What I am looking forward to starting Wednesday, August 12, 2015 is the preorder rumors for the new Samsung devices. Since the Galaxy S5 and S5 Edge were rumored to have 20 million preorders at launch, I expect these new devices to have an equal number of preorders.
For the following four weeks leading up to the iPhones announcements, I expect Fortune, Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, CNBC, NYT, WSJ, Financial Times and others to gush about how well the devices were made and how Apple now has to play catch up. Oh, and how well the devices are shipping.
When the iPhones 6S/6S Plus actually ship and start selling worldwide, those publications will write about how much more innovative Samsung has become compared to Apple. And, how much the Samsung brand is climbing in the minds of consumers. Nameless people who know what is going on, but are not authorized to reveal information will be quoted and re-quoted.
Somewhere around November 2015, the publications will begin to tone down the rhetoric so that when January 2016 arrives, they can write articles about disappointing shipments caused by poor display manufacturing yields for the S6 Edge +.
What I am looking forward to starting Wednesday, August 12, 2015 is the preorder rumors for the new Samsung devices. Since the Galaxy S5 and S5 Edge were rumored to have 20 million preorders at launch, I expect these new devices to have an equal number of preorders.
For the following four weeks leading up to the iPhones announcements, I expect Fortune, Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, CNBC, NYT, WSJ, Financial Times and others to gush about how well the devices were made and how Apple now has to play catch up. Oh, and how well the devices are shipping.
When the iPhones 6S/6S Plus actually ship and start selling worldwide, those publications will write about how much more innovative Samsung has become compared to Apple. And, how much the Samsung brand is climbing in the minds of consumers. Nameless people who know what is going on, but are not authorized to reveal information will be quoted and re-quoted.
Somewhere around November 2015, the publications will begin to tone down the rhetoric so that when January 2016 arrives, they can write articles about disappointing shipments caused by poor display manufacturing yields for the S6 Edge +.
Those were pre-orders from carriers, and stores. There's no way for a end user to buy from directly from Samsung, so those numbers don't mean the same.
You should never launch a product within +/- a few weeks of an iPhone launch. You will not only be drowned under the publicity given to Apple, but you're not going to sell many of your devices.
Samsung should launch their devices every year like Apple, but do so around Spring when iPhone sales have slowed down, and before rumors of the next iPhone start appearing. Any other time of the year is suicide.
You should never launch a product within +/- a few weeks of an iPhone launch. You will not only be drowned under the publicity given to Apple, but you're not going to sell many of your devices.
Samsung should launch their devices every year like Apple, but do so around Spring when iPhone sales have slowed down, and before rumors of the next iPhone start appearing. Any other time of the year is suicide.
I agree with the publicity part, but someone that's going to buy a Samsung device is going to do so any time of the year.
The Galaxy S Plus featured a 4-inch, Super AMOLED display with an 800 x 480p screen resolution, a 1.4Ghz, uni-core Qualcomm Scorpion processor (that’s right: only one core), a 5MP back camera, 8 or 16GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 512MB of RAM, and Android 2.3.3 pre-loaded onto the device.
Galaxy S II Plus
The Galaxy S II Plus arrived to market in 2013, with a 4.3-inch, Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480p resolution (pixel density of 218ppi), a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, 8MP back camera, and was preloaded with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
Galaxy Ace Plus
Announced in January 2012, the Galaxy Ace Plus had a 3.65-inch thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) with a 480 x 320p screen resolution (105ppi), a 5MP rear camera, a 1Ghz Cortex A5 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 3GB of internal memory storage with a microSD card slot that provided an additional 32GB of onboard storage. The Galaxy Ace Plus had a 1,300mAh battery and came preloaded with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.
