Today July 24th It’s the official Galaxy Ring release day, Samsung’s quant ring that was first unveiled by the Korean tech company at Galaxy Unpacked in January and first unveiled a few weeks later at Mobile World Congress. Since then, of course, we’ve been waiting for Samsung to confirm both the price and the release date, which finally happened two weeks ago on July 10 at the summer Galaxy Unpacked 2024.

The notification came, yes, with bad news, and that’s it The expected quantification round would initially only hit a small selection of markets, among which Spanish is not found. And we were also able to confirm something that had already reached us through leaks, namely that its price is 449 euros. Of course, unlike other quantification rings, it is not necessary to pay a monthly subscription to access the service, which provides all the advanced analysis obtained from the data recorded by the Galaxy Ring.

Its high price, as well as its arrival in a limited number of markets, got us thinking about the sales estimates Samsung was working with, more specifically, if they expected huge demand or, on the contrary, the forecasts were rather pessimistic. The latter seems less likely, of course, but its launch would still make sense, just as the launch of the first-generation Galaxy Z made sense back then.

We still don’t have specific sales figures, but as we read in AndroidCentral, Samsung sold out of the Galaxy Ring during the pre-sale phase. What’s more, according to 9to5Google more than a week ago, the first restock took place around 10 days ago. An overwhelmingly positive sales number, at least on first reading, which of course does not give us the full measure, as it would be necessary to know the total number of units sold during this booking phase.

Now for some models (sizes) you have to wait a few days, while in other cases The wait can take about a month.and there are some that are not directly available because there is no stock date, which tells us that Samsung has underestimated the sales potential of the Galaxy Ring, or that its production capacity does not cover all the existing demand at the moment. to start it.

But then, Is the Galaxy Ring a success? If we measure it in sales volume, the truth is we don’t know because we don’t know the total number of units sold, but if the metric used is the visibility of its launch, then the answer is an undeniable yes. Now, of course, we’ll have to wait and see how it develops in the market if the volume of demand holds up, well, if it does, it’s likely that Samsung has opened up a market to the general public that has been much smaller so far.