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[Dreams-Visions]

Five is an important number for Samsung's Galaxy Note. It has a 5.3-inch screen and now, just five months since it debuted Samsung has announced it's shipped five million units (the one million mark was crossed right around the end of December). That's certainly long enough for you to decide if you're in love with its super-sized frame or the accompanying S-Pen stylus, but unfortunately it has not been quite enough time for the highly-anticipated Ice Cream Sandwich software update to be released. While the world waits for the Premium Suite of apps and Android 4.0, let's think back to all the good times we had, including its initial unveiling, our original review and finally its arrival in the US on AT&T. So, are you convinced yet that there's a place in the world for a device like this, or five million phablets later are you still thinking this is just a fad?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/27/samsung-ships-five-million-galaxy-notes-in-just-five-months/

Remember when people were questioning the viability of screens larger than 4" or so? Yep, people like bigass phones.

I wonder how the industry views this and how it will affect future phone designs (if at all). Either way, congrats, Samsung!

 

[Good Job Bob]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

 

[GK86]

Good job Bob.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

That's it? How cute.

 

[FStop7]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

And 3 million iPad 3s in a week.

Glad I wasn't the only person whose first thought was this.

 

[GK86]

And 3 million iPad 3s in a week.

Glad I wasn't the only person whose first thought was this.

Wasn't it three days?

 

[Divvy]

Bu bu bu... no one likes giant phones!

 

[Bombadil]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

To put things into even more perspective, those people camp out in the cold to buy the same thing for iffy voice command features.

You can't compete with loyalists.

 

[Zeppelin]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

From now on I shall do this in every sales thread in the gaming forum but with CoD sales instead. You can never have too much of that perspective.

 

[sfedai0]

And ICS still isnt on it? By the time it arrives, Samsung will have spit out another 20 models.

 

[Vyer]

5 mill shipped in 5 months isn't bad, certainly there's a decent market for it, if not a massive one.

And really, with what the iPad does, what the Fire is doing, and the possibility of a big Windows 8 push in the future, this 'niche' may be the best bet for Android tablets.

 

[Biff]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

And 3 million iPad 3s in a week.

And the Note is neither a Phone or a Tablet. It is a crossover. Samsung had to create its own market.

 

[Angry Grimace]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

To put another thing in perspective, if your aunt had a package she'd be your uncle.

 

[DR2K]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

So how may did it sell in 5 months?

 

[Phoenix]

Regardless, selling 5 million Notes is a respectable accomplish for Samsung. I don't want one, but its good to see some other part of the market finally getting some footing.

 

[numble]

So how may did it sell in 5 months?

It sold 37.04 million iPhones in the 3 month quarter that the iPhone 4S launched in.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/01/24Apple-Reports-First-Quarter-Results.html

 

[hteng]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

/thread

It sold 37.04 million iPhones in the 3 month quarter that the iPhone 4S launched in.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/01/24Apple-Reports-First-Quarter-Results.html

.....

 

[Sean]

This is the product Samsung did a Super Bowl ad blitz for right?

 

[Yaboosh]

And the Note is neither a Phone or a Tablet. It is a crossover. Samsung had to create its own market.

It is clearly a phone. Who has a note but still also carries a phone?

 

[Dany]

And the Note is neither a Phone or a Tablet. It is a crossover. Samsung had to create its own market.

And look how well they are at it.

 

[Kapura]

Remember in Zoolander where the joke was it's super hip to have extremely tiny phones? I miss that.

 

[Technosteve]

Galaxy Note, not quit the size of an Apple Newton

 

[teiresias]

/thread

It's only /thread if all you care about it looking at the iPhone market, sorry, not everyone is a raving Apple zealot that consciously ignores every other device available.

 

[B!TCH]

Is the size of a phone's screen really a matter of intense debate?

I don't get what this thread is about.

 

[masud]

I want one... Is it ever comming to other us carriers?

 

[Salmonax]

Wow, that's one big-ass phone.

 

[coldfoot]

Calling it now, 1/4 ipad screen to be used in the next iphone, 4.85 inches, 1024x768, can use the same LCD panels for economies of scale, 4:3 aspect ratio and everything.

 

[Phonomezer]

Wow, that's one big-ass phone.

It's a stunner in person.

 

[reKon]

aka the ultimate draw something device

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

So how may did it sell in 5 months?

The 4S did 37 million over the holiday period. But 5 million for a niche Android device is pretty damn high.

For comparison, the GS2, which the Note is just a supersized version of, had sold about 20 million within a year of launch. It's very, very stupid to compare the Note to an iPhone's sales though since people literally have one option every year for a new iOS phone while there's dozens of different Android devices. I don't think anybody would have thought that a 5 inch phone could sell this well though no matter what operating system it had.

 

[Beerman462]

Why do people feel the need to post what apple sells in this thread?

 

[Lich_King]

5 million people now can comfortably fap in bathroom

My phone is just 4.1

 

[Salmonax]

It's a stunner in person.

I don't doubt I'd be stunned.

 

[Dany]

Why do people feel the need to post what apple sells in this thread?

Because both Samsung and apple are direct competitors of each other on phone and tablets.

 

[masud]

Wow, that's one big-ass phone.

Its a phablet. Would be perfect for me because I have big hands. I wish my Bionic was bigger and it's like twice the size of the 4s.

 

[Beerman462]

Because both Samsung and apple are direct competitors of each other on phone and tablets.

And?

 

[tino]

In other news Dell is getting out of smartphone business, again.

#bestgalaxy

 

[MThanded]

5 million confused consumers. Not sure if they bought a tablet or a phone.

 

[Beerman462]

5 million confused consumers. Not sure if they bought a tablet or a phone.

It's the Texas edition phone

 

[Dany]

And?

and...that isn't reason enough?

 

[Gr1mLock]

That's it? How cute.

=)

 

[XMonkey]

Calling it now, 1/4 ipad screen to be used in the next iphone, 4.85 inches, 1024x768, can use the same LCD panels for economies of scale, 4:3 aspect ratio and everything.

You serious?

 

[Liberty4all]

Funny this thread should come up, I was admiring the note in a store today. It's versatile and the big screen is not only gorgeous but also much easier to use. My iphone 4 looked SO small beside it.

I'm tempted actually I'm due a hardware upgrade... The size though is also a problem as I doubt it would fit comfortably in my pocket.

If anything the note reminds me of my playbook.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

To put it in perspective, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4S' in 3 days.

To put it in another perspective, Galaxy Note is only one of many Android devices. iPhone is the only iPhone.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

It sold 37.04 million iPhones in the 3 month quarter that the iPhone 4S launched in.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/01/24Apple-Reports-First-Quarter-Results.html

WHAT THE FUCK!

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

And?

most of the times, it's to get responses exactly like this

trolling...welcome to the internet!

 

[Angry Grimace]

Why do people feel the need to post what apple sells in this thread?

Because posting the sales of anything that competes with Apple even indirectly requires defending Apple's honor. Apple doesn't even have a comparable product, but we're apparently going to act like both iPhone and iPad are the same thing just so we can talk about Apple.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I saw one of these in person... They do look very nice but fuck if I want a 5.3" phone haha.

 

[Retrocide]

Well compared to the last phone/ Tablet hybrid (Dell Streak 5) this is a smash success. I'm sort of surprised it only has Gingerbread though.

 

[Kano on the Phone]

Five million shipped. That isn't five million sold. That's an important distinction.