Gartner, a market research firm, expects smart watches to make up at least 40 percent of wearable devices by next year. LG Electronics and other leading Chinese tech companies will also exhibit their latest smart watches at the trade show. LG Chem said more IT companies will introduce smart watches with a rounded surface design from the latter half of this year.įor example, Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest phone producer, plans to introduce its upgraded smart watch at this year's IFA technology fair in September. "The development will help users have four hours more for their smart watch," Woo said, adding LG Group's chemical affiliate would respond to growing demand for smart watches with rounded shapes. LG said the hexagon-shaped battery improved storage capacity by 25 percent compared with rectangular batteries. He said the hexagonal battery, which the firm says is the first in the industry, was the result of closer cooperation with a top-tier technology company, though Woo declined to name it.īut iPhone designer Apple and LG Electronics were not partners in the battery's development, sources said. "The batteries, manufactured in Nanjing, China, where LG operates massive battery factories, will be used in upcoming smart watches." ![]() ![]() "LG Chem has started selling hexagonal batteries to global tech firms," company spokesman Woo Byeong-min said Sunday. LG Chem has started shipping hexagon-shaped batteries to global consumer electronics firms in order to help them promote their smart-watch business. ![]() A hexagon-shaped battery, right, developed by LG Chem, and modules using the battery, are seen in this file photo, Sunday.
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