Galaxy Y Plus
The Galaxy Y Plus, announced by Samsung in 2013, had a 2.8-inch display with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, 2MP back camera, 4GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot for an additional 32GB of storage, 850Mhz processor, and a 1,200mAh battery. The Y Plus came preloaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
Galaxy Core Plus
The Galaxy Core Plus came with a 4.3-inch, TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 800 x 480. A 0.3MP front camera, 5MP back camera, 1.2Ghz, dual-core ARM Cortex processor, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, and a 1,800mAh battery. The Core Plus had Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Trend Plus
The Galaxy Trend Plus had a 4-inch, TFT LCD screen with 800 x 480p screen resolution, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, 1.2Ghz, dual-core processor, 6 gigabits of RAM (gb, not GB), VGA front camera, 1,500mAh battery, and came with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Pocket Plus
The Galaxy Pocket Plus had a 2.8-inch TFT LCD screen with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, a 2MP rear camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 1,200mAh battery, and ran Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box.
Galaxy S5 Plus
The Galaxy S5 Plus is the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung to bear the “Plus” nomenclature, prior to the arrival of the upcoming S6 and S6 Edge Plus. The S5 Plus had the specs and features of the Galaxy S5, but trades in the Snapdragon 801 of the S5 for the Snapdragon 805 and provides LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology for faster LTE connectivity.
The Galaxy S Plus featured a 4-inch, Super AMOLED display with an 800 x 480p screen resolution, a 1.4Ghz, uni-core Qualcomm Scorpion processor (that’s right: only one core), a 5MP back camera, 8 or 16GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 512MB of RAM, and Android 2.3.3 pre-loaded onto the device.
Galaxy S II Plus
The Galaxy S II Plus arrived to market in 2013, with a 4.3-inch, Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480p resolution (pixel density of 218ppi), a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, 8MP back camera, and was preloaded with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
Galaxy Ace Plus
Announced in January 2012, the Galaxy Ace Plus had a 3.65-inch thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) with a 480 x 320p screen resolution (105ppi), a 5MP rear camera, a 1Ghz Cortex A5 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 3GB of internal memory storage with a microSD card slot that provided an additional 32GB of onboard storage. The Galaxy Ace Plus had a 1,300mAh battery and came preloaded with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.
Galaxy Y Plus
The Galaxy Y Plus, announced by Samsung in 2013, had a 2.8-inch display with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, 2MP back camera, 4GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot for an additional 32GB of storage, 850Mhz processor, and a 1,200mAh battery. The Y Plus came preloaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
Galaxy Core Plus
The Galaxy Core Plus came with a 4.3-inch, TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 800 x 480. A 0.3MP front camera, 5MP back camera, 1.2Ghz, dual-core ARM Cortex processor, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, and a 1,800mAh battery. The Core Plus had Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Trend Plus
The Galaxy Trend Plus had a 4-inch, TFT LCD screen with 800 x 480p screen resolution, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, 1.2Ghz, dual-core processor, 6 gigabits of RAM (gb, not GB), VGA front camera, 1,500mAh battery, and came with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Pocket Plus
The Galaxy Pocket Plus had a 2.8-inch TFT LCD screen with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, a 2MP rear camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 1,200mAh battery, and ran Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box.
Galaxy S5 Plus
The Galaxy S5 Plus is the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung to bear the “Plus” nomenclature, prior to the arrival of the upcoming S6 and S6 Edge Plus. The S5 Plus had the specs and features of the Galaxy S5, but trades in the Snapdragon 801 of the S5 for the Snapdragon 805 and provides LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology for faster LTE connectivity.
Those were pre-orders from carriers, and stores. There's no way for a end user to buy from directly from Samsung, so those numbers don't mean the same.
My comment stands. Attempting to portray something different than what I wrote is not good. There were rumors of 20 million preorders of the S5 devices earlier this year and I am looking for similar preorder rumors in August. Thanks for trying.
What works for one doesn’t work for another. Everybody always extols the virtues of making the hardware and software yet if you look at the numbers 4 out of 5 companies that have tried that either failed or are dying, a measly 20% success rate. There is no magical formula, and I wish people would stop acting like there is.
