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Into Several weeks ago we told you about how, to put it mildly, the Samsung Galaxy Gear was finding difficulty to meet the users’ consent. According to a report published by Geek approximately 30% of the customers of Best Buy, the largest retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, reported back the Galaxy Gear shortly after the purchase.

Into At that time (we are talking about the end of October), the South Korean company had real hope that the public would learn to appreciate the device , and that the situation would change. Several weeks later, we can say that has not happened, and there is a good chance that will never happen.

Into According to a report in Business Korea, total sales of the Samsung Galaxy Gear since its launch on 25 September amounted to less than 50,000 units , and every day they are sold just 800/900 specimens smartwatch. Needless to say, the results are well below even the worst expectations of Samsung .

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Into The grounds of the ‘ failure of the Galaxy Gear are certainly many, not least the price and integration with the only Galaxy Note 3 at launch. Samsung is then run for cover, enlarging devices can work in parallel with the smartwatch in Round Galaxy, Galaxy S4, S4 Galaxy LTE-A, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S3 LTE , hoping to revitalize sales. Objective, as mentioned, definitely not.

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The smartwatch Samsung is based on the Android operating system , a 1.63-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 320×320 and a processor that operates at a frequency of 800 MHz There is also a 1.9 MP camera sensor, integrated into the strap along with a microphone and a small speaker, Bluetooth technology and sensors like accelerometer and gyroscope.

The field of smartwatch is however still considered promising by analysts (all rumors are pointing on the launch of an Apple device, currently called iWatch, over the next year), but at the moment it is a segment really immature, and that is ensuring sound slaps even a giant like Samsung.

[UPDATE 13:50] The data on sales of the Galaxy Gear is rapidly turning into a mystery. According to a Reuters article citing Samsung sources, the smartwatch would be sold in 800,000 units in two months. A higher figure, and not just compared to the 50,000 listed by Business Korea. However, the site suggests that the Korean Yonhap 800,000 are those sent to various retailers in the world, and not the units actually sold.

[Source: Business Korea]

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