Back in December of last year, on the 29th to be precise, Samsung announced that they just sold 1 million Galaxy Notes. It took them less than two months after launching the product to do that. Two days ago Forbes published a piece that said Samsung Galaxy Note sales have exceeded 2 million units. That’s 1 million units in the span of 60 days, which is kind of impressive when you think about how small the market is for a smartphone with a 5.3 inch screen. The good news doesn’t stop there though, Samsung also told Forbes that they want to sell an additional 10 million Notes by the end of 2012. So that would be a total of 12 million units, which honestly is a bit of a low ball estimate. If you’ve been reading IntoMobile for a while then you’ll know that I’ve consistently been shitting on smartphones that have a screen larger than 4 inches. This morning though, while shopping for groceries, I stumbled across a little pop-up store (see photo above) that Samsung put in the middle of downtown Helsinki. Said store had people showing off the Galaxy Note. After several minutes of using that massive beast of a device, and the salesman even letting me put it in my pocket, I can honestly say that 5.3 inches isn’t really that much of an inconvenience. Web surfing was actually pretty amazing on that thing.
That being said, Samsung seriously needs to improve the build quality of their devices. The Note felt incredibly light in the hand, the plastic felt ridiculously cheap, and it looked no where near what I expect a 650 Euro smartphone to look like. If Samsung built a higher quality Note would I buy it? No. Going from a 3.5 inch iPhone 4 to a 5.3 inch Note would be too much of a jump for me. I’d probably buy something with a 4 to 4.6 inch screen first and live with that for a year or two before considering something 5+ inches.
What about you? How do you feel about the Note?
[Via: Unwired View]