Korean phone rankings 2014
Posted on 05/14/2014 6:44:42 PM PDT by Swordmaker
A customer satisfaction survey ranking smartphones features and desirability in South Korea awarded Apple's iPhone 5s a widening lead over domestic rivals including LG, Samsung and Pantech.
Marketing Insight, a South Korean firm that tracks users satisfaction rankings across a variety of factors, compared Apple's iPhone 5s against Samsung's latest Galaxy S5, LG G Pro2, Nexus 5 and other models. While Apple overall was significantly above average across every category, Samsung was ranked below average in design, display, processing speed, multimedia speed, size and weight, usability, response to touch, latest tech and UI design.
Samsung's new Galaxy S5 flagship was ranked below iPhone 5s across the board, but it also came in below average in comparison to other Android products in terms of design, and ended up in sixth place overall, behind 2012's iPhone 5, the last two generations of LG's G2 flagship and the Google-branded Nexus 5, which is also built by LG.
The survey involved 9,397 consumers who purchased a smartphone during the 6 months between October 2013 and April 2014. "The gap of satisfaction between Apple and domestic products has rather increased," noted a report by the Korean language Ohmy News.
"The satisfaction score of Apple products was 798 out of 1000," the site noted, "which made Apple take the first place with almost 200 points of gap between domestic products. LG, Samsung and Pantech had gained 609, 600, and 577 respectively, which are of more or less the same score."
The survey noted that nearly 90 percent of iPhone users reported being "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their purchase, while only about 50 percent of domestic makers got a similar ranking.
The site quoted Marketing Insight as observing, "Considering that the products satisfaction usually decreases as the longer time has based since the product released, the score of iPhone 5s is amazing."
The report further noted, "Galaxy S5 obtained a humiliating result as it failed to get ahead of LG G Pro2 in any sector in the comparison between the representative models of Samsung and LG, released this year."
Samsung recently sacked its head of mobile design in the wake of the Galaxy S5's cool reception. The company took great pains to cherry pick lines from lines from lackluster reviews for its latest ad, and failed to impress users with a company blog posting describing the phone's inspiration.
Apple takes great pride in reporting awards for customer satisfaction, including its first place standings in the latests American rankings by J.D. Power and Associates, which listed iPhone as the top smartphone on all four top U.S. carriers and iPad highest in overall consumer satisfaction for tablets.
Last October, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook stated, "We're winning with our products in all the ways that are most important to us: in customer satisfaction, in product usage and in customer loyalty," drawing a contrast with the market share and volume shipment or activation numbers focused upon by Apple's critics and competitors.
I wouldn’t buy an iPhone even if Steve Jobs hair was on fire. Koreans are nationalistic. IFone sales must be dismal there
Only to Microsoft devotees.
I like things that work ... and work well. That would NOT be a Microsoft product.
Which Samsung [admittedly] copies slavishly.
I'm indifferent to the products, not the autists who think non-Apple users are retarded or subhuman. You gotta love rabid Apple fans calling anyone else psychotics.
Samsung Galaxy S5 16GB—No Contract—on Walmart Online — $752.63.
Apple iPhone 5S 16GB — No Contract—on Walmart Online — $649.00
Hmmmmm. The top of the line Apple iPhone is $103.63 less expensive at Walmart.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 with a 2 year Contract at AT&T is $ 199.99 or $649.99 with no contract.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 with a 2 year Contract at AT&T is $ 49.99 or $599.99 with no contract.
Oh, WOW! The iPhone 5S, the top of the line offering from Apple, is $ 150 less expensive than Samsung's copy phone, with a 2 year contract, and $100 less expensive, with no contract from AT&T. Looks like if you choose Samsung, you go wrong on the price. They aren't priced right.
On Verizon, both are being offered for just $99.00 with a two year contract. . . but the Samsung requires you wait to get a $50 rebate card from Samsung to get that price after paying $149 at checkout. However, on Verizon, the non-contract iPhone is $649.99 and the Samsung Galaxy S5 is lower at $599.99.* but is really * $649.99 with a $50 rebate card from Samsung. Some savings on the Samsung if you jump through the hoops.
On lower end Samsung phones, yes, you can save some money. . . but you can also buy an Apple iPhone 5C, or an Apple 4S (free with contract). . . so where are the savings?
We know YOU wouldn't if YOUR hair was on fire.
Enjoy it. I'm holding out to replace my Note 2 with a Note 4.
Samsung Galaxy S5 16GB—No Contract—on Walmart Online — $752.63.
Apple iPhone 5S 16GB — No Contract—on Walmart Online — $649.00
Hmmmmm. The top of the line Apple iPhone is $103.63 less expensive at Walmart.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 with a 2 year Contract at AT&T is $ 199.99 or $649.99 with no contract.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 with a 2 year Contract at AT&T is $ 49.99 or $599.99 with no contract.
Oh, WOW! The iPhone 5S, the top of the line offering from Apple, is $ 150 less expensive than Samsung's copy phone, with a 2 year contract, and $100 less expensive, with no contract from AT&T. Looks like if you choose Samsung, you go wrong on the price. They aren't priced right.
