Apple and Samsung smart phones are always competing bearing the title of best-selling products in the premium segment. Currently, Apple is relying on the iPhone 5s and Samsung rely Galaxy S5.
A market research agency Counterpoint noted, sales of the iPhone 5s is still larger than the Galaxy S5. Counterpoint study was conducted in 35 countries.
Within eight months from September 2013 until May 2014, Counterpoint noted Apple sold 7 million units of iPhone 5s. While the Galaxy S5 sold since the end of March 2014 has sold 5 million units by May 2014.
Counterpoint predicts sales of Galaxy S5 will not be as big as the Galaxy S4, which was launched in 2013. Counterpoint Analyst based in Seoul, Tom Kang said sales of the Galaxy S5 still about 5 million units in June 2014.
He continued, one of the reasons Galaxy S5 was not well received by the market is a plastic material used in the body.
"They (Samsung) have to move forward and leave what has failed and focus on the next product," said Kang.
Seeing this Counterpoint research, Samsung reluctant to comment or disclose sales figures Galaxy S5, although a Samsung executive said that this new phone penjuaalan surpass its predecessor.
"We will strengthen the competitiveness of our products to strengthen the premium brand reputation, strengthen the product line, and the latest technology," Samsung wrote in a statement to Reuters.
The research firm Canalys shows that Samsung's market share in the first quarter of 2014 dropped to 18 percent from 20 percent in the same period last year. Meanwhile, from Chinese manufacturers such as Lenovo Xiaomi and recorded an increase in sales.
Saturday, November 29, 2014
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