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Apple Watch seen holding majority share through 2020

Apple’s (AAPL) smartwatch is poised to capture 68% of the market this year and hold on to a majority of smartwatch unit shipments through 2020, research firm Tractica forecast Tuesday. Tractica predicts that Apple will sell 16.7 million Apple Watch units this year. Samsung’s Tizen smartwatches will come in second place with 3.2 million units, or 13% market share in 2015, the Boulder, Colo.-based research firm said. Samsung is expected to launch its Gear S2 smartwatch this fall. Google (GOOGL) Android-based smartwatches will come in third place with 2.2 million

Google To Launch Customizable Ara Phone In 2016

Google (GOOGL) will launch a pilot version of its low-cost Project Ara modular phone in the U.S. next year, the company announced on Twitter on Monday. Google first announced plans for a customizable, entry-level smartphone with global appeal in early 2014, when it said the phones were expected to hit the market in January 2015 with an early version that cost about $50. Three of a string of tweets released about the product on Monday, under the

Samsung Pay could leapfrog Apple Pay, Android Pay

Samsung’s new mobile payments system could spur greater adoption of mobile payments than what rivals Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) have been able to achieve thus far, Moody’s Investors Service said Monday. Samsung is launching its e-wallet service, Samsung Pay, on Thursday in its home market of South Korea. It will debut in the U.S. on Sept. 28. It also plans to roll out the service in the U.K., Spain and China. Samsung Pay will be installed in