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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).
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).