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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 3: A Samsung Galaxy Note20 on display in New York City. (Photo by Dia … [+]
The 2020 smartphone launch schedule should done and dusted, but a new report suggests Samsung might have other ideas. A story from a Korean publication MTNCiting supply chain sources, it claims that Samsung is putting production on the next Galaxy flagship forward by six weeks.
An earlier release date is in mind, and the report even claims that December 2020 is an option. The rationale behind the move appears to be low sales for the Samsung S20 and the Korean company seeking to “respond proactively to rapidly changing market conditions,” the story goes. Sammobileis own sources endorsed the MTN report of an anticipated launch date with January 2021 apparently scheduled for the launch of the Galaxy S21. Whether it’s December 2020 or January 2021, Samsung’s flagship is likely to arrive earlier than usual.
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An early launch of the Galaxy S21 is a wild and completely doable rumor. I’d also be willing to bet on Samsung making some drastic price changes to go along with its new launch date. This would be unusual, or even unlikely, in any other year, but 2020 is a different beast. The increasingly intense battle for your money means that OEMs have surprised us with unusual moves this year. Apple released four IPhone 12 models hit (almost) every price range, Google walked away from making a top-tier flagship for the first time in years, and Samsung released an upper-middle-range surprise phone just before Google and Apple launches. . The launch dates of almost all companies have also changed due to Covid-19.
The S20 FE is a good example of how aggressive the Korean company can be. Not only did it appear out of nowhere, it was also surprisingly cheap for its specs in the display, camera, and processor department. Samsung also has no qualms about doing everything it can to alienate customers from Apple.
Five years ago, the Korean company briefly ran a high-profile promotion that allowed iPhone owners to “try” the new Note 5 and Galaxy S6 for $ 1 for 30 days. Then there’s the company’s generous trade-in program, which happily overpays for iPhones, including $ 400 for the 2017 iPhone X and $ 350 for the iPhone 8 Plus. In promotions, the company is giving away three free months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and the Moga XP5-X Plus controller with all Galaxy 2020 5G purchases (a total of $ 115 worth of free stuff).
It’s not hard to argue that the company’s overall strategy has a touch of desperation, which isn’t surprising considering the tough economic times all OEMs find themselves in. So an early launch of the Galaxy S21 doesn’t seem too far off. brought.
I suspect Samsung will price the Galaxy S21 much more affordable than its predecessor. The Galaxy S20 landed before the worst of the Covid-19 economic downturn. That dazzling $ 1,399 price tag for the S20 Plus Ultra won’t be repeating anytime soon, not when nearly all of the competition is cutting prices to stay afloat.
the MTN report also spectacularly claims that the top model Galaxy S21 will come with an S Pen, with the range of notes is discontinued. In effect, this would streamline Samsung’s huge product library. We’ve heard rumors about Samsung merging the Galaxy S and Note lines before, but it makes a lot more sense in today’s climate.
The perfect combination of a new Galaxy S phone that adds the best of the Note range, with a more affordable price, arriving much earlier than expected, along with all the generous exchange offers and Xbox bundles, could well cause problems for rivals in a year. when competition for the remaining disposable income is particularly fierce.
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