Following Apple's release of its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Fold8 have surged. Data released by the South Korean telecommunications industry on September 17th shows that in the week following Apple's new iPhone release, sales of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 in South Korea increased by approximately 10% compared to the previous week. This reflects that consumers who had been waiting for Apple's new products began purchasing Samsung Galaxy phones, thus channeling some of their pent-up demand into the Samsung Galaxy series.
