the world's top smartphone maker samsung electronicsreleased its new smartphone models from its more affordable series, the galaxy a,... amove seen as a way to survive the fierce competition brought on by rising demand for cheaper phones.kim ji-yeon reports. smartphone makers are increasingly releasingaffordable gadgets to survive in the global competitive market.budget galaxy a series smartphones -- the a5 and a7 by the world's top smartphone makersamsung electronics hit the shelves in korea thursday. "the price for the new phones is less than5-hundred u.s. dollars,... roughly half the price of the company's high-end models."
despite their relatively lower prices, thephones are equipped with state-of-the-art features.the five-point-two-inch galaxy a5 boasts a full hd screen and 2 gigs of ram,... whilethe five-point-five-inch a7 model has 3 gigs. both come with 16-gigs of internal storageand mobile-payment service samsung pay. "samsung pay is a useful payment method thatcould replace plastic cards. by allowing the feature in our galaxy-a models for the firsttime... it's expected to help broaden our consumer pool that was limited to users ofour high-end smartphones." samsung's local rival lg electronics saysits new budget smartphone the 'k-10' will be on sale starting friday... the price tagcosting no more than 20 dollars per unit.
the move is in response to rising demand forchinese affordable smartphones instead of high-end premium models.samsung electronics estimates its global market share in the high-end smartphone market fellto the 20-percent range from its previous 35-percent.and it's not the only one... iphone maker apple said it's cutting down its global productionby 30-percent during the january-to-march period... due to sluggish sales... which resultedin apple shares to trade below 100 dollars for the first time since october 2014.meanwhile, telecom carrier lg u-plus, an lg affiliate company, says it only took 16 daysto sell 20-thousand units of huawei's 'y-6' smartphones last month.a similar scenario is expected as a new budget
smartphone by china-based xiamoi the redminote three goes on sale in korea starting this sunday.kim ji-yeon, arirang news.
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