by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Markets, SMEs, Technology
Gurugram : Samsung India on Friday opened pre-booking for its newly-launched Galaxy ‘S10’ series smartphones that will start from Rs 55,900.
The 1TB Galaxy S10+ smartphone will be available for Rs 1,17,900 while 512GB and 128 GB storage variants of S10+ will be priced at Rs 91,900 and Rs 73,900, respectively.
Priced at Rs 84,900, the 512 GB variant of Galaxy S10 will be available in prism white colour, whereas the 128 GB variant will cost Rs 66,900 in prism black, prism white and prism blue colours.
The cheapest of the lot, Galaxy S10e comes with 128 GB storage variant in prism black and prism white colours for Rs 55,900, the company announced.
“Customers will be able to pre-book their Galaxy S10 devices until March 5 through Samsung website, Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm, Tata CLiQ and select retail outlets.
“All variants of Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10e will be available across retail and online stores from March 8. Deliveries for pre-booking customers will start from March 6,” said the company.
The 1TB and 512GB variants of the S10+ will come in luxurious, ceramic white and ceramic black colours while the 128GB variant will come in premium prism black, prism white and prism blue colours.
The new Galaxy S line has cinematic Infinity-O Display, versatile pro-grade camera, wireless “PowerShare” and in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner (only on Galaxy S10+/S10).
Consumers who pre-book the Galaxy S line will get a choice to own the new Galaxy Watch for Rs 9,999 or the new Galaxy Buds for Rs 2,999.
The pre-booking customers are also eligible for an upgrade bonus up to Rs 15,000 and HDFC cashback up to Rs 6,000, said the company.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Markets, Medium Enterprise, SMEs, Technology
San Francisco : Samsung on Thursday unveiled its flagship smartphones — the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, a cheaper Galaxy S10e and the Galaxy S10 5G at its Unpacked event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here after weeks of detailed leaks and rumours.
The company hasn’t announced the India pricing of the devices.
Samsung’s rival to the iPhone XR is the Galaxy S10e that doesn’t have all of the features of the pricier Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+, including the new in-screen fingerprint scanner, the advanced cameras or the curved displays. However, it does have the same brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and the most affordable price, starting at $749 (roughly Rs 53,000).
The price of Galaxy S10 starts at $849 (roughly Rs 60,000) and it packs in almost all of the same features as its high-end sibling Galaxy S10+, except for a slightly smaller display and a front-facing camera with portrait mode.
The S10 brings three rear cameras — a 16MP ultrawide sensor with fixed focus, a main 12MP dual aperture wide-angle lens with OIS and a 12MP telephoto lens with OIS.
It has a 6.1-inch display and it is slightly smaller than the Galaxy S10+, which has a 6.4-inch display.
Samsung’s introduced the new “Infinity-O” screen has a tiny cut-out for the camera hole on top of the display. That means users don’t have any sort of “notch” as you see on iPhones.
The costliest of the lot is Galaxy S10+ that adds a 6.4-inch screen and a selfie camera for portrait selfies.
Samsung would reportedly sell a super premium model with a stronger ceramic body, 12GB RAM and a massive 1TB of storage out of the box apart from the $999 (roughly Rs 74,000) variant with 128GB internal storage and 8GB RAM.
The company also unveiled the Galaxy S10 5G phone, which has the largest screen of the bunch, measuring in at 6.7 inches.
The Galaxy S10 5G has a 4,500mAh battery and comes with 256GB storage with 8GB RAM.
The South Korean tech major also unveiled the Galaxy Fold with six cameras and two batteries for $1980. This is Samsung’s first truly flexible device which converts from a smartphone to a tablet and will be available on April 26.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Markets, Sales, SMEs, Technology
New Delhi : After a successful launch of two industry-first Galaxy ‘M’ series smartphones in India in January, Samsung is gearing up to launch ‘M30’ for a starting price of Rs 14,990 in February.
Industry sources told IANS on Thursday that the sale of Galaxy ‘M30’ with a triple rear-camera system and a massive 5,000mAh battery will begin in the first week of March.
Samsung will bring Super-Amoled Infinity V display to ‘M30’, making it a power-packed offering for young millennials in the country.
Powered by latest Exynos 7904 processor, Galaxy ‘M30’ comes with 4GB RAM-64GB internal memory variant. The device is also likely to have a 6GB-128GB variant.
Samsung India in January launched Galaxy ‘M20’ and ‘M10’ smartphones at a starting price of Rs 10,990 and Rs 7,990 respectively to take on Xiaomi’s budget “Redmi” series in the country.
Galaxy ‘M20’ is priced at Rs 12,990 for the 4GB+64GB variant while the 3GB+32GB variant costs Rs 10,990.
Galaxy ‘M10’ is priced at Rs 8,990 for the 3GB+32GB variant and Rs 7,990 for the 2GB+16GB.
