Samsung Laptops in USA

Any idea why Samsung does not offer its laptops in the US?[ !]

 

Many Asian manufacturers stay out the US because it's extremely competitive here and setting up things like support operations tend to be cost prohibitive.

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Understand, but the Samsung laptop seems like a top-notch product and there is always demand for quality products--especially with such a cool form-factor as the X30 and the M30 sold in the UK.

 

But, it may be hard to break into the market with so many options already availble. They may not think that the risk is worth the investment required.

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Right. I point you to the PDA market when Asus and Fujitsu make far superior Pocket PCs than what are in our market. However, it's so hard/costly to set up operations here, mainly sales and customer support, that it's simply not worth it. Don't forget that the density of our tech product buying population is nothing compared to Asia and Europe.

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One of the Samsung notebooks is sold by Gateway, but they passed up on the Nvidia gpu, and therefore it lost its appeal. It is the 200 series http://www.gateway.com/home/products/hm_ptb_200.shtml

 

I see LG is now selling their norbooks in Canada (maybe USA too?). I think it is just a matter of time before we see Samsung here.

They are very ambitious and can certainly take on Dell and HP.

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I certainly like your enthusiasm and welcome more competition, but Samsung would be the proverbial hair on the butt of Dell or HP in the US. They simply don't have the track record or marketing power to compete. That said, they may be able to play in a few niche markets, but Samsung will not be able to do anything more in the next 3-5 years...in the US anyway.

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this might sound funny but samsung i think is waiting for a joint venture with dell. it was stated in fortune and apparently even micheal dell uses a x300 or some thin and light samsung that dell is considering to offer (or before) and he seems to love it (oddly enough)

 

It is obvious that LG and Samsung both do not have the same experience with competition as do US companies. By that, I mean that all Americans want the maximum amount of goodness for the least amount of money. Overseas (both directions), they seem to go for what they want, no matter the cost.

Looking at Samsungs in the UK, getting a notebook that would run about $1250 in the states would run almost $2000 with similar specs. HP, Dell, and Gateway-eMachines would eat them alive here in the states, no matter how good the product was. LG and Samsung know this.

 

I def agree with you, another item that is much the same is cell phones, overseas they spend a lot more on their cell phones and their system is completely different then ours.

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I have often wondered the same thing. Dynamism (www.dynamism.com) does import the Samsung X10 and X30 and sells them in the US (along with several other Asian models that are not offered here) but obviously there is a price premium.