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http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2012/02/28/why-get-a-tablet-when-you-can-have-a-phablet/
After the announcement of 700K sold in Korea, I was wondering how close they were to their second million. Finally found a post about it. Not sure if it's shipped or sold, but whatever.
So let's see the rate of sales:
Oct 29 - Galaxy Note Release
Dec 29 - 1st million
Feb 28 - 2nd million
Pretty encouraging.
- Frank
wonder how many dell streaks were sold in that time frame
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Samsung says it has already sold 2 million Notes since last October’s launch, and plans to sell another 10 million by the end of 2012.
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SOLD not shipped, now please update the topic.
For a niche device the Note is selling really well its obscene
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wonder how many dell streaks were sold in that time frame
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About 12
(I say this as a Dell Streak owner)
Shipped about same as sold for popular product over a quarter
The popularity of the Note means that the amount of stock sitting on retailers shelves would be very small compared to the number actually sold over several months.
Retailers' stock is a short term buffer for a very popular product.
Nice that's about a average of 500,000 Per month not bad for what it is...
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I bought the 658.256th.
13....I had one also
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About 12
(I say this as a Dell Streak owner)
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I'm not surprised it's selling so well - it's the first phone I've had that is really useable as a main internet device. I just upgraded from a S2, and am very happy with it. The laptop and Xoom are gathering dust!
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I'm not surprised it's selling so well - it's the first phone I've had that is really useable as a main internet device.
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Could not agree more. I am just off for a weekend away, and for the first time I am not going to take anything but my phone. Most of what I need to do, it does, and very well. The huge number of games I have will also make any waiting and travel times fly by!
Congratulations Samsung. Well deserved. I was at the doctors office today and she loved it and was amazed at it. I was proud of my baby
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Colingajewski said:
I'm not surprised it's selling so well - it's the first phone I've had that is really useable as a main internet device. I just upgraded from a S2, and am very happy with it. The laptop and Xoom are gathering dust!
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Same exact scenario. Xoom is dusty laptop only used for streaming to HDTV
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Powerful
Agreed - hardly use my laptop at all anymore. Speed and versatility of the s-pen make this a wonderful niche device. Can't wait for ICS to (hopefully) improve battery life.
I just ordered my all white galaxy note! Should have it by tomorrow. Can't wait. I had been thinking hard about my next toy for long while. Galaxy nexus was tempting, as well as the s2. In the end the note took it. Its gonna be fuuuuuuun. Lol
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And if it's selling that well, the more accessories will get made. For instance, decent extended batteries and a keyboard case are top of my list. Huzzah!
samsung really has done a great job for Galaxy Note. hope the future upgraded version of the note will have further surprises for us.
Hey guys I am still rocking my epic 4g, but have finally got to my upgrade date with sprint. I like the look of the galaxy s 2, but I was really disappointed in samsung in how slow they are to update software. I really don't want to go through that crap again. Htc evo 3d looks good but I heard the batt life is not good. I have even considered the iphone 4s, but the durability is very questionable. Any suggestions?
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Wait out till Galaxy Nexus or other LTE phones release. Sprint's making to the move to LTE for 4G.
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If you must upgrade now, get the SGS2
If you can wait, get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus or the SGS3
HTC One X
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Personally I'd wait til the GSIII announcement to make a decision. Or at least til the beginning of next month to make sure you didn't win a Galaxy Nexus (if you're entering the giveaway everyday).
sgs3 to start rolling out next month. http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/21/samsung-china-exec-suggests-galaxy-s-iii-could-land-in-april/ might not see it on sprint that soon but close enough to wait for an update. i am hoping for word of lte note before my june upgrade.
Just a thought as I recently did this and I understand it's not for everyone. I love my Epic so much and don't mind waiting more (hopefully for a qwerty phone) so I bought one of the $199 iPhones online and then sold it on ebay for over $500. This gives me cash and starts the 'ticker' again on my contract etc...
If you are in the first wave or second wave areas for LTE development, wait for the Galaxy Nexus next month. WiMax phones will not work on LTE. If you don't mind a much larger phone wait and see if and when the Galaxy Journal is coming to Sprint....it is nicknamed a Phablet.
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If you are in the first wave or second wave areas for LTE development, wait for the Galaxy Nexus next month. WiMax phones will not work on LTE. If you don't mind a much larger phone wait and see if and when the Galaxy Journal is coming to Sprint....it is nicknamed a Phablet.
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Is it really called a Phablet?? Lol
To upgrade right now would be a waste of money. Two months. 1. LTE 2. New Phones start rolling out and you get better options for the long term. 3. LTE 4. The current line up prices will drop even more. Oh and LTE. Lol
Plus EPIC 4G is hoppin right now!!