Not only "no magic formula," but Apple's success has broken all the old "rules."
Samsung is expecting Apple to remain predictable this September (and Apple may do so), but if Apple were to add something other them Force Touch to the new iPhones and get it an iPhone 7 name (to keep Samsung from continuing to confuse consumers), Apple could totally mess up Samsung's "me first" marketing plans.
Those were pre-orders from carriers, and stores. There's no way for a end user to buy from directly from Samsung, so those numbers don't mean the same.
My comment stands. Attempting to portray something different than what I wrote is not good. There were rumors of 20 million preorders of the S5 devices earlier this year and I am looking for similar preorder rumors in August. Thanks for trying.
I was trying to portray anything. I was merely pointing out the difference between preorders for the iPhone versus other devices. It was not only for your benefit if needed but for that of the other readers that might not know the difference.
You should never launch a product within +/- a few weeks of an iPhone launch. You will not only be drowned under the publicity given to Apple, but you're not going to sell many of your devices.
Samsung should launch their devices every year like Apple, but do so around Spring when iPhone sales have slowed down, and before rumors of the next iPhone start appearing. Any other time of the year is suicide.
When Samsung announced their new phones last year (is that what's called launching?) they also planned on beginning to ship the phones AFTER Apple's iPhones were to ship. Then Samsung scrambled to move up their shipping date to keep Apple from getting all the early sales. (I seem to remember that course correction not going all too well). I wonder whether Samsung is going to announce/launch/ship on the same date this August...?
Palm tried this trick a few years past and it was a spectacular failure... I hope Samsung has an equally bad launch.
I was trying to portray anything. I was merely pointing out the difference between preorders for the iPhone versus other devices. It was not only for your benefit if needed but for that of the other readers that might not know the difference.
OK. I knew the difference. The initial set of rumors began during MWC 2015 and stated mobile carriers. I expect similar rumors to be published in four weeks.
The humorous thing about the later rumors of how well the Samsung were selling, that 20 million preorder number was regurgitated.
I was trying to portray anything. I was merely pointing out the difference between preorders for the iPhone versus other devices. It was not only for your benefit if needed but for that of the other readers that might not know the difference.
OK. I knew the difference. The initial set of rumors began during MWC 2015 and stated mobile carriers. I expect similar rumors to be published in four weeks.
The humorous thing about the later rumors of how well the Samsung were selling, that 20 million preorder number was regurgitated.
have a great day!
I don't recall but was that number worldwide? If it was it really isn't that impressive.
When Samsung announced their new phones last year (is that what's called launching?) they also planned on beginning to ship the phones AFTER Apple's iPhones were to ship. Then Samsung scrambled to move up their shipping date to keep Apple from getting all the early sales. (I seem to remember that course correction not going all too well). I wonder whether Samsung is going to announce/launch/ship on the same date this August...?
Palm tried this trick a few years past and it was a spectacular failure... I hope Samsung has an equally bad launch.
You are remembering the way I remember the fiasco. When iPhones 6/Plus launched, Samsung was expecting an Apple failure and expecting to step in and trounce Apple. When Apple's sales went super nova, Samsung rushed into China in an attempt to get a head start due to Apple being delayed from entering China. The press had a very short-lived moment of claiming Samsung a China winner before the tsunami captured China.
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Announcing and launching are 2 different things. Just look at the Apple Watch.
So the BOGO sale starts on 8/23?
What I am looking forward to starting Wednesday, August 12, 2015 is the preorder rumors for the new Samsung devices. Since the Galaxy S5 and S5 Edge were rumored to have 20 million preorders at launch, I expect these new devices to have an equal number of preorders.
For the following four weeks leading up to the iPhones announcements, I expect Fortune, Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, CNBC, NYT, WSJ, Financial Times and others to gush about how well the devices were made and how Apple now has to play catch up. Oh, and how well the devices are shipping.
