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# Samsung's Struggles in the Smartphone Market: A Deep Dive into Their Latest Challenges

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## Samsung's Quarterly Earnings: A Steady Decline

It’s no secret that Samsung is slowly losing control of its smartphone business, and it’s kind of scary. After every quarter, we seem to be covering the same story: Samsung’s quarterly earnings continue to drop, and it feels like one of the companies most in touch with the mobile industry is starting to lose its grip.

This time around, Samsung released their second-quarter earnings results, and let’s just say they’re not good. Their profit this quarter was cut in half—a significant drop—and this is actually the lowest the company has seen since the Note 7 debacle. Back then, the entire line of phones had to be pulled off the market due to their tendency to catch fire. But now, Samsung is blaming weak market conditions for their struggles, even though there’s been a slight uptick in demand for memory chips.

Here’s where it gets interesting: while overall smartphone shipments increased due to strong sales in mid-range models like the Galaxy A50 and A70, their flagships—such as the Galaxy S10—experienced weak sales momentum. Mid-range phone sales were boosted, but flagship phones are struggling to find a foothold in the market.

Now, I’m not saying Samsung is doomed—they’re a massive company, and they’ll likely bounce back eventually—but if you’re a Samsung fan, you should be concerned. The Note 10 is a prime example of what’s wrong with their current approach: it looks new, but there’s nothing innovative or exciting about it. It’s as if they’ve lost touch with what consumers actually want.

The issue here is that Samsung seems to be ignoring the answers that are right in front of them. The market doesn’t need more innovation right now; it needs compromise. Consumers want products that meet them halfway, offering value for their money. Instead, Samsung is doubling down on flagship phones that are less affordable and less appealing than ever before.

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## The Galaxy Fold Release: A Sneaky Move?

Next up: the Galaxy Fold. According to *The Investor*, a South Korean financial news website, the release of the Galaxy Fold is set to happen in the third week of September, between September 18th and 20th—right around iPhone release time. If you’ve been watching this show, you know I’ve been predicting this for weeks.

Everyone’s surprised that Samsung would choose this timing, thinking it’s a mistake because no one will buy the Galaxy Fold regardless of when it’s released. But here’s the thing: the Galaxy Fold isn’t about selling units; it’s about reputation. Samsung needs to get this phone out there, release it quietly, and hope it doesn’t draw too much attention. There’s no good time for them to make a big deal about this product.

The Galaxy Fold is not about innovation—it’s about being able to say they finally delivered. It’s about saving face after all the delays and controversies surrounding its initial launch. So, Samsung needs to be sneaky, release it when everyone’s focused on Apple, and hope for the best.

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## Watches: The Next Big Thing in Wearables?

Finally, let’s talk watches—specifically, Vince Arrow watches. In a world where smartphones are getting more expensive and more boring, watches are becoming the next big thing. Vince Arrow is doing the tech world a favor by offering fashionable, high-quality watches at affordable prices. These aren’t smartwatches—they’re better.

Smartwatches might be outdated in a year, and you have to recharge them every day. But Sarah Watches (as they’re affectionately known) are different. They’re stylish, made to last, and don’t require constant charging. Check out their matte black option—it’s stunning!

If you’re interested in picking one up, head over to [Sarah Watches](http://www.sarahwatches.com/FPT). Use the code FPT for an extra 15% off your purchase. Trust me, it’s a steal.

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## Closing Thoughts

So there you have it—Samsung’s struggles, the Galaxy Fold’s quiet release, and the rise of stylish watches as the next big thing in tech. If you enjoyed this episode, hit that like button. If not, well… we’re doing our best! And if you’re new here, subscribe for more tech news, analysis, and commentary.