On Verizon, both are being offered for just $99.00 with a two year contract. . . but the Samsung requires you wait to get a $50 rebate card from Samsung to get that price after paying $149 at checkout. However, on Verizon, the non-contract iPhone is $649.99 and the Samsung Galaxy S5 is lower at $599.99.* but is really * $649.99 with a $50 rebate card from Samsung. Some savings on the Samsung if you jump through the hoops.
Apples and oranges. The S5 is a month old. The Apple 5S is 9 months old, almost a product generation behind the Samsung product. The Apple has a 4 inch display vs the Samsung's 5 inches. Most people don't pay the same price for last year's model with a smaller screen. Both Apple's and Samsung's copy phones (copied from Windows CE, which is why both companies pay MSFT sizable royalties per phone sold) are nice, but Apple is only marginally more innovative than Samsung. Its primary contribution was being first to market.
You can watch Flash videos on your iPad, an iPhone, or an iPod touch as well. Chrome, Puffin, Skyfire, Terra browsers will all displays Flash video on iOS devices. They've been doing it for years.
Unfortunately, you cannot share your purchases of books, magazine subscriptions, apps, and files across your iPad and your smartphone because you didn't get an iPhone. . . and entering data on one is not instantly updated on the other. . . and updating mail in all accounts on one, is not updated on the other. . . notes made on one, are not instantly updated on the other. Photos you take on your phone do not instantly appear on your iPad. . . and vice verse. Sad. If you like an app on one, you have to buy it again on the other. . . had you had an iPhone, you would not have to do that. It's buy it once, share on all devices. You cut yourself off from all that interactive shared functionality. I am sorry you listened to some bad advice.
Android is a poor imitation of what the iPhone user interface can do across devices. That is why iOS stands head and shoulders over the others in user satisfaction.
There is a reason why iOS users actually use their devices on the internet. . . iOS dominates mobile devices in internet usage. . . with the iPad at over 90% of tablet internet connection, and iOS itself topping 65% of all mobile internet usage. That reason is that Android is not that easy to use as an internet device.
I was proven correct!!! Apple came out with iPads and Iphones which are just dumbed down computers without much power or multi-tasking and the cud chewing herd moved over to them and are happy with these very weak computers. Of course their advantage is in
long battery life
portability
connection "anywhere" via cellular networks so you are free and un-tethered
But I was proven correct. Apple sold over priced desktops and laptops to dazed sycophants, urban gays and hipsters and prestige-seekers that had more power than they needed. While a Windows machine would have sufficed for one third the price. BTW the Apple GUI sucks compared to Windows 7 and 8. Windows 8 is a very clean interface.
Sounds right to me. I had nothing but trouble with that (*&$ing Samsung Android phone.
Can you send me an iPad so I can stomp on it and send the pieces back to Steve Jobs? If I needed a tablet I would buy the latest Kindle. Much better deal than any iPad.
I use Amazon once in awhile. Could care less about getting content from them. So I would ignore or bypass the Amazon stuff/garbage on the Kindle and use it like a Samsung tablet. Install android apps etc etc I would toy with it
Apple—— Konform or be cast out!
I think I’d buy the Apple phone after seeing your cost research
:-)
OK
So the 24 Koreans who own iFones say they like them
Actually, Apple pays very little to Microsoft for anything. I refer you to a certain lawsuit in which Microsoft granted to Apple access to Microsoft's patents and copyrights in perpetuity at no cost as part of a settlement to avoid trial that Steve Jobs negotiated back in 1997. Microsoft was caught with its collective fingers in Apple's patent and copyright cookie jar and to avoid having them chopped off, they settled. . . and Apple got a lot that was worth more than money. The three interlocking agreements that settled that suit are available on the internet after being unsealed several years ago. One of the agreements have to do with licensing of intellectual properties.
They certainly do not have to pay for things in WindowsCE. Android does. Apple iOS does not.
As to your argument about relative ages of the Galaxy S5 and the iPhone 5S: the top of the line Samsung Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price has ALWAYS been priced above the Apple iPhone. Even when the iPhone 5S came out the Galaxy S4 was priced above the new iPhone. They then DISCOUNT their phones. . . sometimes offering BOGO plans... pushing whatever it takes. The iPhones still OUTSOLD the Samsungs in both numbers sold and longevity. The iPhones have always occupied the top two or three rungs of best selling models in whatever market they compete in. They still are. Apple iPhones are expected to compete against hundreds of 'Android" models as if "Android" were a manufacturer. It is not. Apple took home 87.4% of ALL mobile phone earnings last year.
"Apple's share of mobile phone profits is increasing. Thanks to a combination of robust iPhone sales in the fourth quarter and continued pricing power, Apple's iPhone segment is still raking in loads of cash for the company. More importantly, Apple has claim to a larger portion of the mobile phone industry's earnings than it did last year. In the year-ago quarter, Apple accounted for 77.8% of the mobile phone industry's earnings before interest and taxes. In the fourth quarter of 2013, that figure grew to 87.4%."—The Motley Fool 02/13/2014As for claims that the Samsung Galaxy S5 outsold the iPhone on its release... nope, it did not.
