The Middle East and Africa (MEA) is another hot area for wearable sales, according to the latest figures from IDC, a market research firm. Sales totalled 482,000 for the second quarter of 2016—which starts at April 1 and finishes June 30—a 66 percent increase on the same quarter last year. See Also: Teva and Intel using wearables to monitor Huntington’s disease Basic wearable devices, which are unable to load third-party applications, are the best sellers in the MEA region.