The past week has been full of gadget sales and price drops
courtesy of the American holiday of thanksgiving. And although we Filipinos don’t
really celebrate thanksgiving and other events related to it such as Black
Friday and Cyber Monday, the technology that is the Internet and online
shopping has made it possible for Pinoys to enjoy the lowered prices of a lot
of tech goodies offered online.
And in this week’s episode of Tech Tuesdays, we’ll be
talking about two very popular products that made the record books for the most
number of sales during the weekend sale in the United States. The two devices
in question are the recently released Nintendo Wii U and the Samsung Galaxy
Note II.
First one up is the Nintendo Wii U which sold around 400,000
units during its first week of sales. The console was first released on
November 18 all over the U.S. However, it didn’t fly off immediately as reports
from Twitter indicated that although there was a crowd of people at Nintendo’s
flagship store in New York, other stores elsewhere were not having the same
experience.
Fortunately, Nintendo made a complete turnaround during
Black Friday as the company sold over 300,000 Wii U units just for the first week of
its release. This was primarily due to the number of Black Friday deals and
discounts from retailers that made the price drop close to the $100 price
point. Moreover, Nintendo’s handheld consoles – the 3DS and the DS also sold
well, having a combined sales figure of over 500,000 units.
Another sales milestone last week was that from Samsung with
their Galaxy Note II. After just 2 months of its launch on September 26, 2012;
Samsung’s phablet has reached the 5 million mark in terms of worldwide sales.
The Note II is available in almost 128 countries, so it’s not surprising that
it hit the 2 million quicker than its predecessor, the original Galaxy Note
which took more than 5 months to reach 5 million mark. The Galaxy S3 is also
doing pretty well with sales reaching into the 30 million plus range.
The Galaxy Note II is already available in the Philippines
at prices starting at P31,000 while the Nintendo Wii U is set to arrive on our
shores in the coming weeks, maybe even days.
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