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THE EVOLUTION OF BEACONS
2013
2014
2015
2016
A BIT LATER
JUST AFTER LATER
THE FIRST BOXES OF BEACONS WERE SHIPPED IN AUGUST 2013
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
COIN CELL BATTERY BEACON
BEACON VENDORS SWITCH TO LARGER BATTERY CAPACITY
BEACON DEVICES
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
AA CELLBATTERY BEACON
APPLE QUIETLY ANNOUNCED iBEACON AT THE WORLD WIDE
DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE (WWDC) IN JUNE 2013.
GOOGLE CREATED THE URIBEACON TO CONNECT BLUETOOTH LOW
ENERGY (BLE) BEACONS TO THE PHYSICAL WEB. UNLIKE iBEACON,
URIBEACON SENDS USERS TO A WEBPAGE AND DOESN’T NEED
MULTIPLE APPS.
GOOGLE LAUNCHED A NEW OPEN FORMAT FOR BLUETOOTH LOW
ENERGY (BLE) BEACONS IN JULY 2015. EDDYSTONE SUPPORTS
BOTH iOS AND ANDROID, IT WORKS WITH APPS AND THE
PHYSICAL WEB.
TECHINSIDER.IO PREDICTS BEACON SALES WILL DIRECTLY INFLUENCE OVER $40 BILLION
DOLLARS IN SALES BY THE END OF 2016.
ABI RESEARCH PROJECTS BEACON SHIPMENTS WILL
COMFORTABLY EXCEED 400MILLION UNITS IN 2020.
GCELL INTRODUCE AN INDOORSOLAR CELL POWERED BEACON
IN FEBRUARY 2016
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
SOLAR CELLPOWERED BEACON
GCELL INTRODUCE AN AUTONOMOUSLY POWERED
BEACON
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
AUTONOMOUSLY POWERED BEACON
GCELL INTRODUCE AN AUTONOMOUSLY POWERED
BEACON WITH SENSORS
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
AUTONOMOUSLY POWERED SENSING BEACON
Eddystone
uribeacon
Not all iBeacon Hardware is the same
To find out more about GCell Technology and our Innovative new range of Beacons, contact [email protected] | www.gcell.com
iBeacon is a trademark of Apple Inc. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
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