BurnCast: are wearables worth it?

Welcome to BurnCast, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Hosted by Mich Atagana and Stuart Thomas.

In this week’s episode, Stuart speaks to Gearburn Editor Steven Norris about the state of wearable technology.

It’s a space that’s exploding, with some predicting that it will have have grown 500% by 2015 and will be worth US$2.3-billion by 2017.

But it’s also a space where that’s still struggling to define itself, with no one really certain which form will come to dominate. The most likely candidate so far, fitness trackers, have the serious issue of being abandoned by a third of users after just six months.

All of this begs the question: are smartphones still the ultimate wearable?

Let us know what you think of this week’s episode and what your thoughts on wearable technology are in the comments section below.