Samsung’s Galaxy S6 phone “launch hasn’t exactly made rival Apple see stars,” Dan Gallagher reports for The Wall Street Journal. “About six million Galaxy S6 phones – including the Edge version with a curved glass display – were sold through to customers in their first 20 days following their launch on April 10, according to an estimate from Counterpoint Research published on Tuesday.”
“Wall Street’s estimate for total iPhone sales in the current quarter ending this month is 46 million units, or a little more than 15 million per month,” Gallagher reports. “In other words, iPhone shipments in April are expected to exceed those for the Galaxy S6 by about 50% – and that is six months after the launch of Apple’s device.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Despite the slavish copiers going back to hit their “Copy Apple” playbook hard, beleaguered Samsung continues to squirm and struggle like the worms they are.
It’s best not to mess with karma. — Steve Jobs
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “farkas” for the heads up.]
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