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As we all know that South Korea is the second largest place out of the china affected by the Coronavirus.

So far, there are 2,300 cases and more than 13 deaths have been reported in S. Korea due to COIVD 19.

Unfortunately, the virus is not becoming deadly for the humans only but it also starts affecting the tech giants like Apple and Samsung as well all around the world.

Among all these, one telecom official of the Samsung has claimed Corona Virus for their declined initial sales of Galaxy S20 in their home country – (Source)

“Sales were affected by sharp declines in discounts for new phones and the number of visitors to offline stores due to coronavirus infection fears,”

As per the sources, Samsung sold only 70,800 units of its latest Galaxy S20 series on Thursday (27th February, 2020) which is sharply lower than the previous series of Samsung Galaxy.

Galaxy S10 were launched in March and sold 140,000 units on its first day. On the other hand, Galaxy Note 10 smartphones were launched in August and their first day sale was of 220,000 units.

Besides it, costly price tags are also considering as one of the downfall that has raised eyebrows and might be responsible for slow sales of the latest Samsung phones in South Korea.

Samsung Galaxy S20 series includes S20 ($999.99), S20 Plus ($1,199.99) and the S20 Ultra ($1,399.99).

Not only Samsung, but other tech companies like Apple and Microsoft were also stated this month that they could not meet the revenue forecasted for the third quarter of the year as their supply channels disrupted due to the CoronaVirus.