTh5NkRRQWdqdHliQ2UwUlhyU1ZTUGNOTmEySEU2TnItNG5EV1ZTTzBQY3d6OWplTGlpbzE2WS1DS1k1dUNQcEFDSkJjUlByOTZCUkxz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Realme sees highest year on year growth in India\u2019s wearables market in 2025: Report<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwJBVV95cUxOVTM2QXZrTmhtWHV2a2RLckE0aG5nc1lPWVJjN2FqVTNOajB2ZFp4bndtbmhiMi1LdktuVlYxYzJLcGN6b0dZWHozUlh6akw5cnZkejNNSEFOVGd0U05hZ1EtMU41RWJyQjFMMjFlSUlRT09zOV82Mk8xaEVNdVJZOU9pOU5wS2ZhNFVKWlpEMEVmbUgwQm1YY3p4YVAwbWQ0bXpDS1pBaGh3WUdSa3IweHFrM2dKRlpZb2NTVVRsOVpacm5lQUlwYzl3RUxFZ2t3SGs4c0JYc1lzZ3ZvVkJmM2V2UFlKZ0pYY2hiODVUSWpoRGdzU2ZiYWlYMUxKeGxzTVpXcjVXa0Z5Rnc3ZC12OWUzS3NnbmpWZnZF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India\u2019s Wearables market declines 4.0% to 114 million units in 2025: Downturn primarily driven by a 17.6% YoY drop in smartwatch shipments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Tech Outlook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s budget smartwatch bubble bursts: Sales plummet, innovation lags&nbsp;&nbsp;MintRealme sees highest year on year growth in India\u2019s wearables&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[172165,172155,40699,172163,172162,172157,356,172159,111,139,172164,172166,172156,69,172160,172161,145,172158,1712],"class_list":["post-317864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-absence-of-innovation","tag-boat-smartwatch-sales","tag-budget-smartwatches","tag-buyers-not-keen","tag-dip-in-sales","tag-fire-boltt-smartwatch","tag-gadgets","tag-india-wearable-market","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-no-real-upgrades","tag-no-returning-buyers","tag-noise-smartwatch-sales","tag-nz","tag-smartwatch-innovation","tag-smartwatch-market-shrinks","tag-technology","tag-titan-smartwatch","tag-wearable-devices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}