Samsung Galaxy Note 4 selling better than the Note 3 in the US and Western Europe

Samsung’s profits and revenues might have taken a major hit in recent months, but when it comes to the sales of its latest flagship, it seems the company might not have much to worry about. During Samsung’s earning conference in South Korea today, Senior Vice President Kim Hyun revealed that the Galaxy Note 4 has been selling better than the Galaxy Note 3 in North America and Western Europe. Earlier reports had said that the number of Note 4s sold within a month fell short of the Galaxy Note 3 by 500K units, but it looks like the performance of the Galaxy Note 4 is actually better than its predecessor in two key regions.

Analysts have predicted that Samsung should be able to sell 11 million Galaxy Note 4 units by the end of this year, and given it has apparently sold 4.5 million units within a month, it shouldn’t be hard to reach the 11 million sales target put forth by industry experts. To remind everyone, the Galaxy Note 4 went on sale in South Korea by late September, and in other major markets in the second/third week of October. It brings considerable improvements over the Note 3, including a higher-resolution display, a much more accurate S Pen stylus, the latest Snapdragon/Exynos processors, and a 16-megapixel camera with hardware-based optical image stabilization.

Read our review of the Galaxy Note 4 here.

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Galaxy A5 gets listed on Samsung Galaxy Apps store

It was just two days ago that we discovered that Samsung is working on the Galaxy Note 10.1 2015 Edition, thanks to the upcoming tablet getting listed on the company’s website. Now, we just got confirmation that the Galaxy A5 is indeed very close to getting announced – the changelog for the Hancom Office app, which comes preloaded on the Galaxy Note 4 and other Samsung devices, has been updated on the Galaxy Apps store to include support for the Galaxy A5. That’s as good as an indication as any that Samsung will take the wraps off the device in the very near future, and also reiterates yesterday’s report that said the Galaxy A devices will be made official in early November.

The Galaxy A5 will slot in between the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A7 and feature a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, a 64-bit quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor (or possibly a dual-core processor), LTE connectivity, a 13-megapixel camera, and Android 4.4.4 KitKat. It will also feature a build that has some form of metal or similar premium material, a non-removable back cover, something that was confirmed by the A5′s leaked user manual, and come with a price tag between $400 and $450.

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Galaxy A5 leaked manual hints at non-removable back

We reported recently that Samsung’s Galaxy A series handsets will be launched by next month. A sketch of what appears to be the Galaxy A5 from its Chinese manual has appeared online and it hints at the possibility of this device having a non-removable back.

The Galaxy A devices, namely Galaxy A3, A5 and A7, are all based on Samsung Galaxy Alpha. Touting a partial metal construction the Galaxy Alpha does have a removable back but it looks like the A series, and the A5 in particular, is going to have an all-metal enclosure which would mean that users will not be able to swap the battery.

As far as the SIM tray is concerned it appears that the tray will slide into the side of the device. It has also been found that there are no references to a fingerprint scanner in the manual which would mean that Samsung may not offer this feature in the Galaxy A series.

Samsung has not officially confirmed these devices as yet so it is not known for sure exactly when they will hit the market.

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Samsung sees 74 percent drop in mobile business profits

Samsung had warned that its third quarter results wouldn’t bring good news for those keeping an eye on its mobile business and that’s exactly what has happened. The company has posted a 74 percent year-over-year drop in profits for its mobile business whereas the company-wide operating profit drop was posted at 60 percent and its lowest since the second quarter of 2011.

For this quarter Samsung also posted a 20 percent drop in revenue. Samsung had already issued a warning regarding its third quarter operating profit and had predicted that sales would drop by as much as 22 percent whereas the operating profit would be down 62 percent year-over-year.

In its earnings report Samsung has blamed increasing competition in the market and higher marketing costs. Saturation at the high-end is also hurting the company. The average selling price wasn’t as high as Samsung would have expected since customers purchased a higher percent of mid-range smartphones.

For 2015 Samsung will be focusing on enhancing the product competitiveness in its mobile business for each price tier and will solidify longer term business fundamentals to secure sustained growth and profitability.

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