Everyone is eyeing the MWC 2015, an event which will see the launch of some of the most hi-tech mobile technology available. While we did have some particulars about the manufacturers participating at the event along with the devices that will be put on show, the details surrounding the price tags were still hazy — specially for the Samsung Galaxy S6 which will be available in a curved version — with curved edges on both the left and right sides of the device — along with the standard device.
But if a recent leak from a source placed at one of Samsung’s European carrier partner can be believed, the prices for the Galaxy S6 — both the normal as well as the curved versions — are out, and we don’t think they are going to be very popular. From what we heard, the 64GB curved Galaxy S6 will cost carriers €949 ($1,076) while the 128GB model will be priced at €1,049 ($1,189).
The non-curved Galaxy S6 is priced at €749 (32 GB), €849 (64 GB), and €949 (128 GB) for European Consumers which if true points towards quite a price hike since the S5 which was priced at only around €650 for the 32 GB variant. Similarly, in the US, while the 32 GB S5 costed $650, the Galaxy S6 will be quite a bit more pricey at around $849. Consumers will have to part from about €100, for the curved variants of the same.
In other news, the curved version of the Galaxy S6 — which turned out to be a hit among users even before being launched — may be in short supply initially due to the curved displays being rather harder to manufacture than the normal ones. Samsung would do well to counter this low yield as soon as possible because trends point to the demand for the curved S6 far exceeding that for the normal S6 whereas the supply will be in the ratio of 1:3. Well, after Samsung’s marketing strategy which has the curved Galaxy S6 at its centre, low supply as compared to high demand would place Samsung in a pretty awkward position.
Hmm, with the MWC only 3 days away, time to break into the piggie banks.
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