Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge top 20-million pre-orders since reveal

If the latest report from the Korea Times is anything to go by, then Samsung executives must be high-fiving themselves behind closed doors back in Seoul. The company has allegedly garnered over 20-million pre-orders for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge combined since the duos announcement just over a week ago in Barcelona.

That’s a massive win in any company’s books, and makes a serious dent in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus‘s sales figure of 75-million since Apple’s launch back in September 2014. The Samsung Galaxy S6 received 15-million pre-order requests, while the slightly more expensive and experimental Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge received 5-million. Both rather respectable figures.

Read more: 10 things you should know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 launch

It’s important to reiterate that these numbers come just over a week since the phones’ launches too.

There’s also a swathe of positive feedback from the likes of analysts, notes the report. The most interesting comment coming from Mark C. Newman, at Bernstein Research:

We think the components side of the S6 is more positive for Samsung’s earnings direction, with the processor moving internally (saving potentially $28 a phone), significantly more memory (DRAM and particularly NAND) and the display showing off their technology lead in flexible OLED.

Perhaps developing Apple’s A-series chips for such a long time is a blessing in disguise for Samsung. Of course, pre-orders are one thing, but what about feet through the door once the Samsung Galaxy S6 series physically arrives in stores?

The advantage that the iPhone 6 has garnered a solid reputation in the past few months. Does Samsung possess the same cult following? It’s debatable, but perhaps the S6 series are the phones to do just that.

Andy Walker, former editor
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