It was only available in two countries for a few weeks

Oct 24, 2014 14:52 GMT  ·  By

Samsung warned the press and investors that profits this quarter will be lower than ever due to low smartphone sales. However, that doesn’t seem to affect the company’s new flagship smartphone’s sales, the Galaxy Note 4.

According to a report coming from South Korea via GforGames, no less than 4.5 million Galaxy Note 4 units were sold by Samsung in the first month since the phablet went on sale.

That might seem a very low number in comparison with Apple, which sold no less than 30 million iPhone 6 handsets since the smartphone was launched on the market.

However, things are not as bad as they seem at a first glance. Considering the Galaxy Note 4 was only available in two countries in the first few weeks, the 4.5 million units sold seems like a good start for a high-end smartphone.

It’s also worth mentioning that Samsung sold 5 million Galaxy Note 3 units in one month since its launch, but the smartphone was released in more than two countries during that time.

Based on previous experience, we can definitely say that the Galaxy Note 4 will be more popular among phablet lovers than any other smartphone in the Note series.

Still, it remains to be seen how many Galaxy Note 4 units Samsung will be able to sell to improve its quarterly profits this year.

That is a very good number considering the phablet was only available in two countries

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has yet to be introduced in some of the countries the handset maker said it would, but that should be fixed within the next couple of weeks.

The phablet has been received with much praise by the media and consumers alike, which is one of the reasons Samsung managed to sell so many units in the first month.

The Galaxy Note 4 is Samsung’s first smartphone to boast a QHD (1440 x 2560 pixels) display and one of the few that comes equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset inside (the Galaxy S5 Plus has one as well).

Although the phablet doesn’t really bring anything innovative in terms of features over the Galaxy Note 3, but there are a couple of hardware and software upgrades that might appeal customers into switching from a previous Note model to the new one.

It will be interesting to see how many Galaxy Note 4 units Samsung will be able to sell by the end of the year, but this information will most likely be unveiled in 2015.