Rumor: Samsung is going to test new update services from Galaxy S IV

Ps…keep in mind sammy…you practically fell into this position when your engineers handed you some badass devices…you didnt market yourself into this position. your marketing strategy capitalized on existing momentum…and as its evolved…although you had some big wins…its becoming abundantly clear your brand managers have no clue what they are doing on a global scale.

A large part of this has to do with the general asian business/politic mindset, but i really don’t understand what sammy is doing to themselves. so many iterations of devices that nobody can keep it straight. (how many s3 variants are there?) unify your shit…smartphones 1 high, 1 med, 1 low/year, a small handfull of dumbphones to fill the gap, a note device, and 1 tablet of your chosen 2-3 sizes a year with all the features you want.(how many 10 inch tabs have you released at this point?) your general app structure is a mess…you cant even decide on… Read more »

yAY what a great strategy from samsung,

but it seems familiar, where did I see it before lets see….
– good & popular products
– good software features
– a company which wants to control what we do with our phones
– a closed system which developers cant have freedom
– a closed /strict system for updates
hmmm apple juice anyone ?

go on sam-ple, try and see if I will choose popular devices over freedom…

Bad things:

Retailer
– Retailer must ship country based devices otherwise customer isn’t able to update.
– Retailer shop price could be more expensive.

The rest is all ok.

Imagine quando vier o governo único mundial do baphomet, aí a coisa vai feder. Será que vai ser um preço único mundial?

Ohhh and I was so looking forward to the new Galaxy IV, oh well maybe it’s time I looked at the world beyond Samsung!

I wonder how they would ever get this right. Suppose I am a UK customer with a subscription to vodafone uk. Then I move to the Netherlands for work for a couple of months and buy a Dutch sgs4. How would that work? Another solution to grey import would be to have just one model for all countries instead of what they do now. That would eliminate grey mport as well. They could still do a phased rollout based on country or imei of course. That would be sensible to test out firmware versions before making them available globally. Then… Read more »

If this happened, bye bye samsung…

to Samsung: that means all your staffs need to take off their clothes including underwear when they depart from their country of origin.

I’m a freelancer working in different countries for several months – so I won’t be able to update outside the country I bought it from? How stupid is that. Luckly my next phone is going to be the Sony. Bye bye Samsung

No matter what I do Samsung. The users can have it.

Why not join together and create some sort of association to complain to Samsung what they do not like?.

There are other brands as well……

NOOOOO…dear Samsung whats happen to you?!!!
because of MONEY???
if this happen surely you (Samsung) gonna be forgotten!!! ;(((
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR MIND!!!

Warning to SamSung: Do this just ones and you will go to the drainage of history as ones was a mobile company. You better not do it. Nokia experience, is not far, a company which used to dominate, mobile universe into sub-oblivion.

I am thinking about remembering that OTA needs of the imei and other relevant information of product code, ect for update.

Currently, the only thing keeps me buying Samsung phones – is AMOLED display. But this advantage cannot cover all other benefits. I’m already not satisfying by S3 design, battery life. So, i’m on the edge to give up with AMOLED and start to look for alternatives. Previously Samsung just monitored illegal updates by counting customs, but more and more they move to control. For example in Note II you already cannot use AllShare Cast feature if you flashed custom recovery or kernel. And i believe there will be more features cut in future models which doesn’t make me happy with… Read more »

KEEP GOING, LOOK AT APPLE

U WILL FALL DOWN IF U CONTINUE WITH THIS NONSENSE

I WAS A SAMSUNG USER( galaxy tab , s2, s3 ) , until they stop caring with the updates.
now i just got my nexus 4 and nexs 7 i love them

keep going like that , everyone will go where google goes , no u samsung

android it s what makes us buy your phones

android is free, dont forget that

this can’t be true. This is again EU laws. I don’t expect Samsung will fight against EC and customers.

samsung no me parece porque eso contribuye a que muchos paises abusadores como por ejemplo venezuela. importen sus nuevos equipos y aca los vendan en precios que equivalen como a 4 de sus telefons, yo compre mi samsung galaxy s2 por medio de una pagina y fue traido de fuera y es mas barato comprarlo fuera que comprarlo en su mismo pais de uno ya que son muchos los abusos que se cometen en los precios que les colocan aca. si yo espero comprar un telefono en mi pais se me haria dificil su compra ya que el precio es… Read more »

Who cares about Galaxy 4 any more as they are going to control updates based on IMEI. We want the freedom Google gives us with Android, and we will find it with HTC, LG, Sony… Do you see, Samsung, we can hardly decide between YOU, Sony, LG, Motorola and each of us is always on the edge to switching to another brand. Try to twist our hand, and we are gone away from YOU. SAMSUNG WAKE UP, IT IS ABOUT ANDROID, MUCH MORE THAN ABOUT SAMSUNG. YOUR UI, built quality (which is often questionable), look of the device,…, are meaningless… Read more »

This would not even be legal within the EU as it breaches all sorts of free trade laws.

I living in a small country, and I typically buy my phones in one of the neigbour countries, as the price there is often much better.
I have been buying samsung phones for the last 5 years or so, and all my family members (4) have one (and I have still 4 spare ones lying around).

the day I can no longer buy where I want, I going to wave fare well to Samsung. I might as well then buy an iPhone…