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29 March 2024

Samsung Note Edge in Japan, UAE launch imminent…

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By Joseph George

Japan will become the first country to get the Samsung Galaxy Edge, the smartphone with dual screen and display features. The South Korean firm announced that its new flagship smartphone - which it hopes will be able to take on the iPhone 6 Plus – will start retailing at Japanese stores by the end of October. The device is currently available for pre-order through telecom providers KDDI and NTT DoCoMo.

The Japanese launch is significant as it means the device could soon hit other markets within the next few weeks.

For all those in the UAE, who are eagerly waiting for the Note 4, there is good news as well. Samsung has already sent out invites for a regional launch of the Galaxy Note Edge on October 15 in Dubai.

A senior Samsung official had told Emirates 24/7 last month that the exact timeframe could become clear in a couple of weeks’ time.

“We are still not clear about the exact availability of the Note Edge. But we will get to know in two weeks,” Hayssam Yassine, Head of Telecommunications Group at Samsung Gulf Electronics had said on September 23 ahead of the Gitex Shopper.

Samsung unveiled both the Note 4 – a successor to the Note 3 - and the Note Edge, which comes with a curved second screen on the edge and displays notifications and alerts, on September 3 at the IFA in Berlin, ahead of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Yet, Apple beat Samsung in launching its new devices into retail stores first and its impact was evident at the recent Gitex Shopper in Dubai where the iPhone 6 saw brisk sales, while the iPhone 6 Plus – although limited in numbers – disappeared faster than expected.

The galaxy Note 4 was however available for pre-bookings during the Shopper. The device is scheduled for release in the local market on October 17.

Samsung also shipped several units of the iPhone 5S lookalike Galaxy Alpha during the last three days of the Shopper.