Samsung said it would sell 10 million Galaxy S smartphones this year...and they seem on track, with 9.3 million in customer's hands so far.
A couple months ago, the mobile industry responded with some skepticism when Samsung said it expected to sell some 10 million Galaxy S smartphones by the end of 2010. However, new figures from Samsung seem to indicate the company’s forecasts were pretty close to the mark: Samsung announced earlier this week that it has sold some 9.3 million Galaxy S devices worldwide, and expected to hit to 10 million mark by the end of December.
Samsung also announced that it has sold 2 million Galaxy S phones in Korea since its release in June. In Korea, the Galaxy S is outselling the Apple iPhone 4, which has sold 1.8 million units so far.
The appeal of the Galaxy S smartphones is based in part on their 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird processors and 4-inch AMOLED displays. However, part of the phone’s sales success can be attributed in part to the rising fortunes of Google’s Android platform, as well as Samsung’s product strategy. Rather than being a singular device in all markets (like the iPhone 4), the Galaxy S is actually a line of smartphones, with minor variations between them on different carriers. In the United States, Galaxy S devices launched nearly simultaneously on all major carriers—with one model (the Sprint Epic 4G) perhaps representing the most significant variation on the Galaxy S design, with 4G service, front-facing camera, and a slide-out QWERTY keypad.
Samsung also noted the Galaxy Tab, it’s first Android-powered tablet, has sold 100,000 units in Korea and more than one million units worldwide.
By way of comparison, back in October Apple said it had sold some 14 million iPhones and over 7 million iPads.
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