Partnership marks first of its form drone supply service for Samsung Globally
Samsung Electronics at present introduced a brand new partnership with Manna Drone Delivery, a transfer that may see drone supply made accessible to Irish prospects when buying the newest vary of Galaxy units (together with the S21 Ultra, the Galaxy Buds Pro, the Galaxy Tab S7, the Galaxy Watch 3, and Samsung’s just lately launched Galaxy A Series) by way of Samsung.com/ie.
(From left) Eamonn Grant, Head of Online at Samsung Ireland, and Alan Hicks, CTO of Manna
The new service, which is a primary for Samsung globally, will facilitate an end-to-end contactless expertise for Samsung prospects from their preliminary on-line order by means of the corporate’s Irish eStore, proper by means of to success. The service will first be made accessible to prospects primarily based in Oranmore with Samsung and Manna eager to develop this service nationwide sooner or later.
Manna makes use of custom-developed aerospace grade drones to ship merchandise on to buyer’s houses. Their drones fly at an altitude of 50-80 meters and a pace of over 60kph – enabling supply to houses in Oranmore inside Three minutes.
Commenting on the information, Eamonn Grant, Head of Online for Samsung Ireland stated, “At Samsung we are always looking for ways to bring meaningful innovation to our customers so we’re really excited to be the first technology company in Ireland to make our products available to our customers via drone delivery. To be able to deliver our products to our customers within three minutes of leaving the dispatch center is a brilliant example of innovation in motion. Superior customer experience is at the heart of what we do and with this new service we are embracing what we believe will be the future of retail. In the current environment, there is no better time to provide a contactless alternative to ‘click and collect’ and we are really thrilled to be partnering Manna to achieve this.”
“This partnership with Samsung marks the first of its kind in the world. To date, we have been working with Tesco and local businesses to deliver grocery, hot food, books and pharmacy items, to people in the area. We recognize that the potential for the application of drone delivery is enormous. Samsung is one of the most innovative and widely recognized brands globally that always puts its customers front and center. It’s for this reason we are genuinely excited to be embarking on this next chapter with them,” stated Alan Hicks, CTO of Manna.
The drone supply possibility shall be accessible to Oranmore-based prospects who buy a Galaxy gadget by way of Samsung.com/ie from at present.
About Manna
Manna Drone Delivery is the world’s first aviation-grade B2B drone supply ‘as-a-service’ firm. The Manna drone fleet – which is autonomous – is operated by Manna immediately from the restaurant, darkish kitchen or retail premises and is accessible by way of API to meals tech suppliers and on-line meals platforms alike in a channel-agnostic method. One fleet for all demand.
