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Galaxy Note 10 probably won’t stop Samsung’s downward spiral in China

Competition intensifies as Chinese phone makers innovate in shrinking market

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The Galaxy Note 10 and 10+ are slated to go on sale in late August. (Picture: Samsung)
Karen Chiu
This article originally appeared on ABACUS

Last quarter, the world’s biggest smartphone brand sold about 700,000 smartphones in the world’s largest smartphone market.

That gave Samsung a whopping… 1% of China’s smartphone market, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. In that same period, Huawei and Apple sold 36 million and 6.6 million phones respectively. 
If Samsung is hoping to change things for the better in China, it could well depend on the Korean giants’ latest flagships. Freshly unveiled and set to hit the shelves later this month, the Galaxy Note 10 series might just show how much favor Samsung still has in a market it once dominated.
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The Galaxy Note 10 and 10+ are slated to go on sale in late August. (Picture: Samsung)
The Galaxy Note 10 and 10+ are slated to go on sale in late August. (Picture: Samsung)

But initial reactions on Chinese social media seem average at best. 

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“Forgive me for my honesty, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus is as strong as ever, and it looks as good as before. But I still feel like it’s not good enough, that it lacks surprises, “said one Weibo commenter. “Maybe it’s because I’m influenced by the pace of Huawei and other domestic manufacturers in recent years.”

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