Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is outselling standard Galaxy S6, despite premium price

Phone-maker rewarded for taking a risk with phone design?

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge variant is selling faster than the standard Galaxy S6, with tech fans seemingly happy to pay extra for a handset that stands out amid a sea of identikit, slab-shaped smartphones.

Of pre-orders taken by uSwitch Tech for the Galaxy S6 since it became available on March 20th, 53% are for the more costly sloped screen-toting Edge iteration.

To put that in some kind of context in terms of comparative pricing, the cheapest Galaxy S6 Edge contracts that include a free phone start at £48.50 per month.

If you want the Galaxy S6 on a free-phone deal, though, you’re looking at minimum outlay of £34.50 per month.

That works out at a difference of £336 over the course of a two-year contract. A not inconsiderable sum by anyone’s measure, right?

So what to read into this?

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