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The United States is one of Samsung's biggest markets and with the threat of tariffs looming, the company faces the difficult decision of either having to raise prices for consumers to reduce its margins.
While the 90-day pause on tariffs is still in effect, Samsung is looking to ramp up production of its flagship phone as a hedge against the uncertainty.
Korean media is reporting that Samsung is going to make an extra 800,000 units of its Galaxy S25 phones in May, likely in a bid to get as many units as it can into the United States if the tariff pause is rolled back.
Samsung has reportedly informed its component suppliers that it intends to manufacture 16.2 million units of phones and tablets this month, with only 400,000 of that total being accounted for by tablets. It aims to manufacture 3.3 million units of the Galaxy S25 series, split across 1.3 million for the Galaxy S25, 500,000 for the Galaxy S25+, and 1.5 million for the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
The company had reportedly told suppliers in April that it would manufacture 2.5 million units of its flagship series in May, but that target now seems to have been revised upwards by 800,000 units. Industry watchers believe that this is likely being done to mitigate the uncertainty that will be caused if tariffs are implemented at the previously communicated rates.
Since Vietnam is where Samsung phones are made and then exported to the United States, and with that country facing a higher tariff rate than India, Samsung is also reportedly looking to shift the bulk of the production meant for the US to India, in order to limit the cost that the tariffs would have it bear.
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While the 90-day pause on tariffs is still in effect, Samsung is looking to ramp up production of its flagship phone as a hedge against the uncertainty.
The race is on to fill up warehouses in the US before exemption ends
Korean media is reporting that Samsung is going to make an extra 800,000 units of its Galaxy S25 phones in May, likely in a bid to get as many units as it can into the United States if the tariff pause is rolled back.
Samsung has reportedly informed its component suppliers that it intends to manufacture 16.2 million units of phones and tablets this month, with only 400,000 of that total being accounted for by tablets. It aims to manufacture 3.3 million units of the Galaxy S25 series, split across 1.3 million for the Galaxy S25, 500,000 for the Galaxy S25+, and 1.5 million for the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
The company had reportedly told suppliers in April that it would manufacture 2.5 million units of its flagship series in May, but that target now seems to have been revised upwards by 800,000 units. Industry watchers believe that this is likely being done to mitigate the uncertainty that will be caused if tariffs are implemented at the previously communicated rates.
Since Vietnam is where Samsung phones are made and then exported to the United States, and with that country facing a higher tariff rate than India, Samsung is also reportedly looking to shift the bulk of the production meant for the US to India, in order to limit the cost that the tariffs would have it bear.
The post Samsung making 800,000 extra Galaxy S25 units to beat US tariff threat appeared first on imeisource.