The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smashed pre-order records in its home country - more than 550,000 units were booked in two days. That’s more than 5 times the S7 pre-orders (around 100,000) and nearly triple what the Galaxy Note7 got (200,000, a record in itself).
Pre-orders will last until April 17 (by then the number may reach a cool million) and there are a whopping 3,000 stores across the country carrying the S8. Samsung sweetened the pot by offering a free Bluetooth speaker or a KRW 400,000 gift card. An official from a local store reports that 80%-90% of visitors were there to pre-order the new Galaxy flagship.
Surprisingly, the ratio of Galaxy S8 and S8+ orders seems even - usually, the smaller unit gets more attention. Still, there’s pent-up demand for a large-screen device since the Note7 went off the market. The 6GB/128GB version is also enjoying high demand, says a Samsung official.
Higher is better
That’s the news from South Korea, on the world stage Samsung plans to beat the sales of the Galaxy S7, which moved 49 million units in a year, but no specific sales targets were given. Analysts expect around 13 million S8 phones to find their new owner in just the first month of availability.
Damn Sony's total annual sales number can't even beat one Galaxy model let alone the iPhone. You can't help but laugh when you read such things as "Mind you, when Sony makes competitive phones, Samsung and Apple are going down easily." lol
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