Samsung Galaxy S III Sales Pass 20 Million
Hot on the heels of Nokia's unveiling of the new Lumia devices, Samsung has announced a new milestone for the GSIII.
Samsung's Galaxy S III isn't even six months old, but the device is already hugely successful. Despite being part caught up in a high profile lawsuit between Samsung and Apple, the phone has been selling like hotcakes since its May debut. Today Samsung announced that it has now sold 20 million units. The company passed the 10 million unit milestone in July.
Samsung said last week that the Galaxy S III reached this 20 million milestone in just 100 days, selling three times as fast as the Samsung Galaxy S2 and six times as fast as the original Galaxy S. Samsung's news comes immediately after the unveiling of Nokia's newest Lumia devices, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Both of these will run Windows 8 and will launch later this year. Though the Lumia line has seen moderate success, it's nothing on the scale of Samsung's Galaxy devices. And when you consider the success of the iPhone, Microsoft and Nokia definitely have their work cut out for them.
The Galaxy S III was announced in early May and launched around the world in the weeks following its May unveiling. Specs-wise you're looking at a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 display; a quad-core Exynos processor (or a dual-core in North America); 1GB of RAM (2GB in North America), an 8-megapixel camera on the back with a 1.9-megpixel affair up front; and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top and new gesture functions to improve navigation. Depending on the region, there's either HSPA+ or LTE support.

Hey, don't speak in bad ways of the iPhone5... It may not be out yet but it is and AMAZING and REVOLUTIONARY device that will make people's lives better and the screen is just unbelievable. I haven't seen it but we all know so. The only thing the iPhone5 will lack is Steve Jobs keynote and maybe my own purchase because I switched to SGS3 and I'm not looking back into Apple devices anytime soon!
id have to go with : TouchWiz
I own a phone from
Nokia3210 - Nokia8310 - SonyEricsonK310 - HTC Touch Pro[Raphael] (May2009) - Samsung Galaxy S1 (Oct2010) - Samsung Galaxy S3 (Aug2012)
Nokia - Good quality but when you want to join Android?
Sony - not bad good in music/sound
HTC - Will never buy them again.
Samsung - Hire more people to update/upgrade software to the latest. TQ
Think again... lol It's already been listed for infringing something in an up and coming case. Apple is really afraid of Samsung. That's for sure.
Hey, don't speak in bad ways of the iPhone5... It may not be out yet but it is and AMAZING and REVOLUTIONARY device that will make people's lives better and the screen is just unbelievable. I haven't seen it but we all know so. The only thing the iPhone5 will lack is Steve Jobs keynote and maybe my own purchase because I switched to SGS3 and I'm not looking back into Apple devices anytime soon!
But when these kids grow up.. Apple realises that they are not immune anymore and that these 'kids' can punch back hard.
Your money that you 'bullied' out from the iSheeps won't help in the face of REAL innovation, Apple.
Meanwhile China will ramp-up Samsung Galaxy clones:
There, fixed it... .3% market share share of Lumia 900/800 in a year is... not... success.
20 million Galaxy III phones...
This is why we should call bullshit on Apple. Its not until Sept, about 4 months after its release - that Apple finds that the SGS3 has "copied" the rectangle with curved corners?! Somehow, again.
This article goes over the design of the S3 that is far-away from iPhone as much as possible: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/05/04/the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-the-first-smartphone-designed-entirely-by-lawyers/
So... when does Apple start suing Apple farmers for making fruit called "apples" as well as the shape?
Apple should be legitimately raped by a rectangle-shaped dildo with rounded corners.
There is nothing wrong with the quality or style of the iPhone4... its still a very good looking device. I wouldnt buy it because of its glass back and its a theft-magnet. But apple is a prick company with their law-suit happy business tactics.
Apple's real target is Google for ripping-off its UI all the way down to its Store (environment). Possibly that's going to be the next major litigation, or Apple may pick-off one company at a time. Reminiscent back to the days of Microsoft (Jobs v Gates).
Patents - you wouldn't want a World without them, no one would spend a nickle in R&D. Patents allow for Licensing and if Samsung paid for licensing ditto we wouldn't be having this 'debate.' No patents no, little, or slow innovation.
Hypothetical example imagine your company considered spending a billion coming-up for the cure for (e.g. AIDS, Autism, etc) but you knew day #2 another company would simply copy and sell your same curing (formula) medication -- the cure would never be found because no one would waste a billion in capital.
So rather than snarky remarks with no basis, think about what you're actually saying and put yourself in each companies shoes and in the process gaining some perspective. If you owned Apple you'd protect your profits, if you owned Samsung you'd cheat or steal to make a buck; real World.
Do you want to compare REAL patentable innovations like a cure for AIDS, Cancer or Autism (or the phone!) with rounded corners on buttons and gestures to open or close something ?
Remember, Apple did not invent the phone, the tablet or even the 'windows' style interface and the Apple OS is based on Unix ! Hell, Apple does not even manufacture anything; they rather export the manufacturing jobs to other countries.
If you own an iPhone you support job exports!
Apple, "Made for the USA"