Seoul: The World’s Biggest Technology Firm Samsung Electronics has claimed that global sales of its Galaxy smartphone series topped 50 million units.
Cumulative global sales of Galaxy S2, Samsung’s flagship smartphone, surpassed 28 million units as of now, with sales for Galaxy S exceeding 24 million units, Xinhua reports quoting an e-mailed statement.
The Galaxy S2 recorded the fastest sales growth in the tech firm’s history, topping the 28 million mark around 13 months after its debut. The Galaxy S tightened its grip on the smartphone market as a steady seller by surpassing the 24 million mark around 2 years after its launch, Samsung said.
Meanwhile, global sales of Galaxy Note that is not only a tablet but also a smartphone topped 7 million units since the Galaxy-branded device was launched in October last year, according to Samsung.
The tech firm said that brisk sales of the Galaxy Note helped enhance the Galaxy-brand position in the global market.
Samsung, shipped 44.5 million smartphones in the first quarter, exceeding the 35.1 million of US rival Apple, according to market researcher Strategy Analytics last month.
It said the Korean firm also overtook Nokia as the biggest maker of all types of mobile phone in the same period.
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