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Is it really called a Phablet?? Lol
To upgrade right now would be a waste of money. Two months. 1. LTE 2. New Phones start rolling out and you get better options for the long term. 3. LTE 4. The current line up prices will drop even more. Oh and LTE. Lol
Plus EPIC 4G is hoppin right now!!
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Yep even the note on att is called a phablet and really to the OP durable and ipod/iphone shouldn't be in the same sentence really cracked screens all day.
Corning Glass has much more durability not to mention the newest Gorilla Glass.
And Sammy may be slow with updates but atleast on most devices they fix em in every update unlike HTC were there are sevral updates constantly in a month because they don't get it right.
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Also wait for the iPhone 5. Jail broke the 4s and its running great as well rooted epic 4g and HTC evo 3d. And there's the galaxy series like the beam, S3 coming out.
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I've been sitting on an upgrade since last year for the nexus... that's what I plan on getting on release day =]. Would wait for the gs3 but that's too far from now.
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Sounds like I will be waiting.. Thanks for the feedback guys
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Note: thread title is not exactly true but to some extent.
I'm angered by Samsung release S3 LTE i9305 which made my current i9300 seem old and less advanced. I don't want to argue if 2GB RAM or LTE is necessary but it's obvious that i9305 is better version. Even the upcoming Note2 comes with 2GB RAM and better software (new gallery,etc) than S3. It's now a fact that S3 i9300 no longer the best phone of samsung after less than 4months...
One of the reason why I'm so angry is due to their sale tactics. I think samsung tactics and marketing are dirty. They seem to be very well planned and executed. Here's what they do in these few months in Singapore...
30 May: S3 16GB (White, Blue) launched at SGD$998.
28 July: This is when I got my S3
25 Aug: S3 32GB (White, Blue) launched at SGD$998. 16GB version reduced to SGD$898.
Why reduce the price of 16GB version?
1 Sept: S3 (Red) launched.
13 Sept: S3 LTE 16GB (White, Grey) announced with JB preloaded, coming end of Sept at SGD$998. JB coming to i9300 in Oct.
It's the same day as iPhone 5 keynote here in Singapore, samsung must have planned and decided to announce on this day. The price is same as i9300 first launch?! and we only getting JB in Oct, way after S3 LTE released?!
20 Sept: Market price check on S3 16GB, SGD$790. Resale value is pathetic
22 Sept: S3 (Brown) launch.
I felt that...
Samsung tricked us buying their best smartphone and then trolled us by releasing better variant/version.
They just to want get more sales without caring and benefiting us the early i9300 adopters.
What do you think?
My phone still works so I don't care.
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You better be trolling, please tell me you are. Do you really think that any phone will stay number 1 of the production line for even a year these days? 6 months today and a phone is considered "old" by some people's standards.
There's no denying the i9300 is still an awesome phone, though!
There is always a new phone, why bother. If I wanted an iPhone Ive bouth an iPhone. Read as a new release twise a year...
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who said a 5.6 inch screen is better to hold thn 4.8. and moreovr 2gb ram realyy doesnt affect much. so stop being stupid and love what you have. :beer:
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You do realize they run a business, right?
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sense of entitlement? Greed?
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so....?????
all of you whining people are targeting the extra 1 gb of RAM nothing else.
My phone is perfect i dont need more... Whats the point upgrading ur phone every 5 months
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I hate threads like this. Are you saying Samsung should sit on this new phone so you feel better? Technology moves along just below the speed of light and it can make your stomach queezy! If you can't handle it, don't play the game! Your phone still works exactley the same as the day you bought it!
Someone doesn't know how fast technology moves, if you want a phone, that will be the best the company has made for at least 1 year, buy an iPhone, things in the Android world move fast, and always will.
There has to be reason they decided to have 2GB RAM in the 4g enabled S3, I would expect it will be using over 1GB RAM out of the box, then you install things and it will go up fast.
4g and 2GB of RAM is all that makes it better than the I9300, yes its more technologically advanced because of the 4g, however when the I9300 was released it was still up in the air as to whether 4g (at least in UK) would be rolled out by EE, one complaint could have pushed it back so Samsung's this was Samsung's only option, I for one would hate them making a phone with a 4g chip in if EE's rollout was slowed down, it pushes the price up for no reason.
You wanted the latest and greatest as soon as it came out it's not Samsung's fault it's yours... get over it.
OP is a spoiled self entitled idiot. Technology advances quickly. Wake up. End of story.
What's stopping you from selling your sgs3 and buying the updated one? If you're locked into a 2 year contract then that's your own fault. When you signed that contract you will have already known you wouldn't upgrade for 2 years. Did you expect time to stand still for the next 24 months too?
I'm planning to sell my sgs3 and replace it with the note 2 unless something better is coming out soon. I'm not angry. I'm not even slightly annoyed. Get over it.