Thanks for tuning in, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enSamsung is like slowly losing control of their smartphone business and I gotta be honest it's kind of scary what daily tech news in a way that doesn't course you do that subscribe button and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next episode so what's going on guys welcome back to front page tech of course shutter gives you all the DS tech news from one geek that is me to another that is you happy Wednesday happy hump day so good to see ya since it is hump day our favorite day of the week we're gonna do another one of those special hump day giveaways just click the link down in the description below to my Twitter and if you follow me on Twitter you win 10 humps from me personally 10 personal journey humps just for you okay see you on Twitter alright so first up for the day story numero uno let's talk about Sam some good ol Sammy I feel like this is becoming a pattern on the show like after every quarter we pretty much covered the same thing that Samsung's quarterly earnings continue to drop and he's starting to feel like one of the companies that was most in touch with the mobile industry is starting to lose touch and it's alarming so Samsung just went ahead and released their second quarter earnings results and like they're not good like their profit this time around was cut in half but the interesting parts of this whole story is in more of the details so for one this is actually the lowest the company has seen since the note 7 debacle since the note 7 fire blow up e thing and obviously there was a good reason that time I mean the note 7 oh they were all blowing up and they had to pull the whole line of the phones but now this time around they're blaming weak market conditions even though there's been a slight uptick in terms of demand for memory Samsung is blaming that that their semiconductor business is suffering more importantly in terms of their mobile division like their actual phone's profit there was down a whole 42% now according to them overall smartphone shipments actually increased because of strong sales within the mid-range models like the galaxy a 50 the seventy but their flagships including the Galaxy S ten they said experienced week sales momentum now listen I'm not gonna say that we should be on the lookout for Samsung to die anytime soon they're not doomed they'll get their act together hopefully but if you are a samsung fan and you're not alarmed by this uh I think I think you need to pull the wool out of your eyes you'll sheep this is not good news for Samsung like in the slightest bit in more and more lately they've just been giving us less and less I mean the note 10 is a great example of just like like what the frak is this even what are we even doing now it looks new but like other than that when they're trying to target and appeal to the average note fans this ain't it and we have to keep in mind that Samsung's fan base the user base the Samsung Knights which are probably if you listen closely you can probably hear them clicky clacking in the keyboards in the comments section you suck churn you don't know anything about Samsung they're the greatest they're going to be fine they will kid together they will kill Tim Cook with their s-pen like a sword that's pence or Samsung users are not the same as like the typical Apple user base Apple users are more in line with the average consumer and and Apple does a good good job of trapping people in the phone that they use like they you get trapped into using an iPhone you get stuck in the ecosystem samsung not so much smartphone sales like overall are declining right it's not just Samsung but it is more alarming for Samsung right now in fact at one point they blamed quote-unquote external uncertainties and shifting the blame here just isn't gonna cut it so my issue with this right Samsung has the profit cut in half and it's not like a big mystery they shouldn't be confused for once like they are a company right now where all the answers are in front of them and they're just frakking ignoring the answers and you guys probably know what I'm gonna say huh the market doesn't need innovation right now it needs compromise here's the proof I mean they literally reported boosted sales in their mid-range devices they they just said that mid-range phone sales up flagship phones all now wide open by them even when the answer of give consumers a bit more for a little bit less even though those answers are right in front of them they're actively avoiding that ignoring that and instead gonna they're right about to ship a Franken note ten that is less for more and you know what I tweeted this the other day and I just want to mention it here on the show I said imagine if car companies expected the market to work the way phone manufacturers do like imagine if the car companies only tried to sell and promote the most expensive cars with the highest specs and then when people weren't buying them they were like oh why don't you buying them most consumers do not care for the best they want to be met halfway with what works and trust me I see your comments I know a lot of you hate when I say average consumer here on the show but I want you to understand like my angle with front-page tech I'm talking to you guys tech enthusiasts people that are smarter in terms of technology than the average consumer just because you care more it's not that the average consumers are acting dumb they're not stupid they just literally don't care to know the things that you know and it's my job here with the angle I take the front page check is to tell you how the market actually works because unfortunately the market doesn't consist of just franken unbox therapy subscribers and you guys in the comment section so I'm trying to do y'all a favor and I think at this point was my track record maybe somebody some of you should be listening so I'm curious what do you guys think do you think I'm right do you think I'm wrong let us know in the comments section what do you think Samsung needs to do next to fix all of this because I really really hope this is a wake-up call if they see all this in front of them like all the red flags are in front of them and next year they do the same thing they do the same stuff just continue the same pattern they're in trouble alright that took longer than expected we're quickly running out of time on this episode so let's do one more story this one is also about Samsung this time about the Galaxy fold according to the