Samsung may initially produce about 5 million Galaxy S7 phones

By Shrey Pacheco | Updated on 28-Dec-2015

28 Dec 2015 13:31

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The company may be planning to initially produce 3.3 million units of the Galaxy S7, and 1.6 million units of a curved-screen variant called the Galaxy S7 Edge

Samsung may be planning to initially produce about 5 million Galaxy S7 smartphones, according to South Korea’s Electronic Times. The publication stated that Samsung will launch two versions of the upcoming smartphone, a 5.2-inch flat-screen version, and a 5.5-inch curved screen version called the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. The company may be planning to initially produce about 3.3 million units of the flat-screen variant, and about 1.6 million units of the curved-screen variant, with plans of launching the device in February.

Earlier this month, ‘people familiar with the matter’ had told the Wall Street Journal that the Samsung Galaxy S7 may come with a pressure sensitive display and a USB Type-C port. Additionally, It was reported that certain versions of the phone would come with a retina scanner. The Wall Street Journal’s report had also stated that the Galaxy S7 would be offered with a curved screen called the Galaxy S7 Edge, which corroborates with the Electronic Times’ report. The phone has been tipped to come with Samsung’s new BRITECELL camera which focuses on improving image quality in low light conditions.The company claims that the new camera is 17% thinner than other cameras.

It was also reported that the Galaxy S7 will be the first smartphone to come with Qualcomm’s new flagship processor, the Snapdragon 820. It is rumoured that Samsung will have exclusive rights on the Snapdragon 820 until April 2016. The S7 may be launched in two variants, one powered by the Snapdragon 820 and the other with the Exynos 8890. It is also possible that the upcoming phone may be 10% cheaper as compared to the current generation Galaxy S6 smartphones. This could be because Samsung’s current strategy of pricing its flagship phones along the Apple iPhone doesn’t seem to be working. The Apple’s iPhones still take a majority of the profits in the global smartphone market. However, what did seem to work for Samsung was the early launch of the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus as the company posted a profit growth for the first time in four quarters.

Source: Reuters

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