The worldwide smartphone shipments fell by 13.3% in the first quarter of 2020. Sales in February alone was declined by 38% annually accounting for only 60 million units. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected already slowing smartphone market. To recover from it, according to a report from South Korea, Samsung will be launching a new number of affordable 5G smartphones throughout the remaining year.
Samsung has already unveiled its first two cheap affordable 5G smartphones in the form of Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G last week in the US. But they are yet to go on sale in the region with a stipulated availability some later in summer. Interestingly, the Galaxy A71 5G is already up for sale in China where the company has the lowest presence.
As for pricing, the Galaxy A51 5G will retail for $499.99 and the Galaxy A71 5G will cost $599.99. In South Korea, they are expected to be priced around 500,000 Won ($411) and 700,000 Won ($575) respectively. Whereas, in China, the latter device is sold at 3,999 Yuan ($480).
Looking at the prices of this first generation of cheap affordable 5G smartphones by Samsung, we can conclude the brand has slashed the price of its 5G smartphones by 62% just within 11 months. For the unware, the first Samsung 5G smartphone, the Galaxy S10 5G was priced at $1299.99.
Samsung is expected to launch these models and other upcoming affordable 5G smartphones in all the countries where 5G networks are up and running. In addition to this, the South Korean smartphone maker will continue launching new Galaxy A and Galaxy M series devices in all markets to recover from sales decline.
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