When the iPhones 6S/6S Plus actually ship and start selling worldwide, those publications will write about how much more innovative Samsung has become compared to Apple. And, how much the Samsung brand is climbing in the minds of consumers. Nameless people who know what is going on, but are not authorized to reveal information will be quoted and re-quoted.
Somewhere around November 2015, the publications will begin to tone down the rhetoric so that when January 2016 arrives, they can write articles about disappointing shipments caused by poor display manufacturing yields for the S6 Edge +.
Those were pre-orders from carriers, and stores. There's no way for a end user to buy from directly from Samsung, so those numbers don't mean the same.
Stupid Samsung.
You should never launch a product within +/- a few weeks of an iPhone launch. You will not only be drowned under the publicity given to Apple, but you're not going to sell many of your devices.
Samsung should launch their devices every year like Apple, but do so around Spring when iPhone sales have slowed down, and before rumors of the next iPhone start appearing. Any other time of the year is suicide.
I agree with the publicity part, but someone that's going to buy a Samsung device is going to do so any time of the year.
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/06/05/galaxy-s6-plus-will-apple-take-samsung-back-to-the-courtroom/
The Galaxy S Plus featured a 4-inch, Super AMOLED display with an 800 x 480p screen resolution, a 1.4Ghz, uni-core Qualcomm Scorpion processor (that’s right: only one core), a 5MP back camera, 8 or 16GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 512MB of RAM, and Android 2.3.3 pre-loaded onto the device.
Galaxy S II Plus
The Galaxy S II Plus arrived to market in 2013, with a 4.3-inch, Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480p resolution (pixel density of 218ppi), a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, 8MP back camera, and was preloaded with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
Galaxy Ace Plus
Announced in January 2012, the Galaxy Ace Plus had a 3.65-inch thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) with a 480 x 320p screen resolution (105ppi), a 5MP rear camera, a 1Ghz Cortex A5 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 3GB of internal memory storage with a microSD card slot that provided an additional 32GB of onboard storage. The Galaxy Ace Plus had a 1,300mAh battery and came preloaded with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.
Galaxy Y Plus
The Galaxy Y Plus, announced by Samsung in 2013, had a 2.8-inch display with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, 2MP back camera, 4GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot for an additional 32GB of storage, 850Mhz processor, and a 1,200mAh battery. The Y Plus came preloaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
Galaxy Core Plus
The Galaxy Core Plus came with a 4.3-inch, TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 800 x 480. A 0.3MP front camera, 5MP back camera, 1.2Ghz, dual-core ARM Cortex processor, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, and a 1,800mAh battery. The Core Plus had Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Trend Plus
The Galaxy Trend Plus had a 4-inch, TFT LCD screen with 800 x 480p screen resolution, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, 1.2Ghz, dual-core processor, 6 gigabits of RAM (gb, not GB), VGA front camera, 1,500mAh battery, and came with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Pocket Plus
The Galaxy Pocket Plus had a 2.8-inch TFT LCD screen with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, a 2MP rear camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 1,200mAh battery, and ran Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box.
Galaxy S5 Plus
The Galaxy S5 Plus is the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung to bear the “Plus” nomenclature, prior to the arrival of the upcoming S6 and S6 Edge Plus. The S5 Plus had the specs and features of the Galaxy S5, but trades in the Snapdragon 801 of the S5 for the Snapdragon 805 and provides LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology for faster LTE connectivity.
The Galaxy S Plus featured a 4-inch, Super AMOLED display with an 800 x 480p screen resolution, a 1.4Ghz, uni-core Qualcomm Scorpion processor (that’s right: only one core), a 5MP back camera, 8 or 16GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 512MB of RAM, and Android 2.3.3 pre-loaded onto the device.
