Samsung is in a very interesting situation – despite releasing multiple smartphones that are widely accepted to be some of the best, the company has been unable to reattain the dizzying heights it was able to with some of its previous devices. Many pundits suggest it is because the devices are too expensive, too premium, and to combat this, a report has suggested that the Samsung Galaxy S7 will be 10% cheaper than the Galaxy S6. This report comes courtesy of analyst Pan Jiutang, who has some credibility after correctly predicting that the Huawei Nexus 6P would have a Snapdragon 810 processor and not the Snapdragon 820.
Previous rumours have suggested that the Galaxy S7 will have a slew of new features including a 3D Touch pressure-sensitive display, magnesium alloy body, a special audio chip, and will be announced earlier than usual in January. While that all sounds fine and dandy, to be able to do that and still shave 10% off their usual asking price seems challenging, even for Samsung. It will be interesting to see if this comes to pass as profit margins for Android manufacturers have been dropping for some time – Samsung is one of the few still in the positive. For now.
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