The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is having to put up with the ongoing semiconductor shortage, with the S22 and S22+ models getting delayed possibly due to it. The company CEO recently even visited Samsung’s manufacturing facilities in Vietnam to make sure that there are enough units in the market.
To deal with the crisis, Samsung has increased Galaxy S22 production by 20%, a report from The Elec has revealed. A total 30 million smartphones are now planned to be manufactured, out of which 12 million will be the S22. This standard model be joined by 8 million units of the S22+ and 10 million units of the S22 Ultra.
It is clear that Samsung expects its Galaxy S22 series to sell like hotcakes, but sales figures of the Galaxy S21 series beg to differ. The Galaxy S22 series has addressed several of the criticisms from the S21 series, one of them being the ditching of plastic backs. But whether it will translate to better sales is unknown at the moment.
Regardless, there are prospects that the global smartphone market will recover this year. This, combined with the fact that the S22 Ultra is sort of a return of the fabled Note series, should play out in Samsung’s favor.
Samsung Electronics’ component suppliers have been producing parts for the first batch of the Galaxy S22 series since November of last year. The volume plan of the models is expected to change depending on the initial market reaction.
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