Galaxy S II Plus
The Galaxy S II Plus arrived to market in 2013, with a 4.3-inch, Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480p resolution (pixel density of 218ppi), a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, 8MP back camera, and was preloaded with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
Galaxy Ace Plus
Announced in January 2012, the Galaxy Ace Plus had a 3.65-inch thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) with a 480 x 320p screen resolution (105ppi), a 5MP rear camera, a 1Ghz Cortex A5 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 3GB of internal memory storage with a microSD card slot that provided an additional 32GB of onboard storage. The Galaxy Ace Plus had a 1,300mAh battery and came preloaded with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.
Galaxy Y Plus
The Galaxy Y Plus, announced by Samsung in 2013, had a 2.8-inch display with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, 2MP back camera, 4GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot for an additional 32GB of storage, 850Mhz processor, and a 1,200mAh battery. The Y Plus came preloaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
Galaxy Core Plus
The Galaxy Core Plus came with a 4.3-inch, TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 800 x 480. A 0.3MP front camera, 5MP back camera, 1.2Ghz, dual-core ARM Cortex processor, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, and a 1,800mAh battery. The Core Plus had Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Trend Plus
The Galaxy Trend Plus had a 4-inch, TFT LCD screen with 800 x 480p screen resolution, 4GB of internal storage with a 64GB microSD card slot, 1.2Ghz, dual-core processor, 6 gigabits of RAM (gb, not GB), VGA front camera, 1,500mAh battery, and came with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.
Galaxy Pocket Plus
The Galaxy Pocket Plus had a 2.8-inch TFT LCD screen with a 320 x 240p screen resolution, a 2MP rear camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a 32GB microSD card slot, 1,200mAh battery, and ran Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box.
Galaxy S5 Plus
The Galaxy S5 Plus is the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung to bear the “Plus” nomenclature, prior to the arrival of the upcoming S6 and S6 Edge Plus. The S5 Plus had the specs and features of the Galaxy S5, but trades in the Snapdragon 801 of the S5 for the Snapdragon 805 and provides LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology for faster LTE connectivity.
Those were pre-orders from carriers, and stores. There's no way for a end user to buy from directly from Samsung, so those numbers don't mean the same.
My comment stands. Attempting to portray something different than what I wrote is not good. There were rumors of 20 million preorders of the S5 devices earlier this year and I am looking for similar preorder rumors in August. Thanks for trying.
Not only "no magic formula," but Apple's success has broken all the old "rules."
Samsung is expecting Apple to remain predictable this September (and Apple may do so), but if Apple were to add something other them Force Touch to the new iPhones and get it an iPhone 7 name (to keep Samsung from continuing to confuse consumers), Apple could totally mess up Samsung's "me first" marketing plans.
I was trying to portray anything. I was merely pointing out the difference between preorders for the iPhone versus other devices. It was not only for your benefit if needed but for that of the other readers that might not know the difference.
Awww they're still trying. That's so cute.
When Samsung announced their new phones last year (is that what's called launching?) they also planned on beginning to ship the phones AFTER Apple's iPhones were to ship. Then Samsung scrambled to move up their shipping date to keep Apple from getting all the early sales. (I seem to remember that course correction not going all too well). I wonder whether Samsung is going to announce/launch/ship on the same date this August...?
Palm tried this trick a few years past and it was a spectacular failure... I hope Samsung has an equally bad launch.
...and as the year wanes, BOGO will be joined with an offer for a free tablet...
OK. I knew the difference. The initial set of rumors began during MWC 2015 and stated mobile carriers. I expect similar rumors to be published in four weeks.
The humorous thing about the later rumors of how well the Samsung were selling, that 20 million preorder number was regurgitated.
have a great day!
I don't recall but was that number worldwide? If it was it really isn't that impressive.
You are remembering the way I remember the fiasco. When iPhones 6/Plus launched, Samsung was expecting an Apple failure and expecting to step in and trounce Apple. When Apple's sales went super nova, Samsung rushed into China in an attempt to get a head start due to Apple being delayed from entering China. The press had a very short-lived moment of claiming Samsung a China winner before the tsunami captured China.