Sales of the Galaxy S III surpassed 20 million units in the 100 days after its May debut

OCT 2012

Sales of the Galaxy S III surpassed 20 million units in the 100 days after its May debut, Samsung said on September 6. The company also is marketing the Galaxy Note II phone, equipped with a pen and a larger screen than the S III, after the first version sold more than 10 million units.

Samsung shipped about 32.3 per cent of all smartphones in the quarter ended in June, with Apple second at 16.7 per cent, according to data. In the first quarter, Samsung had 28.9 per cent and Apple 23 per cent.

"Thanks to the successful launch of the Galaxy Note II, Samsung's smartphone earnings will stay on the steady trend in the fourth quarter,- Shin Hyun Joon, a Seoul-based analyst at Dongbu Securities, said in a September 28 report.

Samsung probably shipped 57.1 million smartphones in the third quarter, according to Seoul-based Daishin Securities' estimate.

That would surpass the 50.5 million units Samsung shipped in the previous quarter, a record amount for a single vendor, according to estimates from industry researcher Strategy Analytics.

Sales of the Galaxy S III surpassed 20 million units in the 100 days after its May debut, Samsung said on September 6. The company also is marketing the Galaxy Note II phone, equipped with a pen and a larger screen than the S III, after the first version sold more than 10 million units.

Samsung shipped about 32.3 per cent of all smartphones in the quarter ended in June, with Apple second at 16.7 per cent, according to data. In the first quarter, Samsung had 28.9 per cent and Apple 23 per cent.

"Thanks to the successful launch of the Galaxy Note II, Samsung's smartphone earnings will stay on the steady trend in the fourth quarter,- Shin Hyun Joon, a Seoul-based analyst at Dongbu Securities, said in a September 28 report.

Samsung shipped about 32.3 per cent of all smartphones in the quarter ended in June, with Apple second at 16.7 per cent, according to data. In the first quarter, Samsung had 28.9 per cent and Apple 23 per cent.

Apple, lagging behind only Samsung in the $219 billion global smartphone market, last month started selling the iPhone 5 with a bigger screen, lightweight body design and a faster processor than previous models.