iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus
There's bad news for Samsung as it looks set to cede ground to Apple on its home turf of Korea.
According to WSJ's Korea Realtime blog, analysts estimate that pre-orders for the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have reached roughly 100,000 units, which is over three times the estimated 30,000 units that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 received over a similar time frame.
The pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus began in Korea on Friday. The three mobile carriers reportedly
received "tens of thousands" pre-orders in less than an hour. The
report notes that KT Corp., the first telecom company to introduce the iPhone
in the Korean market, claimed that it racked up 10,000 orders in one
minute of the sale, and 50,000 in thirty minutes for both the iPhone
models.
On the other hand, LG Uplus Corp., which is selling the
iPhone for the first time, claimed that it received 20,000 orders for
the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus within 20 minutes. The largest mobile
carrier in Korean market, SK Telecom Co., also claimed that its first
and second batch of pre-sale quota for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
have been fully booked, but it didn't reveal the numbers.
The numbers are likely to go higher as the pre-sale will continue till the smartphones hit store shelves on Friday, October 31.
The report notes that Apple has traditionally enjoyed very little success
in Korea, with just 6 percent handset marketshare compared to Samsung's
63 percent, according to Counterpoint Research.
"But with Apple
piggybacking on Samsung's large-screen strategy, there are concerns that
Samsung will lose its only advantage, which has been its large screen
sizes," Lee Seung-woo, an analyst with IBK Securities in Seoul told
WSJ's Korea Realtime.
- Design
- Display
- Software
- Performance
- Battery life
- Camera
- Value for money
- Good
- Thin, light, easy to handle
- Excellent camera
- Superb performance
- Reasonably good battery life
Earlier this month, reports emerging from China had claimed that retailers and telecom operators had collectively received 2 million reservations in first 6 hours for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus booking, with reports later claiming the total pre-orders had reached about 20 million.
- Design
- Display
- Software
- Performance
- Battery life
- Camera
- Value for money
- Good
- Fantastic performance
- Very good battery life
- Excellent camera
- Bad
- Large and awkward to use
- Lacks software optimisations
Rs. 53,500
Rs. 53,500
Rs. 53,500
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