Both the devices were a complete sell-out on Amazon India on February 5, making an “unprecedented” first day sale record for the South Korean tech giant.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Markets, SMEs, Technology
Seoul : Samsung Electronics Co said on Tuesday its operating profit plunged 28.7 per cent in the fourth quarter compared with a year ago due to weak memory demand, falling far short of market expectations.
Operating profit came to 10.8 trillion won ($9.66 billion) in the October-December period, the South Korean tech behemoth said in a regulatory filing. This is down 38.5 per cent from 15.1 trillion won posted a quarter earlier, Yonhap news agency reported.
The operating profit was the lowest since the first quarter of 2017.
Sales fell 10.6 per cent on-year to 59 trillion won over the cited period, the company said.
The operating profit was far below market expectations of 13.6 trillion won, based on the survey conducted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial arm of Yonhap News Agency, on 23 South Korean brokerage houses.
Samsung did not announce the net profit for the fourth quarter, nor the performances of respective business divisions. The finalised earnings report will be announced later this month.
For 2018, the company expected the operating profit and sales to reach 58.9 trillion won and 243.5 trillion won respectively on the back of strong demand for memory chips in the global market. The sales estimate is the record-high annual figure.
Samsung said demand for memory chips in the last three months of 2018 hovered far below the market expectation as major data centers adjusted their inventories, which drove down prices of DRAM products.
Sales of smartphones also slowed in the maturing market with promotion costs in the peak season cutting into its profitability, it noted.
“Operating profits sharply decreased due to lacklustre demand in the memory division and intensifying competition in the smartphone sector,” Samsung Electronics said in a rare release for a preliminary earnings report.
The prices of DRAM, a type of memory used for the temporary storage in computer systems, sank 10 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter due to weak demand for PCs, servers and smartphones, according to corporate tracker DRAMeXchange.
Apple last week downgraded its sales forecast for the last three months of 2018, suggesting a drop in orders for Samsung, one of the major chip providers for iPhones.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Markets, SMEs, Technology
By Nishant Arora,
New Delhi : The Indian smartphone market — currently undergoing great churning at both the hardware and software levels — is set to witness a game-changing moment this month in the Samsung Galaxy ‘M’ series devices that may redefine the affordable and mid-level price segments currently dominated by the Chinese players.
The South Korean giant, which has a significant presence across price points in the country, would this month launch two smartphones — M10 for around Rs 9,500 and M20 for nearly Rs 15,000 — with not-seen-before specifications like Infinity-V display in this segment.
According to reliable industry sources, the third smartphone M30 with triple-rear camera system will probably arrive next month.
The first-ever ‘M’ series smartphones with industry-first features are currently being manufactured for the millennials at Samsung’s factory in Noida. It will be a global launch for the ‘M’ series in India and may reach other markets later.
According to experts, Samsung which is still the most vertical integrated player in the Indian market, has set its eyes firmly on de-throwning Xiaomi’s highly-successful Redmi series in the affordable and mid-price range segment.
“Samsung has access to latest display, camera, memory and connectivity technologies from hardware perspective. Further, it can enjoy global scale for the same ‘M’ models more than Xiaomi,” Neil Shah, Partner and Research Director at Counterpoint Research told IANS.
According to Shah, Samsung can surely compete well if it has the right value proposition in terms of design, specs and more so camera to take on Xiaomi.
“Samsung is also in better position in offline market and a robust service network. The only caveat has been Xiaomi sacrificing margins and out-pricing competition — the challenge which Samsung will have to crack with these new models,” Shah noted.
Galaxy M20 will house a massive 5,000mAh battery — the first-ever on any Samsung smartphone — a big plus for phone users in the country who treat battery life as one of their key requirements. M20 will house a 3,500mAh battery.
“Samsung’s new Galaxy ‘M’ series of smartphones with industry-first features indicates the importance it accords to India as a growth market,” said Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CyberMedia Research (CMR).
“It would look at bolstering and taking the fight to Xiaomi in this price segment, and further cement its leadership in Indian market,” Ram told IANS.
The launch of the ‘M’ series in India, following months of R&D carried out by Samsung India, would be in line with the company’s strategy to consolidate its position among the country’s millennials.
“There is a need for Samsung to pep up their presence in the affordable and mid-price segment. For sometime, the company emphasised on the premium and luxury segments but now is the time to refresh the bouquet for the highly-saleable segments in our country,” emphasised Faisal Kawoosa, Founder and Principal Analyst, techARC.
Samsung that has always believed in being humble when it comes to answering the growing competition is also set to change the game for over 700 million feature phone users who would now have better options to upgrade.
Samsung Mobile today is the most attractive brand in India, a TRA Research report said last month.
“Samsung offers phones with prices ranging from Rs 8,000-75,000 and this very variety sets it aside from other mobile manufacturers,” said N. Chandramouli, CEO of TRA Research.
“A differentiated product strategy would fuel Samsung’s further growth in India,” added Ram.
(Nishant Arora can be contacted at nishant.a@ians.in)
—IANS
