It reported that presales for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded 50,000 units in just 30 minutes. Another 20,000 preorders were handled in the first 20 minutes by LG Uplus Corp., while SK Telecom Co. declined to offer specific figures. The presales suggest that Apple could make significant gains in South Korea, a market where it has just a 6 percent market share. Samsung is unsurprisingly the dominant player in its home country, accounting for 63 percent of devices. Samsung itself admitted last month that it launched the Galaxy Note 4 early in South Korea and China because consumers showed a "positive reaction" to the announcement of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The Galaxy Note 4 debuted in September, and made its way to the U.S. earlier this month. The iPhone 6 Plus, in particular, is Apple's response to the popular "phablet" trend of jumbo-sized smartphones.