Note the difference of terminology. Samsung "shipped" but Apple "sold." Apple is the only smartphone producer that reports actual sales to end-users. All others, Samsung included, report "units shipped into the channel" to wholesalers and retailers for sale, and do not report unsold units returned. At the Samsung infringement trial this spring, Samsung admitted to "padding" their figures. They reported 3,000,000 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10 tablets shipped, implying 3 million sold, but less than 100,000 had actually been sold. . . and an 16% return rate.DID THE SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 BEAT THE IPHONE 5S' SALES FIGURES?
by Ben Sullivan| 13 May 2014Samsung shipped 10 million S5 devices in the first 25 days of sale.
Samsung shipped 10 million Galaxy S5 smartphones worldwide in the first 25 days on the market, the Korea Economic Daily has reported.
The newspaper did not cite where it got the figure, but the news is consistent with previous sales reports from Samsung. Samsung reported that it was seven months before the original Galaxy S sold 10 million units, and five months for the Galaxy S2.
In 2012, when the Galaxy S3 came out, Samsung had managed to sell 10 million in just over one month, and the S4 rocketed to 10 million in just 27 days.
Apple's iPhone 5S and 5C figures are a stark contrast. The models, which were released in September 2013, sold a combined 9 million units in just three days. Apple usually releases iPhones on a Friday, and then announces the sales figures for the first weekend. — CBR Online 05/13/2014
Samsung has been doing this with ALL of their products. They are not to be believed. This was shown in the first trial, and again in the second trial.Internal document shows Samsung lied about Galaxy Tab sales
By Williams Pelegrin — Digital Trends — April 11, 2014Back in 2011, Samsung proudly announced that it sold 2 million Galaxy Tabs in under six weeks. Unfortunately, while the 2 million figure was correct, that number applied to Galaxy Tabs Samsung shipped to wireless operators and retailersrather than sold to consumers.
Based on that announcement, market research company IDC stated that Samsung captured 17 percent of the tablet market, while Strategy Analytics director Neil Mawston called the Galaxy Tab “the main driver of Android success.” According to some internal documents, though, reality is far bleaker.
Based on internal documents obtained by Apple Insider, not only did Samsung know that sales of its Galaxy Tab were low, but the company also purposefully mislead analysts and investors. The “top secret” document above, which is from February 2012, shows that Galaxy Tab quarterly sales hovered in the low hundreds of thousands. By the end of the year, Samsung sold fewer Galaxy Tabs (1 million) than iPads (17.4 million), Kindle Fires (5 million), and even Nook Tablets (1.5 million).
Samsung tablet figuresSince Apple sold over 32 million iPads in 2011, Samsung’s figures signify that Apple sold more than half of those were sold here in the United States. In addition, the 32 million iPads sold were greater than the total number of tablets Samsung expected would be sold in 2011 (28.3 million), based on a June 2011 document.
This highlights a key point when it comes to market statistics. There is a fundamental difference between having your product shipped and having them sold to consumers, though people tend to be confused between the two. Just because your product shipped to retailers doesn’t mean it made its way to consumers’ hands; it only means they’re on store shelves.
More recently, reports surfaced that the Galaxy Gear, Samsung’s first foray in the smartwatch market, sold only 50,000 units. Samsung pushed back, saying that it shipped 800,000 Galaxy Gear units. Whether Samsung can push back against Apple in the two companies’ latest patent battle, though, is yet to be determined.
Basically, Eight months after the iPhone 5S was released, Apple is selling them like hotcakes to end users and is having no problem selling them. They are the number one selling smartphones in the world. . . They are the number one selling smartphone against hundreds of Android models. . . and the number two best selling smartphone is the Apple iPhone 5C. The number FOUR best selling smartphone is the Apple iPhone 4S, a three year old model. . . so your argument fails. People DO choose to buy more than last year's model with a small screen.
And for years you misrepresent my argument. Superior does not equate to "more powerful." Superior has a much larger set of components making up "superior" than just power. . . which I outlined for you many times. The most important one was security, safety of use, ease of use, user interface, productivity, total cost of ownership, and a how all those things work together. YOU IGNORED ALL THAT.
All that mattered to you was PRICE. You know the price of everything and value of nothing. That establishes your value. Enough said.
LOL! ROTFLMAO! Tell that to the business I spent three hours at today with Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers installed that got invaded by malware . . . and hired me at $100 an hour to remove it from their computers that had now started working so slowly as to be unusable and were logging their key strokes. . . and had Norton Anti-virus installed but defeated by the malware, shut down, locking out the installation of anything to remove it. It came in on an "oh, so innocuous" tool bar that moved through their network and installed itself and its malware load on every Windows computer on their network!
I had to isolate every computer from the network and remove it individually. ARGGHHHH!
Your vaunted Windows has accounted for hundreds of billions of dollars of lost productivity over the years. . .
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