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Samsung Galaxy S II scores twice the iPhone 4 pre-orders in Korea

Samsung has just published some numbers reflecting the interest its latest Galaxy S II flagship is enjoying at the start of its sales and things are looking pretty good. The 4.3” Super AMOLED Plus-packing smartphone took over 200,000 pre-orders in the manufacturer’s homeland, beating the achievement of the iPhone 4 nearly twice (the Apple smartphone got about 110,000 pre-orders when in launched in Korean last August).

The dual-core Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II recorded 10,000 pre-orders in the first 29 minutes after it appeared on the Korean telecom’s websites and doubled that number over the next 64 minutes. As is to be expected the country’s largest carrier, SK Telecom, had the largest chunk of pre-orders – over 160,000.

With that kind of interest we can’t help but wonder if Samsung wasn’t too conservative in its estimates for the Galaxy S II sales. The company targets 10 million units for 2011, which should equal the results of the Galaxy S II predecessor, the I9000 Galaxy S, in its debut year. Yet the original Galaxy S was released a month later (in June) and didn’t get nearly the same amount of pre-orders (or overall interest for that matter).

And we’ve got some exciting news for those of you waiting for the Galaxy S II to hit their local stores. According to the popular Korean website Danawa.com the handset retails for 455,000 Korean wons sim-free, which equals €290 or $425.

Of course, the smartphone will be pricier in Europe due to the higher taxes and import fees, but once retailers are done milking the eager early adopters, it should settle to levels lower than those of just about every competitor the Galaxy S might face.
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Woops... I bought it. Used paypal through handtec (had some money there from the work I did on the SGS1 actually!)
Looks like I'll be one of the only people in SA with one of these, should be fun!
I'll let you guys know how it goes.. should have it next week...
 
RyanZA said:
Woops... I bought it. Used paypal through handtec (had some money there from the work I did on the SGS1 actually!)
Looks like I'll be one of the only people in SA with one of these, should be fun!
I'll let you guys know how it goes.. should have it next week...
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How much did it cost?
 
RyanZA said:
Woops... I bought it. Used paypal through handtec (had some money there from the work I did on the SGS1 actually!)
Looks like I'll be one of the only people in SA with one of these, should be fun!
I'll let you guys know how it goes.. should have it next week...
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You not making any friends here :)

/me looks at his 2 month old Desire HD....
 
RyanZA said:
Woops... I bought it. Used paypal through handtec (had some money there from the work I did on the SGS1 actually!)
Looks like I'll be one of the only people in SA with one of these, should be fun!
I'll let you guys know how it goes.. should have it next week...
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Very jealous!
 
I can't believe that this monster is retailing for around R5k, yet 2 years ago when my Touch HD launched it was R7.5k :eek:
 
It's going to be interesting to see how much our local networks try rip us off when this phone eventually gets here.
I recon it will start out at around R7k, then settle to around R5.5k in a couple months.

Although I am 1 month over-due for an (early) upgrade, my VC contract only ends in June. I might just consider moving to CellC or MTN if they offer better deals on this handset.
 
merc, you seem to be like me, and reading every possible review.
I think it just makes the wait more agonizing... :(
 
RyanZA said:
It cost ~£415 + £25 DHL shipping. So.. just under R5k I guess. I paid directly in pounds through paypal though...
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any idea what the duty charge will be once it lands on our shores?

on second thought... DHL brings it to ur door so no duty? :confused:
 
It has to go through SA Customs before DHL can deliver it, so there will be duties, which you will pay to DHL.
Not sure of duties on handsets.
 
looking forward to see how much duty RyanZA ends up paying... keep us posted dude!
 
Yeah, duties may make a big difference on the cost here. Looking forward to hearing what the charge is. If it's low, I will consider shipping from the UK in the furture :)
 
Salex said:
looking forward to see how much duty RyanZA ends up paying... keep us posted dude!
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I should have the device tomorrow morning according to DHL. You do, of course, have to pay tax. I got a phonecall from DHL earlier to say it is R750 VAT plus a R80 'disbursment' fee. No idea what that fee is for to be honest.

So the total cost for the device should be £415 + £25 + R830
Which I guess is cheaper than what the UK pays for it, since they pay £515.99 with their tax. (20% I believe, we get the 14%)

I should have it tomorrow morning, so I'll let you guys know how it works out on vodacom / cellc. :)
 
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