Finally, Samsung has resolved the idiocy of their screen sizing

[core2slow]

No more will you find 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7in of the same generation of phones.

If this GSMarena article is true, Samsung's upcoming S7 will come in 5.1, 5.5 and 6inch screen, making it easier to distinguish between the sizes which only mean they'll be named something along teh line of Compact, Pro, Plus, Ultra, etc.

 

[GTRagnarok]

I don't understand how it was idiocy before. S6 and S6 edge are 5.1". S6 edge plus is 5.7". Pretty simple to me.

If the 6" Galaxy S7 plays out, then a 6" Note 6 is probably guaranteed. Sweet.

 

[shabby]

If you read the article they actually haven't resolved the idiocy, the 5.1" won't have an edge variant, the 5.5" will only come as an edge variant and only the 6" will have both variants.

 

[poofyhairguy]

As long as those are 4K screens I will probably buy a non-edge one.

 

[Commodus]

I wouldn't say Samsung has resolved things, but it's getting better if this story is true.

Personally, I'd be more ruthless if I were Samsung: two high-end models (S7 and Note), the four sizes of the newer Galaxy A series, and that's it. It should forever escape the days when it had increasingly ridiculous models (Galaxy Core Prime, anyone?) in a bid to fill every single niche. This is part of why HTC is failing: no matter how much it tries to revive the One strategy, it can't help but release umpteen middling phones that are never going to sell as well as they need to.

 

[core2slow]

I wouldn't say Samsung has resolved things, but it's getting better if this story is true.

Personally, I'd be more ruthless if I were Samsung: two high-end models (S7 and Note), the four sizes of the newer Galaxy A series, and that's it. It should forever escape the days when it had increasingly ridiculous models (Galaxy Core Prime, anyone?) in a bid to fill every single niche. This is part of why HTC is failing: no matter how much it tries to revive the One strategy, it can't help but release umpteen middling phones that are never going to sell as well as they need to.

Don't forget the Grand Prime and the Galaxy On!

Seriously, they really need to cut it off with all these A, E, J series (though the midrange A series can stay) and just focus on quality rather than quantity. They'll surely lose out to the Chinese if they keep on fullfilling every niche of the market.

For shits and giggles, i did a search and just for 2015 alone, Samsung announced/released close to 30 different phones (D ranging from 5in-5.7in.

 

[Artdeco]

Samsung is fine on the hardware, IMHO, they need to sort out the software, it looks like it was designed by 20 different teams.

 

[dawheat]

No more will you find 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7in of the same generation of phones.

If this GSMarena article is true, Samsung's upcoming S7 will come in 5.1, 5.5 and 6inch screen, making it easier to distinguish between the sizes which only mean they'll be named something along teh line of Compact, Pro, Plus, Ultra, etc.

Ehh like others have said - this is actually way more confusing. In 2015, they had a 5.1" S6 and S6 Edge. 6 months later they released the 5.7" Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus. I'm not sure how that's even remotely confusing.

What the article suggests is even more haphazard and IMO far more confusing.

Don't forget the Grand Prime and the Galaxy On!

Seriously, they really need to cut it off with all these A, E, J series (though the midrange A series can stay) and just focus on quality rather than quantity. They'll surely lose out to the Chinese if they keep on fullfilling every niche of the market.

For shits and giggles, i did a search and just for 2015 alone, Samsung announced/released close to 30 different phones (D ranging from 5in-5.7in.

I actually think the A and J series have more than pulled their weight in their respective markets, especially the J series. If it lets Samsung continue to get economies of scale, than why not. I don't have an issue with an S, A, E, and J series since they all meet different needs, with the J coming in at super bargain basement prices.

For US customers, you only have to think about the S and Note brand.

 

[Raduque]

For US customers, you only have to think about the S and Note brand.

Actually, we're also seeing the Galaxy Core/Grand Prime as the low-end Galaxy device.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I wouldn't say Samsung has resolved things, but it's getting better if this story is true.

Personally, I'd be more ruthless if I were Samsung: two high-end models (S7 and Note), the four sizes of the newer Galaxy A series, and that's it. It should forever escape the days when it had increasingly ridiculous models (Galaxy Core Prime, anyone?) in a bid to fill every single niche. This is part of why HTC is failing: no matter how much it tries to revive the One strategy, it can't help but release umpteen middling phones that are never going to sell as well as they need to.

They are copying Intel's extreme CPU market segmentation strategy without the benefit of being a virtual monopoly and the lack of support baggage to even make it work properly. The high end Android market is already a goner so might as well make a truly appealing low end phone while consolidating the lineup to cut costs while treating the S/Note as gravy.

 

[arandomguy]

Samsung is fine on the hardware, IMHO, they need to sort out the software, it looks like it was designed by 20 different teams.

http://www.reuters.com/article/samsung-elec-mobile-idUSKBN0U519320151223

Interviews with former and serving employees paint a picture of confusion and overlap between competing divisions, where the short-term interests of promoting hardware trump long-term efforts to build platforms that would add value for customers and increase their loyalty to the brand.
One said he only learned from someone outside the company that the hands-free app his team was updating for the upcoming Galaxy S4 launch had competition — from inside Samsung. For the manager, who has since left the company but declined to be identified because his present employer does business with Samsung, it was one of many examples of the low priority the hardware-minded company placed on software, which was treated as little more than a marketing tool inside the firm.
"Samsung's upper management just inherently doesn't understand software," the former employee said. "They get hardware - in fact, they get hardware better than anyone else. But software is a completely different ballgame."
As a result, critics say, initiatives involving software or services languish and often fail.

 

[Qbah]

5.1"... Compact? What? D:

 

[Commodus]

http://www.reuters.com/article/samsung-elec-mobile-idUSKBN0U519320151223

That's the beef with Samsung in a nutshell, really. While many companies use software to spice up their hardware, Samsung literally sees it as a way to pad the feature checklist. See, this phone has eye-based scrolling, group music playback and the ability to remove photobombs! You'll never use these options more than once, but that feature list sure looks big, doesn't it?

The company has been walking back from that to some extent, but it still has a hard time coming to grips with the notion that software is supposed to make the experience better, not just look good in a TV ad.

 

[Megatomic]

Ok, first things first. Samsung will never resolve their idiocy.

 

[core2slow]

Ok, first things first. Samsung will never resolve their idiocy.

this is true. hence the reason why the note2 was the last samsung that i owned.

 

[Zaap]

this is true. hence the reason why the note2 was the last samsung that i owned.

I loved my Note 2, but in every way my Note 3 was superior. The Note.4 wasn't as big a leap forward (and I personally question the Note 5 being a forward move at all given how many backwards steps it took) but certainly Samsung outdid the Note 2.

 

[Megatomic]

this is true. hence the reason why the note2 was the last samsung that i owned.

The last Samsung purchased by my family was the Galaxy S Relay 4G with the slideout keyboard. I have CM10 on it but haven't used it in a long time. I'm not missing it.