Report: Galaxy S22 sales falling due to the GOS scandal, carrier subsidies increased to counter

04 April 2022
Demand for the S22 in South Korea has reportedly decreased after the throttling scandal. Carriers are increasing subsidies to increase demand.

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  • 05 Apr 2022

GOS "the" problem? Naaarr i don't think so. Most users don't know about GOS, but they know about S22 serie with flickering screen, bad battery time, a really laggyyy screen, PLUS, no charger in the box, no 3.5m.m jack, no sd memory card, looks more and more like Apple in design etc. Give a damn about their customers etc etc etc.
So Samsung started the fire themselves.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 05 Apr 2022

    Rly, 05 Apr 2022A couple of Android flagships have Jack and sd memory card,... moreAgree. This is exactly why Scamsung is now history.

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      • nQ1
      • 05 Apr 2022

      Anonymous, 04 Apr 2022It left a scar on me. NO microSD, NO jack, more expensire, ... moreA couple of Android flagships have Jack and sd memory card, thats it. So get over it.

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        • Sqr
        • 05 Apr 2022

        960, 05 Apr 2022True. Apple can get away with removing features like the 3... moreMany people (me included) use BT headphones for years. Better models offer top notch audio quality. Really, you dont need a 3.5mm audio output. Heck, even remove USB port. Wireless charging became really fast and efficient. No need for cables, really. I dont even remember where is my USB cable... SD cards are also obsolete, because you can have up to 1TB of internal memory, which is much faster and more reliable. Only those who dont like changes have problem with those things.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 05 Apr 2022

          Why pay crazy money for a supposedly “high end” smartphone when it secretly throttles performance without telling you.

          Making fools of their customers.

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            • rKX
            • 05 Apr 2022

            I don't really care about the lack of SD card slot

              Lol. Overpriced crap and bonus throttling does not mix well. S10 was my last ever Samsung device, no tears shedded, good ridance, just another Apple wanna be. Both brands are awful.

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                • 05 Apr 2022

                STT, 04 Apr 2022But Samsung keeps forgetting one important thing - they don... moreTrue.
                Apple can get away with removing features like the 3.5mm jack and not having micro SD slot because they have a loyal fan base who believe everything they say and their users also have no alternative.

                Samsung doesn't seem to realise that if they remove features there's 100s of other phones we can get instead. They need to get rid of the terrible new CEO.

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                  • 05 Apr 2022

                  anotherphone, 04 Apr 2022LOL they really think that GOS is the problem :'D N... moreWow if only Samsung made another series of smartphones which have all those things you listed and made them affordable

                  They should call them the Galaxy A series. That would be neat.

                    Anonymous, 04 Apr 2022They are kinda Apple of the Android world, so many people l... moreIt's difficult to run one's own OS. Samsung tried it with Tizen but were only successful with their watches. For a while.

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                      • 04 Apr 2022

                      Anonymous, 04 Apr 2022or maybe the sales are not to good because they kept removi... morenot just Xiaomi. We still have decent options like Motorola and ZTE. Their hardware is good for the price they offer. Their software may not be the best. However, it is much more stable than the buggy memeui.

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                        LOL they really think that GOS is the problem :'D

                        No headphone jack, no sd card, small batteries, no charger and earphones in the box, power hungry exynos in europe and all of that with crazy high price... The DELUSION...

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 04 Apr 2022

                          After looking at the pathetic cheap fragile build quality of the S22 series, I have decided to just skip Samsung altogether

                            i know some people who oversaturate Samsung UI as the best android UI,, but they tend to easily forget this software scandal, heck I'm sure they don't even know it cuz they're don't experience it themselves.

                              I haven't even considered buying it because the 1. it's only exynos in the UK 2. Snapdragon is only available in the us for Samsung phones and 3. The cores in the SD 8 gen 1 are manufactured by Samsung and anything made by Samsung in the mobile and TV world is stubborn defective unreliable and missing several key featu5

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                                • 04 Apr 2022

                                STT, 04 Apr 2022But Samsung keeps forgetting one important thing - they don... moreThey are kinda Apple of the Android world, so many people love their stuff just because its Samsung. But true, its a different mentality. Still, market saturation is the biggest problem in my opinion. No one really needs like 10 different smartphones. You buy one and use it for like 5-10 years, in most cases. Since everyone has one of those already - sales are low. And theres huge competition on Android market. Apple has it easier - iPhone is the only iOS phone out there.

                                  I too am very emotionally damaged by the GOS which didn't have any noticeable effect on my games both before and now, and I demand a discount on the brand new S22 Ultra!

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                                    • 04 Apr 2022

                                    eraser991, 04 Apr 2022We call it "Karma". Samsung is supposed to be an ... moreIt just makes more sense to get an iPhone over a similarly priced Samsung because the iPhone is more reliable and will hold on to its value better in the long run.
                                    There's no denying that.

                                      Samsung already knew s22 sales would be soft. Hence the push in Fold And Flip. iPhone 13 series dominance is still astonishing.

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                                        • 04 Apr 2022

                                        eraser991, 04 Apr 2022We call it "Karma". Samsung is supposed to be an ... moreBut Samsung keeps forgetting one important thing - they don't have the same fanbase that Apple has.