iPhone 6 & 6 Plus preorders outpace Galaxy Note 4 in Samsung's home country of South Korea
Preorders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in South Korea are estimated to have already topped 100,000 units, besting Apple's chief rival Samsung and its Galaxy Note 4 in its native country.
While preorders for Apple's new iPhones are estimated to have hit the six-figure mark in South Korea, presales for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 were less than half that in a similar timeframe, at just 30,000 units, according to The Wall Street Journal. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are set to reach consumers' hands in South Korea this Friday.
The bulk of preorders in have been through carrier KT Corp., which was the first to offer the iPhone in Korea. It reported that presales for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded 50,000 units in just 30 minutes.
Another 20,000 preorders were handled in the first 20 minutes by LG Uplus Corp., while SK Telecom Co. declined to offer specific figures.
The presales suggest that Apple could make significant gains in South Korea, a market where it has just a 6 percent market share. Samsung is unsurprisingly the dominant player in its home country, accounting for 63 percent of devices.
Samsung itself admitted last month that it launched the Galaxy Note 4 early in South Korea and China because consumers showed a "positive reaction" to the announcement of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The Galaxy Note 4 debuted in September, and made its way to the U.S. earlier this month.
The iPhone 6 Plus, in particular, is Apple's response to the popular "phablet" trend of jumbo-sized smartphones. Up until the debut of the iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung's stylus-based Galaxy Note series was the most popular phablet model.
The fourth-generation Galaxy Note features a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED screen that's slightly larger than the iPhone 6 Plus. But graphics tests have shown the Galaxy Note 4 falls behind the iPhone 6 Plus in terms of performance.
While preorders for Apple's new iPhones are estimated to have hit the six-figure mark in South Korea, presales for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 were less than half that in a similar timeframe, at just 30,000 units, according to The Wall Street Journal. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are set to reach consumers' hands in South Korea this Friday.
The bulk of preorders in have been through carrier KT Corp., which was the first to offer the iPhone in Korea. It reported that presales for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded 50,000 units in just 30 minutes.
Another 20,000 preorders were handled in the first 20 minutes by LG Uplus Corp., while SK Telecom Co. declined to offer specific figures.
The presales suggest that Apple could make significant gains in South Korea, a market where it has just a 6 percent market share. Samsung is unsurprisingly the dominant player in its home country, accounting for 63 percent of devices.
Samsung itself admitted last month that it launched the Galaxy Note 4 early in South Korea and China because consumers showed a "positive reaction" to the announcement of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The Galaxy Note 4 debuted in September, and made its way to the U.S. earlier this month.
The iPhone 6 Plus, in particular, is Apple's response to the popular "phablet" trend of jumbo-sized smartphones. Up until the debut of the iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung's stylus-based Galaxy Note series was the most popular phablet model.
The fourth-generation Galaxy Note features a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED screen that's slightly larger than the iPhone 6 Plus. But graphics tests have shown the Galaxy Note 4 falls behind the iPhone 6 Plus in terms of performance.
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That's hilarious!
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Given the huge power that Samsung has in Korea, that's practically treason!
But even stupid national pride will not make people choose an inferior product!
As an artist who uses Wacom tablets every day, I was very seriously considering one because of the stylus. In the end I just couldn't stomach the thought of having to use Android, but I sure wish Apple made some products (OS X or iOS) that use a pressure sensitive stylus for drawing.
No reason to get a Note except for national pride at this point.
Note is a joke for 2014 mobile devices: 32-bit hardware...lol.
why is the note so bad? i played with one for a few minutes and was generally impressed, aside from not really knowing how to use it because it was android.
Best assessment of the day!...applicable to all android phones...lol.
Is this another opportunity for the obligatory "But...but...but... Android" remark?
I just ordered my silver iPhone 6+. Heading out on a two week vacation in a couple days, and after the 2-3 week leadtime, I'll have a nice present for myself waiting when I get back!
Even the Koreans consider Samsung a bottom-of-barrel shop. There's no surprise here, including whatever commercials Samsung will spew out to make themselves appear better than they really are.
why is the note so bad? i played with one for a few minutes and was generally impressed, aside from not really knowing how to use it because it was android.
You just answered your own question.
Because it's Android!
Seriously, what's preventing that from happening?
Both the 6 and 6 Plus are nice phones, I can see the attraction.
why is the note so bad? i played with one for a few minutes and was generally impressed, aside from not really knowing how to use it because it was android.
That is the exact issue you only played with for a few minutes, it is not until you spend some real time with trying to do real things do you realize how many issue it has. All Android phone work great when you first get them then they become an unrulely mess over time and start doing stuff you do not want and becomes blotted over time. I have resorted to installing and app which monitors flash and DRAM memory usage to clean it out all the time. Every week it comes up with warning telling me I have files in FLASH which are wasting space and the same happens with DRAM i get warning every day say apps are using too much memory and I need to clean them out.
Unlike many on here and on the Android site I use both product extensively and tell you what happens form direct experience of use the products over weeks and months.
Doesn't half the country work for Samsung, the other half for Hyundai?
That is the exact issue you only played with for a few minutes, it is not until you spend some real time with trying to do real things do you realize how many issue it has. All Android phone work great when you first get them then they become an unrulely mess over time and start doing stuff you do not want and becomes blotted over time. I have resorted to installing and app which monitors flash and DRAM memory usage to clean it out all the time. Every week it comes up with warning telling me I have files in FLASH which are wasting space and the same happens with DRAM i get warning every day say apps are using too much memory and I need to clean them out.
Unlike many on here and on the Android site I use both product extensively and tell you what happens form direct experience of use the products over weeks and months.
You're doing it wrong. 2 years on a Nexus 4, and it's flying along nicely. I recently moved from Dalvik to ART, and everything is squeaky clean and crisp.
I ignore all people who use Android phones on this forum. What a joke.
They are pathetically defending the indefensible and they're doing a lousy job at it.
Note is a joke for 2014 mobile devices: 32-bit hardware...lol.
Sure, so how many top iOS apps are running in 64 bit mode today?
Sure, so how many top iOS apps are running in 64 bit mode today?
Well there is that small thing called the operating system for a start, which naturally includes all of the bundled software that Apple produces - word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, photo editing, movie editing, podcasts, music creation, Apple Store, educational tools, books, not to mention various games.
Then, from February onwards, all apps submitted to the App Store are required to be optimised for 64 bit using iOS 8 SDK.
I think that covers things nicely.