Samsung said to debut Galaxy Note 5 in mid-August in race to beat 'iPhone 6s' publicity
Samsung is planning to move up the announcement of its next-generation Galaxy Note phone to mid-August in an attempt to preempt the publicity of Apple's usual September iPhone refresh, a report said on Friday.
The Galaxy Note 4.
The company is hoping to avoid the situation it ran into last year, a source source told The Wall Street Journal. It introduced the 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4 at the IFA Berlin conference in early September, but was upstaged only a few days later when Apple unveiled the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, its first-ever phablet.
Though the Note 4 announcement preceded the iPhone last year, Samsung's phablet did not actually get into the hands of consumers until after Apple's iPhone 6 Plus was already widely available around the world.
The new fifth-generation Note will premiere at a special event in the U.S., although the city has yet to be decided, the source said.
Samsung had traditonally timed phone announcements for large industry conferences, such as IFA Berlin or spring's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Galaxy Note 5 could signal the company joining the likes of Apple, Google, and Microsoft, which prefer their own press events for major products.
For some time Apple would regularly show off new products at Macworld conferences, but stopped appearing after the January 2009 event, where it launched things like a 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro and DRM-free music on iTunes. The Cupertino, Calif., company has not participated in industry shows like CES or Mobile World Congress.
This fall, Apple is expected to make relatively modest updates to the iPhone lineup, keeping the same display sizes while boosting RAM, processing power, and camera quality. The only major addition is predicted to be Force Touch, which could expand the interface possibilities of iOS apps.
The Galaxy Note 4.
The company is hoping to avoid the situation it ran into last year, a source source told The Wall Street Journal. It introduced the 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4 at the IFA Berlin conference in early September, but was upstaged only a few days later when Apple unveiled the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, its first-ever phablet.
Though the Note 4 announcement preceded the iPhone last year, Samsung's phablet did not actually get into the hands of consumers until after Apple's iPhone 6 Plus was already widely available around the world.
The new fifth-generation Note will premiere at a special event in the U.S., although the city has yet to be decided, the source said.
Samsung had traditonally timed phone announcements for large industry conferences, such as IFA Berlin or spring's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Galaxy Note 5 could signal the company joining the likes of Apple, Google, and Microsoft, which prefer their own press events for major products.
For some time Apple would regularly show off new products at Macworld conferences, but stopped appearing after the January 2009 event, where it launched things like a 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro and DRM-free music on iTunes. The Cupertino, Calif., company has not participated in industry shows like CES or Mobile World Congress.
This fall, Apple is expected to make relatively modest updates to the iPhone lineup, keeping the same display sizes while boosting RAM, processing power, and camera quality. The only major addition is predicted to be Force Touch, which could expand the interface possibilities of iOS apps.
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Sammy Galaxy Note: look at me! I'm still here.
I wonder if Sammy's special event will be sexist or poor taste?
Why not both?
They need to be the leader in something.
¯\_(?)_/¯
Sincerely,
Apple
Hello foot... ouch... dang...
Maybe Samsung's problem is that every single fucking product they release is on "a race" to beat one of Apple's products, or some other poorly reasoned timeline that has no bearing on releasing a quality, well thought-out product?
No, of course not. Keep doing what you're doing Samsung. Your cynicism, and contempt for customers is what will be your downfall.
One more thing....
Samsung Music will be announced.
Because Apple needs competition. Not Spotify.
Why does Samsung always think that being first to market will make there sales somehow better? This never works.
A crappy product will not sell well no matter if it is first or the last to market. Nobody wants to buy crap period.
That's become so pathetic, it's not even fun any more..... Bollocks, it's still funny: my condolences, Sammy
No, they thin they're Palm. Palm thought they were smart hitting the market just before Apple was planning to announce a new phone. Only to see themselves not even be a speed bump as people surged to Apple. Palm didn't even last out the year before selling themselves to HP.
Like someone pointed out in this thread, August is a terrible time to announce a product in the USA... In addition, August is when all of Europe takes a vacation...
But Samsung's me-first Galaxy Gear watches were somehow immune to the "my snooty jewelry watch > smartwatch" arguments used to bash the Apple Watch. I think people are really annoyed off by the thought of Apple succeeding, but they have no problem if Sammy or Pebble take a stab at a new market and fail.