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Prediction: What will Samsung do?

Started Jan 2, 2016 | Polls thread
vasile Contributing Member • Posts: 575
Re: Prediction: What will Samsung do?
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I actually do not think Samsung is dumb enough to not realize what gem they have on their hands with the NX1.

But they do realize, I think, that it is a bit (ok, more than a bit) ahead of everyone else, and that their market strategy was not getting the results they wanted at the speed they wanted.

The rational decision would therefore be to put it to ice in the sense that it will be still sold in selected markets which have high potential, in the hope that it will eventually gain traction.

I recently saw a post where Samsung South Africa said they will continue to sell NX1 - this actually makes sense for a market where we have the safaris and presumably many people targeting wildlife/birds/etc.

However, for South Africa/wildlife, Samsung must have a long lens, and they also need it in order to show real commitment to the system.

This means that they would probably release soon (CES?) the much anticipated 300mm lens.

I guess we'll see soon enough...

Vasile

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