Samsung has witnessed a strong demand for its fourth-generation of foldables in India, registering greater than 50,000 pre-bookings for Galaxy Fold4 and Galaxy Flip4, Raju Pullan, Senior Vice President and Head of MX gross sales at Samsung India, mentioned on Wednesday.
The document pre-bookings got here in lower than 12 hours on Day 1 on August 16.
“Samsung is focusing on to promote 1.5 occasions extra foldable telephones this yr. We’re assured of assembly our goal as a result of the brand new foldable telephones include enormous upgrades as in comparison with final yr,” Pullan informed IANS.
He attributed the massive pre-book success to the corporate’s technique to increase the foldable expertise in India this time.
For Fold4 and Flip4, Samsung has expanded its retail community, taking the premium telephones to over 10,000 cities, together with tier 2 cities and additional.
That is double the variety of stores as in comparison with final yr for the foldable telephones, in keeping with Pullan.
Samsung has additionally employed greater than 12,000 demo items of Fold4 and Flip4 in India to make sure that shoppers get nice expertise with these gadgets earlier than finalizing their buy.
“The Fold4 is probably the most highly effective PC in your pocket with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 processor and flagship 50MP digital camera. The Flip4 is the last word machine for younger shoppers who want to specific themselves with its Flex digital camera,” Pullan famous.
Samsung led the broader smartphone market with 22 per cent worth market share within the first six months of the yr.
Accessible in Bora Purple, Graphite and Pink Gold colors, Galaxy Z Flip4 is priced at Rs 89,999 for the 8GB+128GB variant and Rs 94,999 for the 8GB+256GB variant.
The ‘Bespoke Version’ that provides glass colors and body choices shall be obtainable on Samsung Reside and Samsung Unique Shops for Rs 97,999, the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
Accessible in Graygreen, Beige and Phantom Black colors, Galaxy Z Fold4 is priced at Rs 154,999 for the 12GB+256GB variant and Rs 164,999 for the 12GB+512GB variant.
Shoppers may also buy 12GB+1TB variant solely on Samsung Reside and Samsung Unique Shops for Rs 184,999.
(Apart from the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)
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