Pre-orders for Samsung S8, S8+ reach 80,000 units in India
New Delhi April 26 (IANS) Coming as a sigh of relief for Samsung after the Note 7 fiasco last year pre-orders for its new flagship Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices have reached 80 000 units within a week of the launch in India.
The pre-orders are expected to hit 150 000 units by the end of this month industry sources told IANS.
Packed with a voice assistant the 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 and 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+ were listed on a Flipkart banner ad for pre-orders starting from April 19.
According to the sources the company saw 15 times more traffic than usual on Samsung e-store that led to a temporary downtime.
The pre-booking saw more than four times the pre-booking compared to the earlier Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge devices.
Early delivery for pre-booking customers will start from May 2 and owing to high demand of the black colour variants the delivery date of these devices will start from May 12.
Asim Warsi Senior Vice-President Mobile Business Samsung India told IANS: We are overwhelmed with the response we have received for our flagships Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. A special thank you to the customers for such a magnificent response. We are confident that S8 and S8+ will further propel our growth and we will be able to sustain and strengthen our position in India.
Set to give Apple iPhones a tough competition Samsung released the devices with a voice assistant called Bixby.
At Rs 57 900 and Rs 64 900 respectively the S8 and S8+ devices with significantly larger screens have re-engineered design with rounded edges and symmetrical sides make them compact and comfortable for one-handed operation.
The Infinity Display and bezel-less design gives a user 18 per cent more screen with no buttons. The physical home key on the front has given way to a more intuitive soft key with a pressure sensor that is embedded under the display.
For security the company introduced an iris scanner which is one of the most secure biometric identification systems on a phone.
Samsung S8 and S8+ have 12MP rear cameras with multi-frame processing and optical image stabilisation and 8MP auto-focus front shooters. The devices run on Android 7.0 Nougat. While S8 has a 3 000 mAh battery S8+ boasts a 3 500 mAh battery.
--IANS
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