investor which is a South Korean financial news website they apparently say that the release of the Galaxy fold is happening the third week of September between September 18th and September 20th now for those of you that keep track and play along at home that's right around iPhone release time and in all these reports right now everyone's like surprised and like oh no why would Samsung do this i phone time that's a mistake because then no one's gonna buy the galaxy fold haha newsflash ain't nobody gonna buy the galaxy fold anyway no matter when they release it I'm gonna save the i-told-you-so moment because that this isn't confirmed this hasn't happened yet but this would make so much sense to me if you've watched this show before you've heard me every time I talk about the galaxy fold time and time again these last few weeks I keep saying they need to be as quiet about it as possible they just need to get it out there release it don't bring a lot of attention to this there's no good time for them to make a big deal about this try to build hype again and release it again that just will not happen so they have to be very sneaky and what better quiet sneaky way than to just to it when the iPhones are rolling out when all the attention is on Apple and iPhones you just snuck your phone out the door I've said it before I'll say it again it is not about selling galaxy folds anymore it's not about the consumer it's not about you it's about the reputation they need to get this phone out the door just to be able to say they finally delivered they actually released it and they didn't skip it but just be very quiet Samsung be very very quiet be sneaky about it and trust me I'll save the i-told-you-so for like you know when it happens you know what we live in a world right now where smartphones are getting more expensive and more boring at the same time but do you know what's getting that more affordable and more exciting right now watches dude especially our favorites from vince arrow watches vince arrow is doing the whole world a favor right now making fashionable high quality watches available for you to purchase without having to sell one of your organs cuz trust me no one wants those anyway and listen these are not like smartwatches they're better after all your favorite SmartWatch will be outdated literally next year when the new one comes out and will be worth nothing oh and not to mention you got to recharge those things every day you know what you don't have to recharge every day you've been Sarah watch when Sarah watches are made to last and they are so sexy like look at this matte black one though oh oh so good and Sarah has so many styles to choose from too in fact if you could have been Sarah watches dot-com slash FPT right now not only can you see my list of my favorite watches for you to choose from but also 15% off of your purchase are you serious so now the already sexy affordable watch is the same amount of sexy and more affordable 15% more affordable the link to buy your own is down in the description below go right now and buy one or two or three how about three and that's show hopefully like she's learned something if you did hit that like button if you hate my stupid face hit the dislike button if you're new here subscribe and I will see you guys tomorrow youSamsung is like slowly losing control of their smartphone business and I gotta be honest it's kind of scary what daily tech news in a way that doesn't course you do that subscribe button and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next episode so what's going on guys welcome back to front page tech of course shutter gives you all the DS tech news from one geek that is me to another that is you happy Wednesday happy hump day so good to see ya since it is hump day our favorite day of the week we're gonna do another one of those special hump day giveaways just click the link down in the description below to my Twitter and if you follow me on Twitter you win 10 humps from me personally 10 personal journey humps just for you okay see you on Twitter alright so first up for the day story numero uno let's talk about Sam some good ol Sammy I feel like this is becoming a pattern on the show like after every quarter we pretty much covered the same thing that Samsung's quarterly earnings continue to drop and he's starting to feel like one of the companies that was most in touch with the mobile industry is starting to lose touch and it's alarming so Samsung just went ahead and released their second quarter earnings results and like they're not good like their profit this time around was cut in half but the interesting parts of this whole story is in more of the details so for one this is actually the lowest the company has seen since the note 7 debacle since the note 7 fire blow up e thing and obviously there was a good reason that time I mean the note 7 oh they were all blowing up and they had to pull the whole line of the phones but now this time around they're blaming weak market conditions even though there's been a slight uptick in terms of demand for memory Samsung is blaming that that their semiconductor business is suffering more importantly in terms of their mobile division like their actual phone's profit there was down a whole 42% now according to them overall smartphone shipments actually increased because of strong sales within the mid-range models like the galaxy a 50 the seventy but their flagships including the Galaxy S ten they said experienced week sales momentum now listen I'm not gonna say that we should be on the lookout for Samsung to die anytime soon they're not doomed they'll get their act together hopefully but if you are a samsung fan and you're not alarmed by this uh I think I think you need to pull the wool out of your eyes you'll sheep this is not good news for Samsung like in the slightest bit in more and more lately they've just been giving us less and less I mean the note 10 is a great example of just like like what the frak is this even what are we even doing now it looks new but like other than that when they're trying to target and appeal to the average note fans this ain't it and we have to keep in mind that Samsung's fan base the user base the Samsung Knights which are probably if you listen closely you can probably hear them clicky clacking in the keyboards in the comments section you suck churn you don't know anything about Samsung they're the greatest they're going to be fine they will kid together they will kill Tim Cook with their s-pen like a sword that's