Samsung manufactured over 300 million units in 2021, Galaxy S21 lineup underperformed

14 January 2022
The global chip shortage and the continuing COVID-19 crisis are the main culprits.

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AAaah commong GSMARENA, really? because of Covid and chip shortage they did only sell 25 millions of the Galaxy line but in total still 300 million units? No way!! if they could have sold more of the Galaxy line they would easily cut the cheaper lines for that and sell more of the Galaxy one where they make more money with. Maybe 300 million units was the maximum due to the chip crisis, I would have bought that. But not with the 25 millions Galaxy units. Because of the size of Samsung, they can always shift around with their linup and prioritize the better ones... So can you please be a bit more critical or less obvious payed by Samsung and just at least mention, that maybe it was because the Galaxy just got big competition from China... ;-) and not the lame excuse because of Covid... cant hear it anymore...

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    • Kimi
    • NXB
    • 14 Jan 2022

    Smartphones are getting over priced
    And removing the charger from the box is just the most stupid thing they've done
    I still can't accept it
    Samsung is now "pay more for less"
    S series:
    - lower resolution
    - no microSD slot
    - no jack port
    - Exynos processor
    - No jack headphones in the box
    - no charger in the box

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      • xID
      • 14 Jan 2022

      dude, 14 Jan 2022I didnt buy one because they removed everything from the b... more300 million is mighty impressive.

      No chinese manufacturer comes close to even half of this.

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        • Anonymous
        • HM}
        • 14 Jan 2022

        "The bulk of Samsung's sales come from the mid-range Galaxy A and M series"

        If Samsung loses M series and A series sales including the A53, A73, etc due to the lack of the headphone jack and (maybe) expandable storage, then this would further prove that people aren't buying it because of those features being absent. We'll see.

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          • Anonymous
          • x}j
          • 14 Jan 2022

          Rajesh M, 14 Jan 2022Plastic back no charger and exynos processor no 12 gb ram m... morePeople who know how ridiculously fast those 8gb in the S21 is. 8gb at 3200MHz or 3300MHz is better than 12gb at 2133mhz (which devices like the competing X3 Neo have)

            So 8GB ram is not good enough now. Some comments below are really funny.
            How time has changed? What the hell would you do with 12GB ram?
            My laptop has only 8gigs of ram smh.

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              • Anonymous
              • 0Uh
              • 14 Jan 2022

              Rajesh M, 14 Jan 2022Plastic back no charger and exynos processor no 12 gb ram m... moreYou care about a 15$ charger and not about the downgrade display ? I totaly agree about 8gb ram is not for a flagship. 8gb ram and 1080p is not for a flagship.

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                • Anonymous
                • puk
                • 14 Jan 2022

                960, 14 Jan 2022Yeah let's ignore the removal of the charger, headphon... moreMost of mentioned stuff was missing even before S21. Charger was just the new stupid addition.

                  Really happy to read this TBH. Companies think they can get away with all the c#ap they throw at the customers. Finally people spoke the way it should be done; not buying featureless phones at expensive prices. What did they expect? S21 series was literally the worst S lineup ever released(and please, don't come here to compare the last year phone with s2 or s3 to deny my argument, that doesn't make any sense duh) no jack, no SD, no charger, plastic back, extremely far features wise from the Ultra model, and ultimately too expensive for what it offered.

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                    • Wkk
                    • pXD
                    • 14 Jan 2022

                    Sorry Samsung, people are tired of the same design language, the same gimmicks, same lookong UI.

                    People still see reviews, see the price going up, see you sneaking removing headphones from the box and now the charger...like, more for less?! Profit isnt everything...but for Sammy and Apple yes, all about profit.

                    No wonder brands like Xiaomi, OPPO and others are rising and sell more and more...and be more popular, cause people now dont care about "show off phones" like 5 or 6 yeara ago, they just want a phone who can give them what they need at reasonable price.

                    Samsung and Apple are greedy, not more, not less...people are getting eyes to see finaly that. Im glad they will, cause on next 5 to 6 years phone prices will begin to drop again, cause it wont sell well if they keep overpricing the things.

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                      • rvY
                      • 14 Jan 2022

                      Anonymous, 14 Jan 2022I'm telling you, people didn't like the plastic b... moreYeah let's ignore the removal of the charger, headphones, adapters and case from the box, the removal of the micro SD slot (and headphone jack), and the decrease in display resolution over the s20, with zero noticeable improvements in other areas over the s20.

                        Rajesh M, 14 Jan 2022Plastic back no charger and exynos processor no 12 gb ram m... moreplastic back has never been a problem for majority of people, only for the very few, but, no charger on the other hand, that one is a majore red flag to stay away from these phones, same goes for apple, i bet many people never bought the last 2 ones because of that (even if they sold tens of millions of them)

                          Anonymous, 14 Jan 2022I'm telling you, people didn't like the plastic b... moreGood camera. Like, really?

                            Why?release a Exynos phone in Europe and Snapdragon the rest of the World,Samsung thought they could releease two version of there phones,that nobody who read reviews,but they knew Exynos phones lose out,with below performance and rubbish batterylife,Until Samsung just release Snapdragon phones worldwide and everyone gets the same performance from there phones then they will not be successful,they just cancelled there Exynos new chip display because even with AMD its still not good enough even to beat Mediatech chips,so grow up Samsung and stop taking the micking of there European consumers

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                              • Dky
                              • 14 Jan 2022

                              No wonder. Cause Samsung flagships with their Exynos trash and flagships in general have gotten stale and uninteresting while basic functionalities have been nerfed to sell more garbage for greater revenue. From the wireless earphone abomination, to the SD slot removal, to the whole accessories removal crap... lower midrangers and even entry level devices are a way bigger ROI for the end user. However better phone cameras get, photos from it are meant to end up on social media, not meant to compete with even the ones from entry level DSLRs. Electronics and machines are supposed to simplify one's life and make doing things easier. Current flagships do the exact opposite and tick 5/10 boxes at most while entry level phones tick 9/10 boxes. I'm curious to what the new AMD GPU in the new Toaster 2200 would do. Bounce light off unicorn skins in Pubg and CoD guns better?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • pW0
                                • 14 Jan 2022

                                Android companies most stay in sub 300$ phones

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                                  • Rajesh M
                                  • X}J
                                  • 14 Jan 2022

                                  Plastic back no charger and exynos processor no 12 gb ram models in s21 and s21plus. Who is going to buy this type of crap mobiles at rs 75k

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                                    • 14 Jan 2022

                                    I didnt buy one because they removed everything from the box inc charger and headphones.
                                    No way im paying £50 for a fast charger when it should be included ,Well done to all the Chinese brands for hurting samsung and apple where it hurts , The wallet.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • gDk
                                      • 14 Jan 2022

                                      "The global chip shortage and the continuing COVID-19 crisis are the main culprits."
                                      No, they aren't.

                                        Everyone said S21 broke all sales records.
                                        Now the reality tells a different story.
                                        And Samsung will raise the prices if S22 lol