Analysts predict that Samsung will miss its 350 million target of smartphone sales

22 June 2018
Analysts: Samsung won't be able to reach 350 million smartphone sales this year. Chinese brands and the Galaxy S lineup are to blame.

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  • Disappointing Samsun
  • v0q
  • 22 Jun 2018

Please equate the price to your phones innovation.

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    • Anonymous
    • nhc
    • 22 Jun 2018

    Anonymous, 22 Jun 2018nothing special about the new S9The S9 is not only not special, but a waste of money. Only selling point is the camera. And you cant tell S8 and S9 apart from the front! Thats insane!!

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      • Anonymous
      • m5k
      • 22 Jun 2018

      shimy, 22 Jun 2018Amazing. Apparently if you jack up the prices and not offer... moreExactly. Samsung have a monopoly on super amoled screens. The cost to them have decreased loads yet they price in a premium. Yes it is nice and better but if they drop the prices then theyll find that people will favour Samsung rather than other brands.

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        • Anonymous
        • m5k
        • 22 Jun 2018

        Samsung have lost their way. I'm not surprised at the lower sales figures. They are offering extremely expensive phones for the specs. Yes I know that Samsung offer quality but others have caught up and it shouldn't be that much of a premium. I would like to see their A range sales figures. I can't see a snapdragon 450 for 300 selling well.

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          • Rcc
          • 22 Jun 2018

          Because no one want to pay Samsung when they can get thing much cheaper and better in China

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            • Anonymous
            • IbI
            • 22 Jun 2018

            Anonymous, 22 Jun 2018nothing special about the new S9for me, coming from an lg g2 i would consider it very special and a big upgrade

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              • Ash
              • E7E
              • 22 Jun 2018

              Anonymous, 22 Jun 2018+1. They'll be down to 200M shipments once the Chinese e... moreSamsung has only ever considered apple as their competition;till date they don't even look at they Chinese.Shame that Samsung doesn't even have a sub $300 phone with usb type-c.

                shimy, 22 Jun 2018Amazing. Apparently if you jack up the prices and not offer... moreAgreed 110%.
                S9 isn't earth shattering even for S8 owners, and you can have pretty much the same or even better from others.
                Beware, Samsung - HTC isn't a good role model.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Ibx
                  • 22 Jun 2018

                  shimy, 22 Jun 2018Amazing. Apparently if you jack up the prices and not offer... more+1.

                  They'll be down to 200M shipments once the Chinese expand further into Europe and the Americas. Chinese companies are working hard to eliminate the bezels and tackling engineering problems like ultrasonic headphones and selfie cam while Samsung releases the same curved screen (that people hate!), Wireless charging (technology dating back to the S4/S5 days) and Bixby powered (did I tell you how much people hate it?) for $1k. Anyone who know how economics of scale work would see how wrong that picture is.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • p@5
                    • 22 Jun 2018

                    AnonD-731363, 22 Jun 2018Join the project treble make curved screens flat because th... moreWhat the hell are you talking about?

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                      • shimy
                      • ssG
                      • 22 Jun 2018

                      Amazing. Apparently if you jack up the prices and not offer much of an upgrade, while other brands offer pretty much the same as you do at almost half the price, people don't rush to buy your products.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 8mp
                        • 22 Jun 2018

                        Title says sales but you talk about shipments.
                        There is very big difference probably they will sell half of that if not less

                          The problem with these galaxy phones are its depreciation rate. S9 twins are selling 20%-30% less a few months after release.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7Ac
                            • 22 Jun 2018

                            Good. Less waste for mother nature

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Hk0
                              • 22 Jun 2018

                              nothing special about the new S9

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                                • AnonD-731363
                                • SH3
                                • 22 Jun 2018

                                Join the project treble make curved screens flat because their are cheaper and make affordable price like xiaomi.
                                Because like xiaomi nokia apple etc 40% of all existing cell phones are made by Foxconn mostly by Factory at Chenzhou one of the world largest factory employng much more people than whole my country have :-)
                                Paying for Samsung sticker is a SIN.
                                And i would like to stay purified, cleansed without a SIN mark.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Bw@
                                  • 22 Jun 2018

                                  Well,nock them extortionate prices down then,you Sony HTC and Apple ect ect ripped every one of for yrs, customer pay back time,hang on to your mobile for 2 to 4yrs and then they will realise consumer now dominates the market more to there discretion !