The Galaxy S6 has not yet managed to revive Samsung – Le Figaro

The South Korean underestimated demand for its most expensive smartphone, the Galaxy Edge S6. Operating profit was down for nearly two years.

Samsung slow to start moving forward again. Between April and June, operating profit and sales of the world’s leading smartphones continued to decline. The decrease in quarterly results, the successive seventh, lasted almost two years.

The year 2015 seemed to be better yet begun. The South Korean has marketed the Galaxy S6 in April, the new generation of its high-end smartphone, critically acclaimed. Alas, it was not well able to anticipate demand. The most expensive model with its curved edges, the Edge Galaxy S6, has been more requested than expected and suffered shortages. Conversely, retailers were left with the standard Galaxy S6 stocks on the arms, Samsung has produced too many. “If the Galaxy S6 was welcomed, supply worries model …