Samsung Galaxy S prices compared to average earnings in SA — 2010 to 2024

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Samsung Galaxy S prices compared to average earnings in SA — 2010 to 2024

Since first launching in South Africa in 2010, the price of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S series smartphones have surged from making up around half to nearly 90% of the average salary in the formal job sector.

That is according to an analysis of the launch prices of 14 generations of Galaxy S series smartphones compared to the average monthly earnings of employees in the non-agricultural formal sector, as tracked by Statistics South Africa in its Quarterly Employment Survey (QES).
 
Surely the last value GS was the S5? With the S6 (onwards) they started going full on with the Premium vibe wrt materials used & market positioning relative to the iPhone.
 
Surely the last value GS was the S5? With the S6 (onwards) they started going full on with the Premium vibe wrt materials used & market positioning relative to the iPhone.
You mean the full Apple vibe of taking features away, "adding" thinness and poorer battery life.
 
With most SAns jobless I'm more interested in the avarege salary. Seems very high or is that just based on the target market for the phone?
 
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