This year has been very busy for the Android
enthusiasts and the phone manufacturers, a year packed with lots of interesting
Smartphone releases. We’ve seen the HTC One X released in April, the Samsung
Galaxy S3 debuting in late May, and the Galaxy Note 2 hitting the market a few
days ago. The LG Optimums G will arrive soon and the Android fans are also
expecting the debut of the next-gen Nexus Smartphone.
It’s not an easy task to choose the right Android Smartphone
for you, that’s why some of you may ask about Samsung Galaxy S4release date. Others may be forced to wait until 2013 to buy a new
Android Smartphone because they are tied on a contract with a carrier.
Well, it seems that SamsungGalaxy S4 release date will
be in July 2013. No, we don’t have any sources close to Samsung, no insiders at
the company’s supply chain, nor “little birdies” giving us anonymous tips. This
is just an educated guess based on Samsung’s previous launches and the
company’s marketing strategy and approach in the battle against Apple. See
more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
We all know that the Cupertino-based company is
Samsung’s biggest rival on the phone segment. The South Korea-based company
have stolen the crown from Apple and is now world’s biggest smartphone vendor.
Even so, the Asians will constantly try to stab deeper into iPhone’s market
share and a new flagship is always set to do so. In 2012 Samsung Galaxy S3 has
set a new sales record for Samsung and the Android-powered Smartphone market.
In 2013, Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date is
supposed to be even more popular. The Smartphone market continues to grow,
which basically translates into better sales for the big players of the
segment.
Since the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S, each new
flagship Android Smartphone of the South Koreans was sold better than its
predecessor. Samsung Galaxy S was outsold by Galaxy S2, Samsung reporting that
10 million GS2 units were shipped 5 months after the official launch. Galaxy S3
is by far the best selling Android-powered Smartphone manufactured by Samsung:
30 million units were shipped in the first 100 days after the launch. Now,
everyone expects the Samsung Galaxy S4 to be even more popular than its
predecessor. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 ReleaseDate
The analysts are estimating that 660 million smart
phones will be shipped by the end of 2012, with a growth of 21.4% forecasted
for 2013. Of course, both Apple’s and Samsung’s shipments will grow, but the
South Koreans are seeking to bite an even larger chunk of iPhone’s market
share, with Samsung Galaxy S4 on song.
You are probably aware of the buzz created around the
launch of the new iPhone models, thus the best Samsung can do is introduce its
flagship smart phones ahead of Apple, in order to push the customers into
signing two year contracts with carriers and stop them from buying the newest
iOS smartphones.
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The first Galaxy was meant to be a competitor for the
iPhone 4. It was released in June close to the debut of iPhone 4, with not
enough time left to hurt iPhone 4′s sales. Next year the
Samsung Galaxy S2 was made available for purchase in April, while Apple
launched the iPhone 4S six months later, in October. By that time the Galaxy S2
sales were going down, as the customers already forgot about the smartphone
launched by Samsung. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4Release Date
Statistics have indicated that the popular devices
reach the sales peak in the first quarter after the launch, therefore the
Samsung Galaxy S3 has hit the market at the right time and its sales were not
affected by the iPhone 5 launch. I guess that the South Korean phone maker will
have a similar approach for 2013. It will try to give the Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date (three months) to hit at the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, or
whatever the guys at Apple decide to call it.
The next iPhone will probably be released in September
or October. Apple will not unveil a new smartphone in less than a year interval
since the debut of the previous model, as the new iPhone with badly affect the
previous’ sales. So, Samsung will have to set the SamsungGalaxy S4 release date three
months earlier, in late June or early July. I would go for the latter option.
There were some rumors saying that Samsung Galaxy S4
will be announced at Mobile World Congress 2013 in February, but, personally,
I’m taking them with a pinch of salt. If the terminal is announced in February,
then the Samsung Galaxy S4release date would
probably be scheduled for March, and, in my opinion, this would be to early to
be able to fight against the next iPhone. I don’t believe Samsung will make the
same mistake it did with Samsung Galaxy S2, therefore, the next-gen flagship
will be unveiled in a special event, sometime mid-June.
So far, Apple used to introduce its iPhones during the
summer. The first four generations of iOS smartphones were all announced in the
June – July time frame at the WWDC conferences. The pattern was changed by the
iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 which were both unveiled in the fall, October and
September, respectively. Meanwhile, Apple centered the WWDC event on presenting
new iOS and Mac OS X versions. Since Samsung is one of Apple’s part suppliers
the company’s officials are probably aware when Apple’s products are launched,
so they ought to be able to schedule the SamsungGalaxy S4 release date to allow the device start a new war against the next
iPhone.
With all these being said, my guess is that the Samsung Galaxy S4 release date will be set for early July 2013, a couple of weeks
after a Samsung Unpacked event in mid-June.
The Asians have learned that they must make the
smartphone available for purchase soon after the official announcement, as
otherwise the hype created by the launch event would fade out.
Even though the sale figures don’t reflect it, the
last two Apple smartphones, namely iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, have disappointed
some of the Apple’s fans. That’s why Samsung must take advantage of Apple’s
slight drop in popularity and show the customers that it is the company that is
constantly trying to innovate and bring the best products for them. See it: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
Samsung Galaxy S4 is bound to bring a new design
language and new features in order to be able to withstand iPhone’s huge
popularity. The technical specifications are another weapon against the iOS
terminals and against other products on the smartphone market, so let’s have a
look at some of the technologies that might be used for the next-generation
Galaxy flagship.
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