Samsung Galaxy S II hits 3 million pre-orders
updated 11:00 pm EDT, Sun May 8, 2011
Samsung Galaxy S II at 3m pre-orders by May
Samsung claimed unprecedented genuine demand for the Galaxy S II on Sunday night. The electronics giant said it had picked up three million pre-orders worldwide for its dual-core Android phone by the end of April, when it went on sale in Korea. Orders were expected to only go up as the phone reached global scale and peaked at 120 countries.
The number suggested pent-up demand beyond just Samsung's home country, where it sold 120,000 of the phones in the first few days. It may force the company to up its forecast for the phone since it had predicted 10 million Galaxy S IIs shipping for the entire year.
Demand is likely to taper off, but at this rate could see Samsung's rapid growth in smartphones continue and threaten companies like Apple. The Galaxy S II has earned much of its early buzz from being the fastest phone to date as well as its 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display.
Its performance could change with the launch of the HTC Sensation by the summer as well as the next iPhone in September.
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I'm not exactly clear how this poses a threat to
Apple's iPhone. Consumers aren't necessarily buying iPhones because of the hardware. I'm fairly certain from the people I know using them it has to do with the iOS ecosystem and Apple branding. Most of the people using iPhones say they have some sort of trust in Apple for customer service and such. I think the Samsung Galaxy S II will have more challenges from rival Android vendors all trying to outdo one another through hardware. The Galaxy S II will be rapidly superceded by some faster Android smartphone, so its shelf life will be shortlived. Android smartphones are not doing any harm to iPhone sales as Apple is still selling as many as they can produce. Once iPhone 5 is released on three U.S. carriers, sales will shoot up as BlackBerry users move to the iPhone.