Samsung is preparing for the worldwide launch of the new Galaxy S6 and the company is gearing up for what it believes will be record shipments, combined with a struggle to meet demand for the edge.
Demand outweighing supply is a double-edged sword, which Samsung believes the company will have to battle through with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge. On one hand, Samsung expects the new smartphones will sell well enough to be out of stock at various sources, but not being able to keep up with demand for the edge could cause issues for consumers waiting for orders to be fulfilled.
According to a Reuters report:
"Samsung expects the flat screen S6 to sell more than the higher-margin S6 edge - priced about $120 more in South Korea - but mobile chief J.K. Shin said at a media event on Thursday the firm won't be able to keep up with demand for the latter model in the near term because the curved screens are harder to manufacture."
Some analysts are predicting Samsung to ship 50 million or more S6 units this year. It'll be more of an achievement for Samsung to ship more Galaxy devices than ever with the company opting to utilize its own chips to power the latest flagship smartphones. It's hoped that the Samsung Galaxy S6 will turn things around for the company, but we'll have to wait for figures to confirm any sort of recovery.
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Source: Reuters
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Samsung expects to break shipment records with the Galaxy S6
Finally the gold s6 showed up at best buy wow !it looks great .That my color ,but boy is it a finger print magnet already have two cases for it though so no biggy
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If the sales follow the pre-orders and Samsung has a monster hit on its hands with its own processor, I wonder if they’ll ever go back to Qualcomm’s chips.
Well I hope not this new chip is a beast .Samsung's so good at this chip making thing even apple had to hirer them
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I hope the green and blue ones make an appearance soon-- I'm holding off until they're out.
I just received my shipment from Best Buy this morning. I will set it up tonight since one of my cases came in yesterday I'm almost ready to take this baby cruising around town this weekend. No wireless charging pad yet though.
EDIT: Sorry this shouldn't of been a reply to Geoffrey's comment.
They're going to be happy to be getting all that money they missed from the S5.
Dammit people, stop ordering so many of the S6's or else Samsung won't put the external SD card and removable battery and IP67 in the S7. I'm not ready to find another cell phone manufacturer when my S5 (which, now that AT&T finally put Lollipop on, I can finally migrate from my S3 to my idle S5) eventually gives up the ghost in a few years.
Stop using SD.. There's no point. I agree with the battery though.
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No point? As one who keeps a ton of music and pictures and GPS maps (Nokia's Here FTW) on my SD card, I don't want to fill up my phone. Just sayin'. :-)
This phone makes it worth ditching the SD card.. It's that damn good.
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While some day I may get to the point of not needing a removable SD card (the phone better have more than 128GB of onboard storage the way I fill things up :-) ), not being able to completely remove the power is a deal breaker for me. I've had too many bad experiences with devices where I've needed to completely remove the power (Motorola firmware update causing my Atrix 4G to go into endless bootloops only stoppable by removing the battery, and a desktop and a laptop computers stuck in sleep mode with no way out but to remove the power, of course the laptop had no removable battery so a sledgehammer should have been used) so I cannot buy a device that would get constant use by me that does not have a removable power source. So no S6 for me. If the S6 Active has a removable battery, then that's a different story.
No surprise there, meanwhile HTC is also breaking records but it's the other way. Lowest shipment ever.
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Well that's to be expected since they actually managed to make the M9 a downgrade from its predecessor.....Ouch
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It will sell well, it's true
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Been enjoying my white S6 since April 1. I don't regret getting the regular version. It's phenomenal. Saved myself $100 over the edge which I also liked but couldn't see any use for the curved screen. Plus I received a $94 credit on my Netflix account... So I'm feeling pretty good about the purchase.
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Currently have an S5 so next phone could be the S7? The lack of micro sd and removable battery will make me think twice about it if they don't bring it back. That's what seperated them from Apple. Having to go to the cloud uses data and not everyone is on wifi all day.
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+1
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So get the 64 or 128GB version.
You're still competing with space from apps and "System Memory". microSD cards are like secondary drives on desktops: for your junk. Plus, they are way more cost effective and easier to move to another phone.
The Galaxy S6 Edge should be called the Sedge.
No doubt that the S6 is generating positive buzz despite some who think the SD card and swappable battery were errors. I think this years design is a hit. Just not looking forward to all the broken glass posts coming. Get a case or insurance!
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Guys where in the heck are the gold galaxy s6 nobody seems to have one .Have anybody seen one in person
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Guys I don't know the phone is not even out yet.
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I was told the gold variants are still in production and will ship in 2-3 weeks from initial launch date
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I tried to preorder it through VZ it said the gold wouldnt be available until May 1!
I've seen it and held it in my hand.
The phone, that is.. :)
"Shipment numbers" is the key here.
You only ship what the carriers and online retailer order. And they order based on the pre-orders they get.
So it´s practically sales numbers.
True... Because if I pull the trigger it's gonna be edge only
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It's the "new coke, classic coke" textbook scenario.
Not even close.
Where was Rick Grimes when we needed him a few 1000 years ago. He could have prevented all this stupidity.
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Lol that signature is truth! Amen!
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Yesterday I was at Best Buy trying it out and I asked the samsung guy if the phone was getting as many preorders as they were expecting. He said they were getting a little over 100 per day since preorders began, just at this one location. (university town)
S6 or S6edge? My guess is that Samsung is widely underestimating how many people are going with the Edge
I think you are right on the money. I also think that they took the note edge sales, added 50% and used that as the base. Which is a mistake. Understandable mistake but way under what this will sell.
Where was Rick Grimes when we needed him a few 1000 years ago. He could have prevented all this stupidity.
I think samsung was planning on selling waaaay more than 1-2 million S6 edges. The Note edge was very niche. They knew the S6 edge would be far more mainstream just not to this extent this early.
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Good for them
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I received my 64GB white S6 Wednesday morning! The display is amazing! I like the keyboard a lot, it has a dedicated number row. I already have half of it paid off!
Did you order a unlocked one or from a carrier?
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Ordered mine from T-mobile. Probably the only one from a U.S. carrier that doesn't have carrier branding on the back.
Sprint usually doesn't as well but I have no idea about the s6. Att and Verizon are the worst offenders of that stuff as we all know
Where was Rick Grimes when we needed him a few 1000 years ago. He could have prevented all this stupidity.
I thought I read (or maybe Lisa from MTR said it) something about no carrier branding on this phone.. maybe I am wrong?
MTR?
Mobiletechreview. I like her, she doesn't seem too biased, and she does good, long reviews.
Ahh, I know Lisa, I just didn't recognize "MTR".
Who cares about carrier branding when you never see it because it has a case? I know I don't.
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Because not everyone uses covers.
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Spigen cases are clear on the back...
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@Jay - We have seen each carrier one in the forum now. Below are the results.
Sprint - No Branding
T-Mobile - No Branding
AT&T - "Death Star" on the back
Verizon - Normal "Verizon 4G LTE" on the back
*Verizon - Normal UGLY "Verizon 4G LTE" on the back
I think it will sell pretty well despite the changes.
it will sell well because of the changes, not despite them
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Exactly
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It's the reason the M7 did so well. But I'm sure he's referring to the lack of SD and removable battery
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+1
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Yep. I would've never considered a Galaxy phone had they didn't introduce so many changes/improvements.