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Report: LG G3 outselling Samsung Galaxy S5 3-to-1 in South Korea
Some early sales numbers of have eeked out of Korean publication ETNews suggesting LG’s G3 is off to a very nice start. According to information they claim to have, the LG G3 is selling between 25,000 and 30,000 units per day since its launch on May 28th. The first takeaway alone was impressive — this was twice as fast as the LG G2 was selling when it first launched.
But even more staggering is the publication’s claims that the LG G3 is outselling the Samsung Galaxy S5 3-to-1 in the same launch period. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is said to have sold 7,000 to 8,000 per day in its launch. Our early thoughts have us wondering if this is simply an anomaly or something more. Has LG finally crafted a phone that people can get excited for and get behind? Or is this a one-off result in their home turf?
The former scenario certainly is plausible with LG being one of the first OEMs to mass produce a flagship smartphone with a Quad HD display inside — throw that fact into a couple of marketing bulletins and it could heavily sway public opinion. Couple that with improved build quality, cutting edge internals and new features, and we’d say that’s a fine recipe for success.
It’s needless to say that LG still has a lot of work to do if they want to catch the Samsung Galaxy S5, which has already launched in over 100 countries around the world. And there’s no telling if LG will enjoy the same success in other regions as they have at home.
One thing’s for sure, though — they’re probably feeling real nice right now, and they’ll want to make sure the momentum continues to roll as they look to launch in even more markets starting later this month. In the meantime, satiate your appetite for this treat by watching our hands-on video right here.
[via PhoneArena]
Here’s the plastic-clad HTC One E8
We’d heard HTC would be launching an alternate version of the HTC One M8 that housed a plastic chassis instead of the smooth metal we know and love. We thought it’d come to market as the HTC One M8 Ace, but unless this is an entirely different phone then the name has changed — this is the HTC One E8.
It’s plastic — polycarbonate plastic, to be exact — and it packs a lot of the same power that the HTC One M8 does. It has a 5-inch 1080p HD display, front-facing BoomSound speakers, a Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 2,600mAh battery and more.
What it doesn’t have in common with the HTC One M8 is an UltraPixel camera or depth sensor. Instead, you get a lone 13 megapixel sensor with a lone LED flash (which is joined by a 5 megapixel kit on the front). You’re also only getting 16GB of internal storage.
You’ll also get all the software features you’re probably familiar with in Android 4.4.2 and Sense 6 — namely, HTC Motion Launch, BlinkFeed and all of that other good stuff. HTC tells us it should be arriving in select markets in the early parts of this month, but we’ll have to wait a tad longer to get exact availability details. This could be a very nice alternative to the HTC One M8 if it comes in at the right price, so fingers crossed that there’s some real cash-saving incentive to go with this instead of just picking up the superior HTC One M8.
[via HTC]
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