Korean smartphone giant, Samsung’s Indian subsidiary Samsung India has reported a total sale of smartphones worth a whopping Rs. 4,400 Crores which was recorded for the festive season month between September and October. This has been among the biggest number of sales any smartphone maker has ever recorded and considering the Korean smartphone giant, this is a great success for their research and innovation team which has worked towards bringing such innovative and best-performing smartphones for great pricing which made it affordable and a go-to option for many users looking for a mid-range, budget flagship, and flagship smartphones. Here is everything we know so far about the update:
Samsung India reports a mind-blowing number of sales for this Festive Season
Reportedly, this mind-boggling number of sales was reported between September and October this year. E-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart announced their festive season around the exact same time. This lasted for over a month! For Samsung, a new festive sale was announced on the official Samsung website.
During the sale period, Samsung smartphones stole the show by becoming one of the best-selling smartphones of the Festive Season.
Here in this quarter month, the company has reported a sales growth of a whopping 99 percent where the major stake was owned by Premium category smartphones.
Aditya Babbar, the senior director, and product marketing head of Samsung India made a statement regarding the success of the company. He told PTI that in overall percentage, the company has recorded an overall growth of up to 178 percent where the sales growth was recorded in the majority due to the new 5G smartphones launched by Samsung.
Until now, the exact percentage hasn’t been revealed by Babbar about the growth. However, it’s been speculated that the sales growth has been in double digits.
In the statement, Babbar also noted that the majority of the growth was contributed by Samsung services like Samsung Finance Plus. Also, it’s been noted that the number of transactions on the platform has seen a triple growth of up to 10 lakh during this festive season.
Here Samsung says that the sales growth has been particularly seen in smartphones under Rs. 30,000 pricing and especially the smartphones with the support for 5G.