“The U.S. wireless industry should grow 7% to 10% next year, according to the head of Samsung Electronics’s North American wireless unit,” Roger Cheng reports for Dow Jones Newswires.
Cheng reports, “That compares with 7% to 8% growth for this year, said Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Telecommunications America. It’s one of the reasons why Samsung is expanding its product lineup to 60 devices in 2007. ‘I don’t see growth slowing in the U.S. market,’ he told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday during the Samsung Mobile Summit in New York.”
“Sohn said Samsung has taken the No. 2 position in the U.S. market behind Motorola. The world’s largest handset maker, Nokia, was third,” Cheng reports. “Samsung hopes its strategy of selling a wide variety of products will pay off in winning over the diverse U.S. customer base. One of the key capabilities is music. Sohn said he looks forward to Apple Computer Inc.’s launch of its iPhones because it gives Samsung the chance to tout its own lineup of music phones.”
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Sohn must also enjoy being driven over by steamrollers. Hey, whatever happened to Samsung’s “we will take top spot in music players from Apple by 2007” vow? They’re quickly running out of time. Samsung has quite a lot of ground to cover in 17 days.
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if Apples strategy is like the iPod ( wide range of price and features)the the phone(s) should do very well.
Halo effect, you know?
To be fair, “by 2007” could mean by the END of 2007.
result: italics”Sohn said he looks forward to Apple Computer Inc.’s launch of its iPhones because it gives Samsung the chance to tout its own lineup of music phones.”
Yep, just like the US auto industry looked forward to the arrival of Japanese cars because it gave them a chance to tout its own lineup of cars…uh, huh.
WHISTLE IN THE DARK – “To be cheerful or optimistic in a situation that doesn’t warrant cheer or optimism.”
Dan,
“By 2007” means when 2007 starts. Nothing could be more clear. And, even so, by the end of 2007, Samsung will not have taken over from Apple’s iPod+iTunes.
They’re actually smart in focusing on cell phones rather than DAPs. The current US cell phone market has a fairly high turnover rate in terms of the handsets. This, coupled with the incompatibility between most carriers, makes it a very attractive market for handset makers. I bet Samsung sold more music phones than Apple did iPods this year. As awesome as the iPods are, there is a large chunk of the population that could care less. They just want any old music player. And if their cell phone can do it, they would just get the phone and forgo the DAP. Apple would be wise to get into the market before the next fad in cell phone takes hold and makes an iTunes phone obsolete.
To be fair, “by 2007” could mean by the END of 2007.
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To be fair, you need your medication if you think they have a shot in hell .. 2012, whatever, they’re out.
Actually, what Samsung really do best is copy everyone else, tweak a bit, and manufacture cheaply.
So no doubt they really are looking forward to seeing the Apple phone so they can get busy making something similar to add to their lineup of 4000 other phones.
Let me translate the Japanese: We look forward to kicking apple’s ass in the phone sector.
DPTK,
You may be an excellent Japanses translator, but Samsung speaks Korean, you moron.
Carry on.
Translating the Japanese, Don`t pass the koolaid, eh?
Pitty that Samsung is a Korean firm.
Got beaten by SJ. Anyway, someone had to tell
japanese,korean, they all look the same.
Me so solly. 1000 aporogies.
Don’t iPhones benefit from a Hello effect not a Halo effect?
If I say something is going to happen BY Friday, that means it will happen on or before the start of that day. So if they said BY 2007, that means on or before the beginning of 2007.
Did Samsung sell more phones capable of playing music than Apple sold iPods?
Perhaps.
Did Samsung sell more phones that were actually used regularly to play music than Apple sold iPods?
No F’n way. Most phones sold today have a camera and music playing capabilities. Virtually no one uses these phones in place of an iPod or a still or movie camera. The digital camera business and the digital media player business have nothing to worry about a digital phone that doesn’t take pictures or play music worth a damn.
Most digital phones don’t even make phone calls very reliably.
Cell phones are close to being a necessary staple in most peoples lives. I can only imagine how long I would be able to hold off if they made one. So I’m hoping they don’t. If they do however, and it looks anywhere as cool as their other stuff, Moto’s going to have quite a fight on their hands. My RAZR sux ass BTW. It looks cool though…..
Yea, I bet they are waiting for the “iPhone.”
THEY ALL NEED IDEAS – And a savior will arrive, “Apple”, to make life easier and more reilable.
OK-SAMSUNG……. Start your photo copiers!!!!!!
RAY!
Nice!
Only problem is that Apple has been busy patenting what seems like every aspect of the interface. Makes copying a bit more difficult to get right.
If and when Apple introduces an iPhone, the main feature won’t be music. The “i” in Apple products doesn’t stand for “MP3”.
My prediction is some kind of mobile VoIP device with flat-fee service and full internet Safari access. Something like Woz’s Sidekick.
The timing is right. Apple’s pal, Earthlink, is about to turn Philadelphia into one large hotspot. The same thing is happening in other metros. Buh-Bye greedy cellular providers.
Who knows? It might even play tunes.
So when the professor says turn in your papers by Friday, does that mean Thursday/Friday midnight, beginning or ending of class, or end of business day?
To be fair, the original quote said “by the end of 2007, unless we don’t make it til 2008, or in any case, whatever…”
And all around me, I heard ‘Ching chang chung, iPhone, twink chung chan chin, iPhone, chunck chin champ, iPhone, chung chang ching.”
Rod..
w….t….f….?