Samsung pushes past 300m phone sales in a year
updated 12:05 pm EST, Sun December 11, 2011
Samsung over 300m phones in 2011 by December
Samsung on Sunday revealed that it had already shipped over 300 million cellphones in 2011. It had already reached the figure by the end of November, breaking past last year's 280 million a month ahead of time. The Korean firm credited much of the success to a smartphone mix headed up by the Galaxy S II.
The 4.3-inch, dual-core smartphone has been its fastest-selling smartphone to date and cracked 10 million in five months. While slower than what Apple sees for the iPhone, Samsung's sheer number of smartphone models helped it become the top smartphone maker worldwide, although that figure may not hold in the wake of the iPhone 4S.
The company's mobile group president, JK Shin, anticipated "extending this success" into 2012. Tips have pointed to the company repeating the strategy used in 2011 of high-end devices being unveiled early in the year, such as a much faster Galaxy S III.
An increasing share of this may come from the US. Recent breakdowns of top-selling smartphones in the US have shown a two-way Apple and Samsung race where Samsung has mostly been cannibalizing Android's market share through the decline of fellow supporters like HTC.
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Wow, why don't we send them all some chocolate chip cookies for their reward. All that attention deserves at least a cookie.