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IN PHOTO: A man reacts while trying out his new Samsung Galaxy S5 in Jakarta, April 11, 2014. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd estimated that its January-March operating profit fell by 4.3 percent to 8.4 trillion won ($7.96 billion) as easing smartphone sales growth continued to weigh earnings down. REUTERS/Beawiharta Reuters

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge were out in numerous gadget stores last month and have reportedly surpassed their 10 million sales goal, according to Korea Herald. However, it must be noted that the Korean tech company had confirmed prior to the devices’ launch that pre-orders have already reached over 20 million units, which somehow makes the company’s 10 million goal short of their initial expectations, as reported by Tech Times.

With regards to the S6 line’s design, it sported a multitude of highly impressive features, including an incredibly sleek metal glass design. It had a very unique dual edge display, as well as a removable battery. The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge were considered to be two of the most attractive smartphone units to ever be manufactured by Samsung – even calling them as “iPhone killers.”

Surpassing the company’s 10 million sales objective was not a surprise at all. However, for the sake of comparison, the Galaxy S5 shipped 11 million units in its first month in the market, alone, last year. These are shipments, though, and not sales figures. That could only mean that the number of units that were actually sold may have even been lower.

Oppenheimer, a known investment bank, had pointed out to Business Insider that Samsung appeared to be quite misguided in its current strategy.

“When we look at Samsung’s flagship in 2015 – the Galaxy S6 Edge – almost all of its differentiators fall back to hardware: a cutting edge CPU, curved display, iPhone-like metal casing, front area fingerprint sensor, and camera with OIS,” as stated in the research note. “At the same time, we see little improvement in Samsung’s software user experience and no value added to existing Samsung users who are on prior generations of devices.”

It would appear that, despite all that hype and publicity, it is still considered that Samsung’s latest flagship devices – in this case, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – might suffer the same fate that their predecessor units – the Galaxy S5 – went through.

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