Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones have generally been well received, with the main complaint about the handsets being the absence of MicroSD card support and shortened battery life. While unnamed Samsung executives have previously let slip that sales of the S6 and S6 Edge handsets has met internal targets, no one has had a solid idea of how well they are actually selling.
That hasn’t really changed, Samsung has been reluctant to make sales figures public, and so we are left with analysts making informed guesses on the matter. These figures vary from one analyst to the next. A report released be Deutsche Bank intimates that Samsung are on track to sell around 45 million units combined of the S6 and S6 edge smartphones. Industry tracker, DRAMeXchange, estimates combined sales of 55 million while the Hong Kong-based researcher, Counterpoint believes the number to be around 50 million units. On the optimistic end of the scale, Yonhap had estimated sales of around 70 million units.
It’s a crap shoot really until Samsung decides to release official sales figures for the S6 and S6 edge handsets. But even if the lowest estimate of 45 million combined sales is realised, that still means that the S6 and S6 edge have managed to equal the previous chart-topper, the Galaxy S4. While it isn’t the eye-watering number of 70 million as was previously suggested, it’s still a great comeback from the Galaxy S5 that didn’t meet expectations. Let us know in the comments if you have seen many Galaxy S6 or S6 edge handsets in the wild.
Source: KoreaHerald, Yonhap
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