President of Samsung Electronics Young Sohn shared sales statistics for the Galaxy Fold folding smartphone.
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Since the start of sales of the new product in September,The Korean manufacturer has already shipped 1 million devices. For example, in October this figure was 500 thousand. Naturally, when compared with other smartphones, the figure is small, but we must take into account that the Galaxy Fold costs $2,000.
“There are one million people who want to use a $2,000 product,” said Son
By the way, Samsung is already preparing another one for releasea folding smartphone that will have a clamshell form factor, like the Motorola RAZR. According to reports, the Korean manufacturer plans to ship up to 6 million such devices in 2020. To do this, the company will have to reduce the price tag of the new product to $850.
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