Canalys: Samsung ships 8 million Galaxy S9 phones in one month

25 April 2018
Galaxy S9 and shipments are matching the Galaxy S8 numbers but still fall short of the S7/S7 edge units.

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Sandhu22, 25 Apr 2018Look at s7 sale and still s7 users are waiting for oreo upd... morelast time I took Samsung's update on my previous J5 (2015), it was horrible. Performance went noticeably down. More space was taken in 8GB of tiny internal memory. Was forced to exchange it with S7 ultimately.

    They all look same now. Are way over-priced. Practically not designed to last long (sealed-batteries bound to break phone sooner or later, curved screens bound to crack on fall etc.). Not major improvements in performance or cameras. Latest gimmick is including 'AI' for things been doing good without it previously. I don't see why would people want to buy new phones for such crazy prices. I am not moving to S8/S9 for few years. Even then Huawei's flagship of now (P20 Pro) would be my preference.

      Lccy, 25 Apr 2018I cannot agree with you more, well maybe not so much about ... moreI'm in complete agreement as well. Phones nowadays suck because the marketing department is completely running the show and phones are engineered to be flashy and glossy.

      Curved screens and round corners are truly disgusting things that should never had happened... but they ran out of ideas.

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        • gam30to
        • RXg
        • 26 Apr 2018

        My friend recently got a Samsung s9+. he said with contract it is cheaper to get a Samsung S9 than an S8. So Samsung's been pushing the sales of this phone buy making it a bargain. That means they are pushing everything so the sale numbers look good. Let's be honest here, would never get the S9 if it's way more expensive than the S8. Samsung is forcing you to get the S9 that's why the numbers look so good.

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          • Anonymous
          • GX%
          • 26 Apr 2018

          samsung increase the price.....shipping /sale will go down. Actually samusng is following apple strategy on pricing forgetting they have strong competition with Xiomi, OnePlus and many other offering same specs at half price

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            • AnonD-752932
            • GQP
            • 26 Apr 2018

            Same as S8 and S7.. Samsung sales always good number

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              • Anonymous
              • vV5
              • 26 Apr 2018

              Sandhu22, 25 Apr 2018Look at s7 sale and still s7 users are waiting for oreo upd... moreWell it's a two-year-old phone so wait for your turn.

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                • 5Mb
                • 26 Apr 2018

                Lccy, 25 Apr 2018I cannot agree with you more, well maybe not so much about ... moreS9 will probably not match S7 sales. S7 sales were actually trending similar to S6 until the note 7 fiasco forced Samsung to put focus back to the S7 and pushed marketing and rebates on the S7 from September/October onward.

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                  • Alan
                  • ib7
                  • 26 Apr 2018

                  Duck of death, 25 Apr 2018Samsung supports their phones as long as Google themselves ... moreR u sure?? Then please explain why does HTC, Sony, Huawei, One Plus, gets their update much faster for their flagship model compared to Samsung. If Samsung does not focus on updates for the flagship there is something clearly wrong with their policy.

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                    • Winston
                    • 0w7
                    • 25 Apr 2018

                    Sandhu22, 25 Apr 2018Look at s7 sale and still s7 users are waiting for oreo upd... moreWhat happens if it doesn't get update to Oreo? Will it become uglier? Will the screen lose it's resolution? Will the camera sensor change to a weaker one? Something else?

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                      • Duck of death
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                      • 25 Apr 2018

                      Sandhu22, 25 Apr 2018Look at s7 sale and still s7 users are waiting for oreo upd... moreSamsung supports their phones as long as Google themselves support their vanilla phones. The delayed update shambles is 100% in Google's court as they're the ones releasing the incomplete builds for OEM's.

                        Look at s7 sale and still s7 users are waiting for oreo update
                        You can't say any company great only with sale, company should also focus on updates and support
                        Samsung is 0 in giving updates.

                          Anonymous, 25 Apr 2018Shipped or sold??It is as good as sold in Samsung definition. They control the worldwide distribution and recharge themselves with returns or unsold items.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • LaT
                            • 25 Apr 2018

                            Shipped or sold??

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                              • AnonD-628531
                              • sXL
                              • 25 Apr 2018

                              Anonymous, 25 Apr 2018The curved edge screen is worse and more annoying than the ... moreI think you'll LOVE the Meizu 15 lineup. Go buy one quick...

                                I'm satisfied with my S9... it's the best phone

                                  venkat, 25 Apr 2018in india jio feature phone sold last 3months 21million-plus... moreyeah compare sells record of a feature phone to a premium one, makes totally sense.

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                                    • 25 Apr 2018

                                    Anonymous, 25 Apr 2018I miss the days when companies tell you how many sales they... moreYou think Samsung is Sony or HTC or Asus?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • mHM
                                      • 25 Apr 2018

                                      Galaxy Note 9, 25 Apr 2018My S9+ behaves like iPhone X without Notch(Yes Face ID like... moreYes. Thats why we are just waiting for cheap second hand X or potentially more affordable XI.
                                      Ive got a Samsung and its decent for the price but i miss iphones.

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                                        • venkat
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                                        • 25 Apr 2018

                                        in india jio feature phone sold last 3months 21million-plus phones. avarage monthly 8millions... samsung worldwide sold millions....lollll.