“In the ongoing status check of smartphones, Samsung Electronics is seeing lower-than-expected demand of its flagship Galaxy S6 phone in China, while Apple is seeing continued steady sales of its iPhone 6, according to analysts John Vinh and Michael McConnell of Pacific Crest Securities. Today they offered a survey of U.S. handset sales gathered from store inquiries, as well as feedback from companies in the supply chain,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple. “The Galaxy S6 is selling slower than the prior flagship, last year’s Galaxy S5.”
Purcher reports that the analysts wrote in a note to clients, “Based on carrier conversations, sell-through results for GS6/Edge in the U.S. market appeared in line with carrier expectations with channel inventories remaining relatively lean. Despite lean inventories, we are concerned to see that AT&T had been offering a free Galaxy Tab 4 with the purchase of GS6/Edge during May. Despite the tablet promotion, we saw no upside to our sell-through estimates and see modest risk to component estimates, as we note relatively lean inventories.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Can’t flop hard enough – although seeing one of these iPhone knockoffs in the hands of, say, a real estate agent or a car dealer or a contractor is rather helpful as it immediately tells us to look for smarter ones. It’s like instant an IQ test.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
SEE ALSO:
Apple’s indomitable iPhone 6/Plus sales unfazed by Samsung’s anemic Galaxy S6/Edge – June 2, 2015
iPhone 6, killer: Beleaguered Samsung’s Galaxy S6 sales are a total disaster – May 22, 2015
Beleaguered Samsung reports 30 percent decline in operating profit – April 28, 2015
Samsung Galaxy S6 phones suffer weaker than expected sales in South Korea homeland – April 22, 2015
15 percent of Samsung Electronics execs quit amid profit slump – April 2, 2015
Significant Android to iPhone switching weakens market for Samsung Galaxy S6 – March 24, 2015
Apple iPhone takes smartphone market share from Android around the world – March 4, 2015
Poor man’s iPhone: Android on the decline – February 26, 2015
Study: iPhone users are smarter and richer than those who settle for Android phones – January 22, 2015
Why Android users can’t have the nicest things – January 5, 2015
iPhone users earn significantly more than those who settle for Android phones – October 8, 2014
Yet more proof that Android is for poor people – June 27, 2014
More proof that Android is for poor people – May 13, 2014
Android users poorer, shorter, unhealthier, less educated, far less charitable than Apple iPhone users – November 13, 2013
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Yeah time for Samsame to pull out the old manual and update it for the next iPhone coming up.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/102317767/Samsung-Relative-Evaluation-Report-on-S1-iPhone
So I guess that is samsung respond to the question Apple didn’t ask..
This is great
I said six months ago to some Android believers that Samsung won’t be in the business of making phones in 2017. They thought I was mad and I said why stay in a business that’s losing money. My six predictions from Jan 2007 have either met their target or are on target to do so.
Well Said. Would you mind summarizing what were your predictions?
Where’s AppleCynic?
Perhaps Samsung has had to cut back on their payments to trolls to cover their losses.
I have AppleCynic occupied at the moment. Heh.
You may consider me a dick, but that’s not me you’re holding. K?
What makes you think this topic interests me?
Well, it does, in the sense that I like to watch the torches and pitchforks.
Hee hee. 🙊
I think the chart on Patently Apple’s website is labeled wrong. Small inventories suggest good sales but the chart shows the small bars for the S6/Edge, suggesting it’s doing a lot better than the S5. Retailers are usually out-of-stock because they’re sold out. The article’s words would work better if the caption was reversed.
Great take, I was just at a car dealer and the chap had an iPhone. Instant cred.
Incidentally, my iPhone just recognized and spell corrected the name Slartibartfast. HHGttG fans rejoice.
It’s not important.
They can ship more Galaxy S6 Plus boxes filled with rocks now, since they’re not selling anyway. 🖖😀⌚️
Oh sob sob sob ScamScum. 😥
I’ve noticed four types of Samsung users.
A. The clueless – Who call it a “iPhone”, like they call all tissues “Kleenex”. They usually have a belt clip for it.
B. The embarrassed – They hold it with one hand trying to block your view so you can’t see what it is. They usually blame their spouse, their company, etc. for making them use one.
C. The Proud – They walk around all cocky with a chip on their shoulder daring you to say something. A simple smile and a shake of your the head usually devastates them.
D. The Switcher – They had an iPhone and switched. They either curse what they’re using now, or want to spend an hour convincing you that they made the right decision.
I politely avoid them all as it’s a drain of my time.
So they’ve made some more silly attack ads. Dumb.
Reading between the lines it sounds like Carriers are selling close to what they ordered of the S6/Edge units based on the article’s claim of ‘lean inventories’ in the channel. The crux is whether carriers expected the units to sell well and ordered high, or ordered low with the expectation of keeping inventories low.. One factor that is also mentioned that may have caused both the low sales as well as the relatively low inventories in the channel was difficulties in manufacturing the curved screen of the Edge. Since that problem appears to have been remedied perhaps another look is in order in the next quarter.
They should just check the Android Warehouse Hell of Unsold Devices, and look at how large of an area and how high the stacks of unsold Galaxy S6 are. They’ll have to move some of stock of unsold devices out to make room for Galaxy S6 Plus phones when they ship. 🖖😀⌚️
When I ask what is selling at a place you can buy phones I ask what people are buying and they say the iPhone 6. I then ask what about Samsung’s new phones and they say no one wants them, just the iPhone.
I’m pretty sure I read an article or two crowing over record S6 pre-orders.
Guess they were wrong.
I googled “record S6 preorders” and came up with plenty of results. The one below is indicative of them…
http://mashable.com/2015/03/09/samsung-galaxy-s6-pre-orders/
So what happened? Is the preorders story a fake? Or did everybody change their mind and not end up getting an S6?