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It seems that demand for the Galaxy S6 is not quite what Samsung expected after all.
In announcing its most recent quarterly earnings Wednesday, the Korean electronics giant warned that its handset division would likely face a difficult market environment and said it would be "adjusting" the price of its flagship Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge to "maintain" its sales momentum. The company also said it would release new high-end smartphones as well as middle- and low-end models.
The company declined to describe what the adjustment entails, but a person familiar with the company's plans said a price cut is planned for the smartphones. The news came as the company announced that its second-quarter sales in its IT and mobile division fell 8.4 percent, to 26.06 trillion won ($22 billion), with mobile in particular dropping 7.3 percent, to 25.5 trillion won.
Once the world's largest smartphone maker, Samsung has seen its fortunes dwindle as consumers opt for devices from its rivals, such as Apple. Formerly accounting for two-thirds of Samsung's operating profit, smartphone shipments have been providing a smaller part of company's profit in recent quarters, squeezed in emerging markets by low-cost handset vendors such as Xiaomi and Huawei.
Oh look, another competitor.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Marco2G on Friday July 31 2015, @10:25AM
Samsung can go F themselves with their plastic crap.
Here's a mobile phone I'd be willing to spend cash on:
- Display 5.5 inches or above. Don't care about resolution much
- Front facing audio
- 5Ah battery at least (yes make it thick. see next point)
- 15mm thick or more
- Sturdy body. Don't care whether it is aluminum or not but if the plastic creaks, I'm going to be pissed
- Good antenna!!!!!!!! I don't even care if you need to put in a telescopic one like on the old Motorola ones. Heck, if there was a port to attach one that is integrated in an otterbox case or whatever, all the better
- I don't need a front facing camera
- Main camera needs to take pictures... I have yet to find a phone that has a camera too bad for my needs. Put in the cheap shit.
If you put a hardware keyboard into that thing, I'm freaking sold!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2015, @10:29AM
Add the second camera to the back not the front ten we can have stereo images and use the phone as 3d scanners.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday July 31 2015, @11:27AM
Yes you might want to patent the design of twin cameras, one that is normally front faced that can extend laterally and face the other side for some 3d effect.
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(Score: 2) by t-3 on Friday July 31 2015, @12:18PM
I agree 100% and would also add: Put both hold and volume on the right hand side of the phone and stop putting the microusb port in the bottom of the phone, put it on the top or side and with a sliding cover (I had a WP7 phone just like this and it was amazing, and WP7 was an excellent social-device OS, it just lacked the apps and games which I don't use anyways. WP8 is nearly identical in many ways, but somehow ended up less capable and less user friendly).
(Score: 2) by Lunix Nutcase on Friday July 31 2015, @03:24PM
Do you also need a new belt to hang your onions on as well?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2015, @04:56PM
There's a significant difference in speed between typing on a physical keyboard and a touchscreen, even with crutches like auto correct. I bet even you can guess which one is faster, you snot-nosed brat.