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Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by bookwormAT »

dmix wrote: post #21
bookwormAT wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you remember how much fun they had with the size of the Galaxy Note? BGR,buisinessinsider,gruber,siegler,the verge,... The whole techmeme club. Then Samsung sold 5 million Notes in the first months.

A ton of films get trashed by critics and imdb then go on to be commercially successful. That doesn't mean it was a good piece of film. More likely it was accessible everywhere and well marketed.

this is a good argument for sales vs quality.

But the lesson with the Galaxy Note was that many people want a device with a 5.3 in screen, and the critique was that people do not want a device with a 5.3 in screen.

Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors.

Or, to put it another way: The lesson is that there is no "average consumer".

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by StavrosK »

cryptoz wrote: post #37
pnachbaur wrote: post #27

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Given that a barometer is seemingly so rare on the market (and your app is probably one of the few set to take advantage of it) maybe you could talk to Samsung about a cross-promotional type deal? It could allow them to further differentiate and market their phone, and you'd get your data!

I've been thinking about contacting the manufacturers for a while, but the task is daunting. Does this kind of thing actually work? I'll definitely investigate this with the kind of response I've had here on HN, it sounds like it may almost be common. Thanks for the help!

Who cares? If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Just contact them.

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by falling »

bookwormAT wrote: post #41
dmix wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A ton of films get trashed by critics and imdb then go on to be commercially successful. That doesn't mean it was a good piece of film. More likely it was accessible everywhere and well marketed.

this is a good argument for sales vs quality. But the lesson with the Galaxy Note was that many people want a device with a 5.3 in screen, and the critique was that people do not want a device with a 5.3 in screen. Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors. Or, to put it another way: The lesson is that there i…

>Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors.

The Note has been promoted much more than the S2. In SF I see as much ads for the Note as you used to see for the iPad 2 when it came out, which means they’re everywhere.

Last week three guys with Samsung t-shirts stopped me on the street to make me try it.

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by bsphil »

tvon wrote: post #28
akmiller wrote: post #23

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What is your point exactly? I'm pretty certain the carriers do their homework before placing orders. They don't want a ton of inventory just sitting on their shelves. So the carriers expect to sell them and Samsung did sell them (doesn't matter who bought them).

The point is it doesn't matter how many units they sell to Best Buy, what matters is how many units they sell to consumers. This happens all the time, we hear about X millions of units "shipped" only to find out months later that a small fraction of those actually made it into consumers hands.

Given the incredible popularity of the GS2 among the Android community, I'd say it's not unreasonable to think the GS3 will sell well.

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by celticninja »

weiran wrote: post #18

This is bullshit, the "preorders" are from carriers not actual customers. Samsung could sell zero units and still claim to have 9 million preorders. > Samsung Electronics Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone from more than 100 global carriers , the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-samsung-idUSBRE... The numb…

carriers base their pre-orders off customer requests, they have been in the handset retailing/reselling business for long enough to understand customer demand and how many they will need on release day.

I know plenty of people hoping to pick one up on release date, quite a few of those are leaving apple too.

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by bradleyland »

bsphil wrote: post #44
tvon wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The point is it doesn't matter how many units they sell to Best Buy, what matters is how many units they sell to consumers. This happens all the time, we hear about X millions of units "shipped" only to find out months later that a small fraction of those actually made it into consumers hands.

Given the incredible popularity of the GS2 among the Android community, I'd say it's not unreasonable to think the GS3 will sell well.

No one is saying it won't sell well. They're saying that reporting carrier orders as "sales pre-orders" lacks an important detail. Thus, some are calling bullshit on the headline.

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by swah »

nextparadigms wrote: post #31
swah wrote: post #5

I just got my first Android phone (a 1ghz dual-core 512mb LG) and it its fuckin slow :( (my iPhone 3GS felt way way snappier).

Pre-ICS versions of Android kind of sucked, due to the lack of GPU acceleration. I suggest you look for a CM9 ROM for your phone on XDA.

Hm, there are builds of CM9, so I'll try that.

edit:

ICS (CM9) has much nicer looks and also feels snappier. The install was also pretty simple, to my surprise.

Re: Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million

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Post by runjake »

cryptoz wrote: post #39
objclxt wrote: post #34

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As someone else has pointed out, talk to Samsung. I don't know where you're based, but they have regional teams that do developer outreach. I've found them to be very helpful.

I'm in Montreal, and will definitely check out regional opportunities! What sort of help did they provide you with? I always imagined it would near impossible for a small, part-time dev to talk to a giant company like Samsung.

You might try touching base with Steve Kondik (@cyanogen; of Cyanogenmod fame) who now works for Samsung. You might briefly explain your project and see if he can get you in touch with the right person at Samsung/Google.
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