Samsung Announces Shipments of 800,000 Galaxy Gear Smart Watches Worldwide

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Posted November 19, 2013 at 3:26pm by Shalom Levytam

Following reports of poor sales, Samsung announced worldwide sales of 800,000 Galaxy Gear smart watches; however, that has since been clarified as shipments rather than sales.

The revelation comes after a KoreaTimes report yesterday, that reported only 50,000 in cumulative sales for the device. That 50,000 number was likely for South Korea only.

It's now unclear exactly how many units of the device have been sold. Recently leaked documents showed that the Galaxy Gear has a return rate trending above 30%. It's also not clear how many units of the shipped inventory have been sold.

Samsung says the device has exceeded its internal expectations and that it plans to boost
sales promotions for the holidays.

"It's the most sold wearable watch available in the market place...and we plan to expand its availability by expanding mobile devices that work with the Gear," Samsung said.

Apple has yet to introduce a smart watch; however, it's rumored to be working wearable devices including an iWatch.

Samsung Announces Shipments of 800,000 Galaxy Gear Smart Watches Worldwide

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k3ira - November 19, 2013 at 10:08pm

let us know iclarified when will samsung announces shipments 8 millions unit, i probably reconsider to..buy a "breitling" LoL

Fukran John - November 19, 2013 at 9:54pm

The previous and this article were paid by apple. No doubt.

gamerscul9870 - November 19, 2013 at 11:26pm

And your comment was paid vy trolls, no joke!

Not try to be hard - November 19, 2013 at 7:15pm

Shipping it's not equal to sold

Math genius - November 19, 2013 at 7:17pm

800000 units shipped - 50000 units sold =750000 Failure for Samsung

sameapple - November 19, 2013 at 6:31pm

Atlist they are doing something different.

SadFuture - November 19, 2013 at 6:16pm

I love this game, I think Apple is going to win this one, this smart watch looks retro but it will teach Apple how to make a nice looking one.

gamerscul9870 - November 19, 2013 at 11:29pm

Not to mention how rushed they made it after apple did an idea of it, they can make a watch without teaching themselves from samsungs anything! I can't wait for iWatch!

Great - November 19, 2013 at 5:42pm

So to Samseng, shipped equals sold. I see… How. Stupid.

ratGT - November 19, 2013 at 4:26pm

EPIC (...fail)

gamerscul9870 - November 19, 2013 at 4:05pm

Still pass!