Samsung Galaxy S III Sales Top 10 Million
Samsung has hit a home run with its latest Android flagship phone, the Galaxy S III.
The company announced that it has sold more than 10 million devices within two months after launch, translating into about 190,000 phones sold per day. Since the iPhone 5 is not expected to arrive until September or October, Samsung should have another few months of decent sales.
According to a report published by Yonhap News Agency, the phone could hit total shipments of 40 million units, which would not only be a record for Samsung, but would turn the Galaxy S III into the most successful Android phone so far.
Of course, the S III trails Apple' iPhone. The company said that it sold 35.1 million iPhones in the first quarter of this year, even if there was no information how many of those phones were 3GS, 4 and 4S models. Analysts, however, generally believe that more than 90 percent of sales are 4S models, translating into about 31.5 milllion 4S models for the 3-month period.
i own an s3 btw, but we also have some apple devices at home.
how old is apple's icon btw? the app icons i mean, not the actual apple logo
but you have to realize the battery on the s3 is replaceable/upgradable. i dont personally own an s3, but i do have the s2, and i can tell you that there are 3800 mAh batteries which sell with custom back covers even for the carrier specific sprint version that i have. going by this i would expect third party batteries to be readily available for about 20-30 dollars for the s3.
try 70-100 dollars...nice try
I was reluctant at first as between her optimus and my evo I had grown tired and annoyed with Android.
She has had the phone about a week now and I have had ample time to play with it and set it up for her.
I have to admit I am very impressed. The phone is absolutely gorgeous, battery lasts plenty long enough, ICS is much much better than gingerbread, performance is stellar, and the screen is beautiful.
I've been so impressed that I have almost reconsidered my stance on not getting another android phone. I am going to still wait until November and compare WP8 to ICS/Jelly bean and then re-evaluate.
The SG3 has set the bar pretty high though. I did a side by side comparison with the HTC Evo 4G LTE and my wife and I both agreed we liked the SG3 more. The build/design of the Evo was overall higher quality but software was what made up our minds. The Evo still had lag/studders with screen transitions and in a few other places and (as a current Evo owner) we could definitely attribute it to the Sense skin. The SG3 touchwhiz was less intrusive and seemed to feel smoother overall.
I just feel sorry for the people that would be tied down to a 2/3-year contract on any iPhone. Things don't move in that world at all, same boring puny screen with the same dummy-proof UI.
They should do study on how much the puny screen has permanently damaged a typical consumer's eyes. Study 2, how much dumber a typical user gets after using iOS.
I have been using webos since the pre, and my 2 year contract had been up for a while. My pre2 was all i needed, but wall-mart was cleaning out the old s2's for .11 cents! (2/yr contr) And for .11 cents i just couldn't resist.
The galaxy s2 i777 is an awesome phone, but Android is clunky compared to webOS.
I put ICS 4.0.3 on it. not much difference, but all the apps do make up for the UI.
Open WebOS 1.0 will be out at the end of the year, cannot wait to see webOS on this beautiful screen.