Comment on Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop, research company says

PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only sort of related, but it’s kind of insane how many different phones Samsung releases. Checking GSMArena, they’ve apparently released an average of two phones per month over the last year.

  Seems a bit overkill to me.

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  • Zorque@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are they all kind of the same, or do they serve different purposes?

    I know people often complain about how there aren't any small phones anymore... that's often because, if a company only releases a phone once a year (or less) they're going to have a hell of a lot less variety. Because most companies are going to go for the general market, not the niche market.

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    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are they all kind of the same, or do they serve different purposes?

      Different performance tiers and feature sets. You could spend anywhere from $100 to $1500.

      The A series has a headphone jack, but doesn’t support wireless charging. Current tiers are 0, 1, 2, and 5. There used to be a tier 7, but that only lasted a generation or two. Tier 5 is close to S series performance, but much cheaper and with worse cameras.

      The S series has a wireless charging, but no headphone jack. Comes in standard, plus, and ultra sizes. Better performance than the A series. All the same processor, but bigger sizes can mean more RAM, storage, and better cameras. These ones are billed as premium phones and have a premium price point.

      The Fold and Flip are neat, but not generally worth the price. The Fold is better overall, but both have issues with creases. I’d generally recommend skipping the Flip. The Fold can be neat if you really want the larger screen, but an A or S series is generally a better choice.

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    • lanolinoil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can’t flood all the sales channels with my products with only a few products though – That would require me to make a quality product people really liked and kept coming back for like an Iphone or pixel

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    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sadly I don’t think even with all these they have released a decent high performance small phone. At least not to US market.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No one big releases a small phone because no one buys them. Not even the people who whine and complaints about no small phone offering buys the small phones when they’re offered. It’s way too niche a market to break even.

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  • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Keep in mind most of them are barely different from each other. It’s mostly a regional thing with laws, but a lot of them will recycle the panels or SoCs.

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  • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah probably there are other factors in the play here too. I agree, it’s definitely overkill, but it seems this spam phones tactic is working well for their revenues then.

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    • moon@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You say that until you need a specific niche phone and find a Samsung version of it, a branch you know is consistent and trustworthy.

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  • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    @Zorque@kbin.social They have a phone in every price range starting from free with activation to $2000. Sometimes they use old hardware and software, sometimes they need niche software drivers like the Flip and Fold.

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