Of course they care about sales! They are a business!
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Yes, I hope Samsung never release a better phone so mine will always be the best. I heard the SGS4 will be dual core and have 512mb ram..
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I'm not stupid, I knew better phones were gonna come along while I own my i9300 but nothing's gonna be that much better in the space of 4 months.
So I'm not gonna be one of those who's obsessed with making sure people know I have the best phone all the time and buying something new every few months simply because it's better.
And I honestly think the S3 is so good that the S4 really is only gonna be a tiny step up and I'll be keeping this until 4G comes out on Three Mobile UK.
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Of course they care about sales! They are a business!
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You mean they don't just exist to make us happy?
Guys, have some sympathy, OP's phone must have auto-bricked and now completely hopeless.
Where do they come from is their some production line churning out these idiots that appear daily .
jje
JJEgan said:
Where do they come from is their some production line churning out these idiots that appear daily .
jje
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hopefully just a faulty batch
In 6 months, the OP'd be talking about the 2GB SIII like he's talking about this one now. Technology doesn't stop because you can't or refuse to keep up.
Ok so i was planing to sell my s3 later to get money to upgrade for something better phone/tablet. Here price dropped 200€ since release.. Is there any reason for that?
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launch of note 2, nexus 4, iphone 5 & onex+ has definitely put pressure on S3's price. many people have sold s3 to buy note 2 or nexus 4.
3 Words: Galaxy Note Two
I was planning in selling both my GS3 and my Nexus 7 but since summer because of the Galaxy Note 2 and the fact that the want to continue selling the GS3 as hot cakes they have reduced the prices to fight the iPhone 5, in the case of my Nexus 7 and 32 version of the same price I bought my 16gig one have half cut the price for me
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same as what those above have said, any also it is a trend with nearly every smartphone apart from iphones, which only drop price after a year
the same happend with the one x before sgs3 launch
Because new things come out all the time
Because due to demand and samsung's marketing it was overprized in the first place.
I paid around 700 USD to buy it when it was released here in india, Now it's actually 575 USD.
The phone should have been sold for 575 only in the first place.
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Because new things come out all the time
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Sure but i won't be able in one year to exchange my s3 even for example ps3..
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It's because android devices are not supported for long periods of time and people know it. If you had a galaxy s from a couple years ago your are sol for updates. It amazes me to see how much I can sell my iPhone for but no interest in any galaxy devices. The demand is much higher for ios devices because it is perceived as a main stream product.
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Sure but i won't be able in one year to exchange my s3 even for example ps3..
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No, it won't be decreasing throughout the year. Now that all the new comers are out and hypes over, S3's price will stabilize at some point and will only go down after the launch of GS4.
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It's because android devices are not supported for long periods of time and people know it. If you had a galaxy s from a couple years ago your are sol for updates. It amazes me to see how much I can sell my iPhone for but no interest in any galaxy devices. The demand is much higher for ios devices because it is perceived as a main stream product.
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Actually im amazed how iphone 3gs costs about 180-200€ here.. Is it normal where u guys live too.. i mean android devices do the trick for me.. When i see somebody with apple device in his hands i make a bad conclusion about that person.. It changes things if that person lets me peek at it..
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Actually im amazed how iphone 3gs costs about 180-200€ here.. Is it normal where u guys live too.. i mean android devices do the trick for me.. When i see somebody with apple device in his hands i make a bad conclusion about that person.. It changes things if that person lets me peek at it..
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Here in MK the s3 still cost a little bit less than 600euros and the note2 is only 35euros more. I don't think you can find logic on the Balkan, especially when it involve tech )
Pozdrav, moram da pisam na angliski poso takvi se pravilava )
I bought a new black i-9300 in US for $519 on sale last week. Generally are $550-700 now, depending on store and warranty.
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Here in MK the s3 still cost a little bit less than 600euros and the note2 is only 35euros more. I don't think you can find logic on the Balkan, especially when it involve tech )
Pozdrav, moram da pisam na angliski poso takvi se pravilava )
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Yea totally agree.. I got it from one guy who solds phones and tech equipment kinda America and Europe based.. But sure is that here new devices are overly overpriced
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samsung prices sucks i paid 580€ and now i can get it for 420€
wtf ? that sucks really, and i have some scratches on the screen ... but i love my phone its the best at the moment ...
kLONkRIEGER90 said:
samsung prices sucks i paid 580€ and now i can get it for 420€
wtf ? that sucks really, and i have some scratches on the screen ... but i love my phone its the best at the moment ...
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I don't see why you people are whining about this, everyone makes profit, other devices came out so they need to compete with prices. so they reduce profits.
I obtained it last week in the "Buen Fin" (Kinda Black Friday in Mexico hahaha) for only 40 dlls and a 24 dlls data plan a month...
