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Samsung Galaxy S23 series receives record-breaking pre-orders in India
Samsung introduced the much anticipated Galaxy S23 series smartphones at the Galaxy Unpacked event on February 1 as well as started taking pre-orders of the devices with a lot of benefits and great trade-in values. Seems like customers living in India are taking full advantage of the early Galaxy S23 series deals as Samsung sees record-breaking pre-orders in the country.
ET Telecom has recently reported that Samsung India has received twice the pre-orders for the Galaxy S23 smartphones compared to last year’s Galaxy S22, indicating that the demand for flagship phones is still high in the country.
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Samsung India achieved this success despite a price hike, which explains its popularity and trust in the country. For your information, the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra prices in India start at INR 79,999, INR 94,999, and INR 124,999, respectively.
Raju Pullan, Samsung India’s Senior VP said, “We have received almost 1,40,000 pre-books of the Galaxy S23 series within the first 24 hours of opening pre-bookings.”
Aditya Babbar, Senior Director of Samsung India Mobile Business said, “The higher amount of pre-bookings have been Ultra focused.”
Assuming the average price of INR 1 lakh (~ $1,200) for each Galaxy S23 unit, pre-bookings of around INR 1,400 crore (~ $169 million) devices add up in less than 24 hours. This comes after the company increased its marketing and retail expansion by 1.5 times.
The senior director further explained that the expansion of its digital lending platform Samsung Finance+ and increased touchpoints in smaller cities to experience its smartphones have helped the company double the number of premium smartphones in the country.
Samsung’s IT service unit will participate in this year’s Dell Technologies World event. Sungwoo Hwang, President and CEO of Samsung SDS, will give a keynote speech at DTW 2024. The event will also be attended by the CEO of NVIDIA Corp. and other industry giants.
Taking place in Las Vegas from May 20 to 23, DTW is an annual IT exhibition hosted by Dell Technologies Inc. On the first day, Samsung SDS’ Sungwoo will take the stage as a keynote speaker. He will speak on “The Future of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Hyperautomation.”
Apart from Samsung SDS CEO, Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Technologies, Bill McDermott, chairman of ServiceNow, and Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA will also present the keynote speech at Dell Technologies World 2024 event.
Samsung SDS highlights that the term “Hyperautomation” refers to a technology that automates office tasks seamlessly through Generative AI. This is the first time that the South Korean tech giant is participating in the event as a keynote speaker.
“Hwang was invited by Dell to participate as a keynote speaker alongside industry giants,” a Samsung SDS official said. ”We therefore expect various business discussions to take place.“
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Samsung is reviewing LockStar for Galaxy S24 AOD customization. The Korean community’s moderator confirmed that the latest flagship phones don’t support personalization of the always-on-display using Good Lock’s LockStar module.
Thanks to the new screens, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series brings an iPhone-like Always On Display feature. However, the company seemingly missed bounding it with Good Lock for customization. As a result, users are facing issues tweaking it through LockStar.
However, the latest input confirms that Samsung is considering LockStar support for Galaxy S24 AOD. This will allow users to renovate the always-on-display functionality on their device in various aspects including removal of certain elements.
LockStar doesn’t support AOD customization in the Galaxy S24 series. While an internal review is underway, a possible release may happen shortly. Meanwhile, the moderator hasn’t shared any specific timeline regarding the availability of the support.
Good Lock’s LockStar is one of the most popular plugins for Galaxy customization. Not only the lock screen, the LockStar also lets users tweak the AOD function. The suite will likely add support for the newly released phones well before July Unpacked.
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Huawei is making a stunning comeback in its home ground. The company scored a 70% year-on-year growth in its smartphone sales in China in the first quarter. At the same time, sales of Apple dropped by over 19%, reports Counterpoint Research.
The report highlights that the Chinese phone maker is set to outpace Apple in China. As Apple is already facing heat, it’s alarming for all smartphone vendors including Samsung. After Apple, Huawei’s next target will be Samsung which leads the Global market.
Huawei, which was at 9.3% in the first quarter of 2023, jumped to 15.5% in Q1 this year. Apple led the Chinese market in 1Q23 with approximately 20% market share slipped to 15.7% in the first quarter of this year, dropping to the third spot in China.
Earlier, IDC pointed out that Apple is facing a market decline as it lost momentum in China. The local government’s push for local vendors is also helping Huawei to eat Apple’s market. Well, Vivo and Honor were the top two brands by market share.
“Apple’s sales were subdued during the quarter as Huawei’s comeback has directly impacted Apple in the premium segment,” said Ivan Lam, senior research analyst at Counterpoint.
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