Samsung’s Gear Fit is reportedly a sellout, with the Korean manufacturer having shifted 250,000 units in 10 days.
That’s according to Korean website MK News, which claims Samsung has sold out its initial batch of Gear Fit devices. The firm reportedly had between 200,000 and 250,000 available and sold all of these in just 10 days, despite stiff competition from Nike’s Fuelband and the Jawbone Up.
Samsung is reportedly increasing production to meet the unexpected demand although, due to limited component supplies, it is apparently finding it difficult to keep up.
This is in stark contrast to Samsung’s first wearable, the Samsung Galaxy Gear, with reports claiming the smartwatch had low sales, with a third of those sold apparently having been returned. This could be due to the Galaxy Gear’s £299 price, which led some analysts to slam the device as “too expensive”.
In comparison, the Samsung Gear Fit costs £170. This is despite its more impressive specifications, with the wristband boasting a 1.84in curved AMOLED screen, IP57 certification and a 210mAh battery that means it should last between two and three days, compared to just one offered by the Galaxy Gear.
The Gear Fit also arrives running a custom operating system, which includes apps such as a heart rate monitor with a sensor sitting on the rear of the smartwatch, a sleep tracker and a pedometer. It’s capable of showing notifcations when paired with a smartphone, too.
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has been doing pretty well, too. Localytics data shows that within its first week of sales, the flagship smartphone already accounted for 0.7 percent of the Android smartphone market – which means it accounts for almost one in every 100 Android devices used globally.
Samsung has yet to confirm the report or reveal exact sales numbers, but a spokesperson for the firm has stated that Samsung Galaxy S5 orders are “already in their millions”, but added that “the market is not yet saturated”.
Retailers in the UK seemed to back the figures recently by stating that the device has massively outsold its popular predecessor, the Galaxy S4.
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