Interesting that Samsung are going to release the Note 4 at a lower price point and sooner in Korea. I would have imagined that's the market where the Note 4 would have had the strongest presence? Seems like Samsung are gearing up for a really aggressive Note 4 push to try and ward off Apple.
Though, it's understandable that analysts and Samsung would be worried about Apple entering the 'phablet' space.
Samsung seem to be in a tough position in the phone market now. They're getting beaten by Apple in the high end where iPhones are continuing to sell very strongly (despite constrained supply and no China release) and Apple of course make an extremely healthy profit per phone sold. Then they make even more from the ecosystem with a cut of every app/song/show/movie sold. Samsung get a lower cut per device and then don't get any additional income with app/music/movie sales from the Play Store, as they go to Google.
And on the low end market, Chinese companies such Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo etc are making good enough devices cheaper than Samsung are.
I'm not sure how Samsung can turn things around. It's not like Samsung are on the verge of bankruptcy by any means, but the higher-ups at Samsung expect profits in the mobile sector to grow, not recede.
In any case, the price has gone up for the Note 4 here in Australia and the release date pushed back to the end of October. Would have liked it cheaper and earlier, but whatever. I'll still check it out when it's released.
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