pence or Samsung users are not the same as like the typical Apple user base Apple users are more in line with the average consumer and and Apple does a good good job of trapping people in the phone that they use like they you get trapped into using an iPhone you get stuck in the ecosystem samsung not so much smartphone sales like overall are declining right it's not just Samsung but it is more alarming for Samsung right now in fact at one point they blamed quote-unquote external uncertainties and shifting the blame here just isn't gonna cut it so my issue with this right Samsung has the profit cut in half and it's not like a big mystery they shouldn't be confused for once like they are a company right now where all the answers are in front of them and they're just frakking ignoring the answers and you guys probably know what I'm gonna say huh the market doesn't need innovation right now it needs compromise here's the proof I mean they literally reported boosted sales in their mid-range devices they they just said that mid-range phone sales up flagship phones all now wide open by them even when the answer of give consumers a bit more for a little bit less even though those answers are right in front of them they're actively avoiding that ignoring that and instead gonna they're right about to ship a Franken note ten that is less for more and you know what I tweeted this the other day and I just want to mention it here on the show I said imagine if car companies expected the market to work the way phone manufacturers do like imagine if the car companies only tried to sell and promote the most expensive cars with the highest specs and then when people weren't buying them they were like oh why don't you buying them most consumers do not care for the best they want to be met halfway with what works and trust me I see your comments I know a lot of you hate when I say average consumer here on the show but I want you to understand like my angle with front-page tech I'm talking to you guys tech enthusiasts people that are smarter in terms of technology than the average consumer just because you care more it's not that the average consumers are acting dumb they're not stupid they just literally don't care to know the things that you know and it's my job here with the angle I take the front page check is to tell you how the market actually works because unfortunately the market doesn't consist of just franken unbox therapy subscribers and you guys in the comment section so I'm trying to do y'all a favor and I think at this point was my track record maybe somebody some of you should be listening so I'm curious what do you guys think do you think I'm right do you think I'm wrong let us know in the comments section what do you think Samsung needs to do next to fix all of this because I really really hope this is a wake-up call if they see all this in front of them like all the red flags are in front of them and next year they do the same thing they do the same stuff just continue the same pattern they're in trouble alright that took longer than expected we're quickly running out of time on this episode so let's do one more story this one is also about Samsung this time about the Galaxy fold according to the investor which is a South Korean financial news website they apparently say that the release of the Galaxy fold is happening the third week of September between September 18th and September 20th now for those of you that keep track and play along at home that's right around iPhone release time and in all these reports right now everyone's like surprised and like oh no why would Samsung do this i phone time that's a mistake because then no one's gonna buy the galaxy fold haha newsflash ain't nobody gonna buy the galaxy fold anyway no matter when they release it I'm gonna save the i-told-you-so moment because that this isn't confirmed this hasn't happened yet but this would make so much sense to me if you've watched this show before you've heard me every time I talk about the galaxy fold time and time again these last few weeks I keep saying they need to be as quiet about it as possible they just need to get it out there release it don't bring a lot of attention to this there's no good time for them to make a big deal about this try to build hype again and release it again that just will not happen so they have to be very sneaky and what better quiet sneaky way than to just to it when the iPhones are rolling out when all the attention is on Apple and iPhones you just snuck your phone out the door I've said it before I'll say it again it is not about selling galaxy folds anymore it's not about the consumer it's not about you it's about the reputation they need to get this phone out the door just to be able to say they finally delivered they actually released it and they didn't skip it but just be very quiet Samsung be very very quiet be sneaky about it and trust me I'll save the i-told-you-so for like you know when it happens you know what we live in a world right now where smartphones are getting more expensive and more boring at the same time but do you know what's getting that more affordable and more exciting right now watches dude especially our favorites from vince arrow watches vince arrow is doing the whole world a favor right now making fashionable high quality watches available for you to purchase without having to sell one of your organs cuz trust me no one wants those anyway and listen these are not like smartwatches they're better after all your favorite SmartWatch will be outdated literally next year when the new one comes out and will be worth nothing oh and not to mention you got to recharge those things every day you know what you don't have to recharge every day you've been Sarah watch when Sarah watches are made to last and they are so sexy like look at this matte black one though oh oh so good and Sarah has so many styles to choose from too in fact if you could have been Sarah watches dot-com slash FPT right now not only can you see my list of my favorite watches for you to choose from but also 15% off of your purchase are you serious so now the already sexy affordable watch is the same amount of sexy and more affordable 15% more affordable the link to buy your own is down in the description below go right now and buy one or two or three how about three and that's show hopefully like she's learned something if you did hit that like button if you hate my stupid face hit the dislike button if you're new here subscribe and I will see you guys tomorrow you\n"