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11/02/2024 03:31:26 pm

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iPhone 6s Outselling Galaxy Note 4 10-To-1

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(Photo : Reuters ) Samsung might have another issue on their hands, with the early demise of the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy Note 4 is also struggling against the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple's iPhone 6 is on track to be the best-selling phones of all time, having sold around 30 million units since its launch. The iPhone 6 Plus in not far behind, especially with the surge of sales in Asia, where the larger size in wanted.

The new sizes of the iPhones might have hurt Samsung the most. The launch of the Galaxy Note 4 happened a few weeks ago in the U.S., Asia and Europe, but even with the mostly positive reviews, the phone is not getting anywhere near the sales of Apple's phones, according to Shinhan Investment's Kim Young-chan.

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The analyst claims the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are both hot topics in South Korea, where Apple's smartphones have been thrown away by most of the Asian community (apart from Japan) and labeled as too small, while phablets become increasingly popular.

South Korea is one of Samsung's home market, and having the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus already outsell the Galaxy Note 4 is bad, but new projections of global sales point to Apple outselling Samsung's flagship by a scale of 10-to-1, a much higher number than last year's iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.

Home nation products have always been a big asset in Japan, South Korea, China and India. It is why we see Sony beat Microsoft on consoles, why Samsung continues to dominate in South Korea, why Xiaomi became the best-selling phone maker in China; and why upstarts like Micromax, Karbonn and Spice Mobile are making millions of phone sales in India.

However, Apple is turning this trend on its head with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It has sold more than 20 million units in China, meaning it has sold more than Xiaomi in the full year, and Apple is on its way to selling 50 million units before the end of 2014.

Samsung has been looking to announce the A3, A5 and A7 devices to keep interest, but these phones are lackluster compared to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus already and tech experts cannot see them penetrating iPhone sales.

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