Sales of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge reached a combined 60,000 on Friday and 40,000 on Saturday after they hit South Korean showrooms on Friday, according to the data.
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Samsung will be officially launching today its Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in South Africa at an event in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge accounted for some 40 percent of the two-day sales, the data added.
The world’s top smartphone maker said the local price of the 32 gigabyte (GB) Galaxy S7 will be 836,000 won (US$690), compared to the initial price of 858,000 won for the 32GB Galaxy S6.
The Galaxy S7and S7 edge are water-resistant handsets that mark the return of the microSD memory card slot, dropped from Samsung’s S6.
Samsung adopted what it calls a “dual pixel sensor” for the cameras of the two models for the first time in the industry, which enhances the quality of photos to the level of high-end cameras. The feature is well secured and protected by Samsung KNOX and as Samsung puts it: “Mobile payments are available to more merchants and consumers than ever before”.
Check out the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in this promotional video.
Samsung is busy building a whole product ecosystem around its Galaxy S7, with current add-ons including the Gear S2 smartwatch, the Gear VR virtual reality headset and the new Gear 360 camera, which films 360-degree footage.
It will be interesting to see how popular the new Galaxy S7 range of smartphones become, we suspect these new handsets will be even more popular than last years models.
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Samsung expects the Galaxy S7 series to play a decisive role in revitalizing sales as the company’s mobile business division has remained well below its heyday figures.
