Core tip: Samsung Electronics is expected to ship 11 million new folding screen mobile phones by the end of the year. Although more than 50% more products shipped than the same period last year, it is still less than Samsung Electronics' internal target of 15 million units
According to South Korean media reports, Samsung Electronics is expected to ship 11 million new folding screen mobile phones by the end of the year. Although the product shipments were more than 50% higher than that of the same period last year, it was less than Samsung Electronics' internal target of 15 million units.
Omdia predicts that Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Fold4 models will ship 11 million units by the end of the year. Samsung Electronics' new product shipments of folding screen mobile phones will exceed 10 million units for the first time, and are expected to replace the previous Galaxy Note series. Samsung Electronics merged the Galaxy Note series launched in the second half of the year into the flagship Galaxy S series in the first half of the year, and only launched the flagship series of folding screen mobile phones in the second half of the year.
But Samsung Electronics this year maintained its current plan to ship 15 million Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip 4 phones by the end of the year. Samsung Electronics' major component companies are also looking forward to producing the components needed for 15 million new foldable-screen mobile phones. In addition to mass production of new folding screen mobile phones in the fourth quarter of this year and the flagship smartphone Galaxy S23 (tentatively called) series in the first half of next year, Samsung Electronics is expected to have very few orders for accessories for high-end products in the second half of this year.
It is speculated that Omdia has lowered Samsung's folding screen mobile phone shipments by more than 25% to 11 million units, which reflects the uncertainty of the global economy, and also reflects that folding screen mobile phones are still market segment products.
