SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn a commission.

News For You
News For You
Notifications

Report: Galaxy S6 Edge suffering from yield issues, priced rather high

Phone
By 

Last updated: February 25th, 2015 at 12:19 UTC+01:00

The Galaxy Round, Samsung's first smartphone with a curved display, wasn't too widely available, with the Korean manufacturer only managing to launch the device in its home country. With the Galaxy Note Edge, however, Samsung was able to produce enough units to launch it in numerous markets, despite the phone's unique display and form factor. The Galaxy S6 Edge is similarly expected to be widely launched alongside the standard Galaxy S6, but it seems Samsung might be having issues with the device's yield and might not have enough units to go around for carriers.

According to an anonymous source talking to ArsTechnica, carriers in Europe are finding it hard to get their hands on Galaxy S6 Edge stock. The same source has also reiterated prices for the device that were leaked earlier – the 64GB model will cost €949 ($1,076), while the 128GB model will be priced at €1,049 ($1,189). The 128GB is €50 more expensive than the 128GB version of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus, which might disappoint some as the iPhone 6 Plus is currently among the priciest smartphones available (even though the device doesn't exactly offer a true phablet experience.)

For a phone that will feature a display that curves to two sides, it's not really surprising to hear that it will face yield issues. We certainly hope Samsung can sort things out in the coming months, as the Galaxy S6 Edge is one of the most interesting smartphones in recent times, one that many will be wanting to get their hands on despite the rather exorbitant price tag.

Source

Phone Galaxy S6Galaxy S6 Edge
Galaxy AI summarized

Scroll for more related content
News For You

You might also like

The worst Samsung invention we, and Android OEMs, bought into

The worst Samsung invention we, and Android OEMs, bought into

Some things are good in the moment but not so much in retrospect. Sometimes, people get carried away by the hype, only to realize later that the thing they were getting hyped over wasn't all that great. It happened to the best of us, including Samsung fans and rival OEMs. A decade after the Korean […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 4 months ago
A look back on 2015, the year Samsung fixed lag and stutter on Galaxy phones

A look back on 2015, the year Samsung fixed lag and stutter on Galaxy phones

Samsung has dominated the Android smartphone market for a long time. The company first started making Android phones in the late 2000s, and its first proper flagship, the original Galaxy S, came out in June, 2010. The Galaxy S was a big hit, thanks to its combination of high-end specs, the rare-at-the-time AMOLED display, and […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 2 years ago
Samsung releases new firmware update for the Galaxy S6 series

Samsung releases new firmware update for the Galaxy S6 series

Several old Samsung Galaxy S-series phones were suffering from the GPS issue, which the company has been fixing by delivering updates. Galaxy devices such as the Galaxy S8 from 2017, and the Galaxy S7 from 2016, have already bagged the GPS bug fix update, and now it is time for an even older series, the […]

  • By Sagar Naresh
  • 2 years ago
Samsung’s sending out updates to 500 million+ old phones

Samsung’s sending out updates to 500 million+ old phones

A handful of old Galaxy smartphones that are no longer officially supported got updated earlier this month, but that was only the beginning. As it turns out, Samsung is rolling out a similar firmware update with GPS fixes for millions of other aging Galaxy phones, including the Galaxy S5 Neo, the Galaxy Alpha, the Galaxy […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 2 years ago
Delete this app from your Samsung phone if you care for privacy

Delete this app from your Samsung phone if you care for privacy

It recently came to light that third-party app Life360 is selling user location data “to virtually anyone who wants to buy it,” as per a report from The Markup. The app reportedly has a user base of around 33 million people, many of which use Life360 to track their children's movements through their mobile phones […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 3 years ago
Samsung’s tomb of lost features is now looking sadder than ever

Samsung’s tomb of lost features is now looking sadder than ever

Samsung has removed a lot of features from its flagship products over the years.

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 4 years ago