Samsung India on Sunday said it will soon start manufacturing its flagship high-end smartphone Galaxy S4 in India.“We are planning to start manufacturing of S4 soon at our Noida facility,” Samsung Mobile and Digital Imaging Country Head Vineet Taneja told the news agency.
He, however, refused to share any time frame by when the production will start. The Noida facility is manufacturing about 35-40 million phones annually, including 12 smartphones such as Galaxy S3.
The company currently imports the recently launched Galaxy S4 from South Korea. Sensing huge demand for Galaxy S4, the company is also looking to double up the high-end smartphone (above Rs 20,000) market size in India, which is currently contributing around 10-12 per cent of the overall smartphone market.
The Galaxy S4, which is packed with newer imaging features as well as ‘gesture-control’ technology, has a five-inch full HD super AMOlED touchscreen, 13 mega pixel rear and 2 mega pixel front camera and supports 3G networks. Samsung is the market leader in smartphone market in India. pti