A report has revealed Samsung’s plans for 2022 in the smartphone sector. The South Korean tech giant has set its objective to ship 334 million smartphone units worldwide.
According to Samsung‘s plan, the company is gearing up to manufacture an impressive 285 million smartphone units in-house while outsourcing the production of 49 million units to its joint development manufacturers.
The report via Thelec stated that Samsung aims to produce 54 million units of its flagship Galaxy S series and 13 million units of the Galaxy Z Folding lineup.
It is worth noting that Samsung is almost doubling up the productions of its folding smartphones (13 million) compared to 2021 (7 million), indicative of their vision going forward. The report also detailed that 4 million of these units will be the Galaxy Z Fold and 9 million Galaxy Z flip units.
The report also stated that Samsung aims to ship 176 million units of ENTRY phones, the name for its low-end Smartphones. While in the mid-tier segment, Samsung’s objective is to ship 91 million units, out of which 8 million will be ‘HIGH phones, i.e. the highest tier offerings out of its mid-tier lineup.
The year 2022 will be the first time since 2017 that Samsung aims to ship above 300 million units of Smartphones. However, the smartphone giant is likely to face some bumps in this roadmap, with its Vietnam manufacturing facility temporarily ceasing production due to the ongoing pandemic and with the world facing the global chip shortage.
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