Samsung Sees Sales Declining in China Following the Galaxy Note 7 Recall

On September 2, Samsung announced the recall of all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold worldwide, except for China. It seems that faulty Galaxy Note 7 units had batteries manufactured by Samsung SDI, while batteries for units sold in China were produced by local company ATL. Recently, the Chinese state TV broadcaster slammed Samsung for the way it handled the Chinese market and said that the South Korean smartphone manufacturer was “arrogant” with consumers. Samsung did apologize for failing to properly explain the reasons why China wasn’t included in the recall process. However, it seems that it was too little too late, since Samsung overall sales in China have dropped massively. Samsung sales at one retailer dropped 80% because of low consumer trust