But we won’t know for sure until the company has made the official announcement themselves. Plus, even if it turns out to be true, they could have valid reasoning behind it. Samsung are known for paying attention to the local needs of each market they operate in, and if they decided to release a Chinese exclusive like that, they must have determined that people in the region are interested in that more than those in other parts of the world.
In addition, if there is so much interest in the 128 GB version of the Galaxy Note 7 from all over the world, nothing’s stopping Samsung from extending the release to a global one at a later stage. They definitely have the resources to adapt their line-up at a later stage like that.
It wouldn’t be the first time something like this has happened, and the company has plenty of experience coordinating deals of this type and ensuring that everyone is happy in the end, even if they initially raise a few eyebrows with their decisions.
Their recent sales have been great, and it’s clear that they are going in the right direction with the S7 and its other versions. Hopefully they will be able to retain that momentum in the future too. Samsung are currently among the more stable companies on the Android market, and it would have a significant negative impact on the industry as a whole if they entered a troubling situation in the near future.