Global smartphone shipments increased 7.8% to 289.4 million units during January-March, with Samsung, at 20.8% market share, clinching the top phonemaker spot from Apple.
Only sort of related, but it’s kind of insane how many different phones Samsung releases. Checking GSMArena, they’ve apparently released an average of two phones per month over the last year.
Are they all kind of the same, or do they serve different purposes?
I know people often complain about how there aren’t any small phones anymore… that’s often because, if a company only releases a phone once a year (or less) they’re going to have a hell of a lot less variety. Because most companies are going to go for the general market, not the niche market.
Are they all kind of the same, or do they serve different purposes?
Different performance tiers and feature sets. You could spend anywhere from $100 to $1500.
The A series has a headphone jack, but doesn’t support wireless charging. Current tiers are 0, 1, 2, 5, and 7. Not every generation has a tier 7 offering. Tier 5 and 7 are close to S series performance, but much cheaper and with worse cameras.
The S series has a wireless charging, but no headphone jack. Comes in standard, plus, and ultra sizes. Better performance than the A series. All the same processor, but bigger sizes can mean more RAM, storage, and better cameras. These ones are billed as premium phones and have a premium price point.
The Fold and Flip are neat, but not generally worth the price. The Fold is better overall, but both have issues with creases. I’d generally recommend skipping the Flip. The Fold can be neat if you really want the larger screen, but an A or S series is generally a better choice.
I can’t flood all the sales channels with my products with only a few products though – That would require me to make a quality product people really liked and kept coming back for like an Iphone or pixel and we can sell it through our own website
No one big releases a small phone because no one buys them. Not even the people who whine and complaints about no small phone offering buys the small phones when they’re offered. It’s way too niche a market to break even.
No one big releases a small phone because no one buys them.
Except we don’t have any good data to say why. Do people buy a bigger flagship over a smaller model that has older technology? Yes, but the only thing we can say with confidence from that is that people want the latest technology. The closest comparison we can make is Apple’s Max/Plus and non-Max/Plus versions, which offer essentially the same model in two sizes. The smaller size consistently sells better. It’s also cheaper. Does it sell better because it’s smaller or because it’s cheaper? Probably both, actually. But as long as nobody offers a small flagship (since Apple stopped making them entirely and switched to larger flagships), nobody can say for sure how well they’d sell.
Yeah probably there are other factors in the play here too. I agree, it’s definitely overkill, but it seems this spam phones tactic is working well for their revenues then.
@Zorque@kbin.social They have a phone in every price range starting from free with activation to $2000. Sometimes they use old hardware and software, sometimes they need niche software drivers like the Flip and Fold.
Woah Apple lost the top spot in a quarter when they don’t release any phones, but Samsung does.
Only sort of related, but it’s kind of insane how many different phones Samsung releases. Checking GSMArena, they’ve apparently released an average of two phones per month over the last year.
Seems a bit overkill to me.
Are they all kind of the same, or do they serve different purposes?
I know people often complain about how there aren’t any small phones anymore… that’s often because, if a company only releases a phone once a year (or less) they’re going to have a hell of a lot less variety. Because most companies are going to go for the general market, not the niche market.
Different performance tiers and feature sets. You could spend anywhere from $100 to $1500.
The A series has a headphone jack, but doesn’t support wireless charging. Current tiers are 0, 1, 2, 5, and 7. Not every generation has a tier 7 offering. Tier 5 and 7 are close to S series performance, but much cheaper and with worse cameras.
The S series has a wireless charging, but no headphone jack. Comes in standard, plus, and ultra sizes. Better performance than the A series. All the same processor, but bigger sizes can mean more RAM, storage, and better cameras. These ones are billed as premium phones and have a premium price point.
The Fold and Flip are neat, but not generally worth the price. The Fold is better overall, but both have issues with creases. I’d generally recommend skipping the Flip. The Fold can be neat if you really want the larger screen, but an A or S series is generally a better choice.
I can’t flood all the sales channels with my products with only a few products though – That would require me to make a quality product people really liked and kept coming back for like an Iphone or pixel and we can sell it through our own website
Sadly I don’t think even with all these they have released a decent high performance small phone. At least not to US market.
No one big releases a small phone because no one buys them. Not even the people who whine and complaints about no small phone offering buys the small phones when they’re offered. It’s way too niche a market to break even.
Except we don’t have any good data to say why. Do people buy a bigger flagship over a smaller model that has older technology? Yes, but the only thing we can say with confidence from that is that people want the latest technology. The closest comparison we can make is Apple’s Max/Plus and non-Max/Plus versions, which offer essentially the same model in two sizes. The smaller size consistently sells better. It’s also cheaper. Does it sell better because it’s smaller or because it’s cheaper? Probably both, actually. But as long as nobody offers a small flagship (since Apple stopped making them entirely and switched to larger flagships), nobody can say for sure how well they’d sell.
The phone makers can say for sure because they have years of market and sales data on them, and a huge amount of r&d lol
Yeah probably there are other factors in the play here too. I agree, it’s definitely overkill, but it seems this spam phones tactic is working well for their revenues then.
You say that until you need a specific niche phone and find a Samsung version of it, a branch you know is consistent and trustworthy.
@Zorque@kbin.social They have a phone in every price range starting from free with activation to $2000. Sometimes they use old hardware and software, sometimes they need niche software drivers like the Flip and Fold.