Samsung Is Blaming Coronavirus for Dismal Galaxy S20 Sales

Samsung's sales figures for the Galaxy S20 don't seem to look every bit good as they should on the first twenty-four hour period in South Korea. It appears like the contempo outbreak of coronavirus could have a office in the disappointing numbers.

According to a new written report from Yonhap News Bureau, the number of visits to Samsung's offline retail stores is significantly down equally people are scared if they could get affected by the coronavirus. At the time of writing this commodity, Republic of korea has four,212 confirmed cases of coronavirus of which at least 26 deaths take been reported.

The beginning day sales of the Milky way S20 series were almost 50 per centum lower than the visitor's previous flagship devices."Sales were affected by sharp declines in discounts for new phones and the number of visitors to offline stores due to coronavirus infection fears," a local telecom company official told the agency.

Samsung reportedly sold approximately 70,800 units in the Galaxy S20 series on Th in the land. The Galaxy S10 serial, on the other hand, sold every bit many as 140,000 units on its first twenty-four hour period and the Milky way Note 10 serial hit 220,000 units when they were upwards for sales last August.

Another key reason for the downfall of the Galaxy S20 sales according to the report is the reduction in initial discounts. The base of operations variant of the Galaxy S20 is being sold for 1.248 million won (U.s.$ane,044) in the country. The Galaxy S20 series is ready to go on auction from the sixth of March here in Bharat at a starting price of Rs. 66,999.