So yeah pretty cheap now(When it was out it was like Free but with a 100 dlls plan for 2 years)
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Hi all!
Well, the time has come to move on to the next toy to play with
By pure chance my contract is up for renewal just as Samsung are doing they're nice little swap promotion.
Probably going to pick up a HTC One... although with all the delays with O2, I might get a sneak peak at the s4 stats and change my mind
Just wanted to let you all know, I was worried about the firmware/ROM when sending it off so I gave Samsung promotions a call.
They couldn't care less what its running as long as it is running and in good nick
Also, it states in the t&c's all parts returned have to be original, so confirmed will take my 2000mah original battery too! (thank god, can't find my old one...)
So now I'm just waiting for my white envelope, can't wait to play with my new Samsung smart camera £199.00 strait swap!
oh, and if you send off for it, their email response isn't working so don't freak out you didn't get one (like I did lol)
Is been a pleasure to be part of the s2 community ! And there are a lot of faces I'm going to miss, Conantroutman has helped me more than any one could want for, thanks again m8.
God speed with all future development
How does this samsung swap thing work. Country? Contract etc
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cant be happenning in TR
that cant be in turkey while a s3 is 800 $ and a s2 is 650 $
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How does this samsung swap thing work. Country? Contract etc
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www.samsung.com/uk/galaxyupgrade/
have a look. it seems pretty simple. i9100 for a wb250f camera in white nothing to pay.
I was amazed at my luck
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that cant be in turkey while a s3 is 800 $ and a s2 is 650 $
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not sure. head over to samsung and have a look at their promotions.
lol sound like a proper samsung fanboy
The irony that im going back to htc....
cant belive theyre still fetching $650 in turkey :silly:
wow thats great man i think i'm living in the worst country for my lifestyle :S (taxes in here are up to 40% in mobile comm systems )
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wow thats great man i think i'm living in the worst country for my lifestyle :S (taxes in here are up to 40% in mobile comm systems )
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Lol But the quality of life is soon much better in Turkey (Anem ve Babam Fehtiyede oturuyorlar )
Especially the weather
BTW, great respect for bring part of the Jandarma
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Lol But the quality of life is soon much better in Turkey (Anem ve Babam Fehtiyede oturuyorlar )
Especially the weather
BTW, great respect for bring part of the Jandarma
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Actually, its not about the life quality, its about your budget. As an ordinary employee, your salary wont be enough to follow the tech-toys, you know. And the biggest issue on this topic, as our mate here mentioned, is the taxes! Since importing of such devices takes a very big slice of annual Import digits, the government applies high rate of taxes on cell phones. And also the growing appetite to new devices of people here, makes phone dealers and distributors more "Greedy", hungry for much more profits than any other country. So, this is it, a brand new S3 and S2 has almost the same price.
Fail....
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Actually, its not about the life quality, its about your budget. As an ordinary employee, your salary wont be enough to follow the tech-toys, you know. And the biggest issue on this topic, as our mate here mentioned, is the taxes! Since importing of such devices takes a very big slice of annual Import digits, the government applies high rate of taxes on cell phones. And also the growing appetite to new devices of people here, makes phone dealers and distributors more "Greedy", hungry for much more profits than any other country. So, this is it, a brand new S3 and S2 has almost the same price.
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I love know it alls like yourself :victory:
Ive lived in Turkey for nearly 12 years, and trust me, I would trade in my note 10.1, i9100, ps3, 360, psp vita, and hell, even my htc one (if I get it...) for the people, place, lifestyle and weather in a heart beat. And I love my gadgets.
Trust me, the grass is not always greener on the other side We all have a budget to work to...
You only appreciate what youve got when you loose it, and ive been without tech b4.
Although, I have not been to Adana..sureley cant be that bad
And galatasaray won.
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Can't seem to find this on the Dutch site. Bummer.
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Confusing title.
You have to first purchase a new Galaxy S III, Note II or S III mini, then trade in your old Galaxy S2 for a discount on a few selected products.
Best for me seems to be the Galaxy Tab 2 7" which is available for nothing when you send Samsung your old Galaxy S2.
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You have to first purchase a new Galaxy S III, Note II or S III mini, then trade in your old Galaxy S2 for a discount on a few selected products.
Best for me seems to be the Galaxy Tab 2 7" which is available for nothing when you send Samsung your old Galaxy S2.
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Yeah, that confused me at first. At no point do they ask if you have purchases one
I've just bought a note 10.1, I know its not listed... Lol but that was going to be my argument if it came up.
Just got my envelope yesterday, sending her off tomorrow.
Have to say, she's felt awfully slow on the last few ROMs (namley Rootbox & pa)
I keep telling my self its for the best.