After the fiasco of Note 7, Samsung plays big with its Galaxy S8

In South Korea, more than one million copies of the S8 and S8 +, which is larger, have already been ordered.

Samsung launched on Friday its new Galaxy S8 in South Korea, a milestone for a group that seeks to redo an image after the fiasco of Note 7 and the incarceration of its vice president. This is the first major launch of the South Korean conglomerate since the humiliating planetary recall of the Galaxy Note 7, whose production had been stopped in the fall because of the risk of explosion of this device.

Samsung Electonics is barely emerging from one of the worst sequences in its history since its vice-president Lee Jae-Yong, who is also the heir of the group, and several of its executives are currently judged for their involvement in the resounding scandal Of corruption that precipitated the dismissal of former President Park Geun-Hye.

Even so, the profits of the world's largest smartphone manufacturer have never stopped rising. The Galaxy S8, which was unveiled at the end of March in New York, was also very well received by the specialists.

In South Korea, more than one million copies of the S8 and S8 +, which is larger, have already been ordered. Friday mid-day, the Samsung Electronics title rose 2.23% to 2.059 million won. "The market response to the launch of the S8 series is rather positive," said Lee Seung-Woo of IBK Investment Securities. He estimated that the South Korean group could beat the record number of sold copies that had been set by the S7 series at 48.5 million units.