Thursday, September 13, 2012

Samsung plans to increase sales of Galaxy S III to 30 million units by the end of the year


Sales of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S III can reach the mark of 30 million units by the end of the year, according to the South Korean agency Yonhap, citing the head of Samsung Mobile JK Shin.

"This year we plan to sell more than 30 million Galaxy S III", - said Shin South Korean media. To achieve this figure for the rest of the year to the end of three and a half months, the company needs to sell about 10 million of these smartphones - in the beginning of September, Samsung announced the sale of 20 million Galaxy S III.


A similar problem seems achievable for the company - Samsung has sold 20 million flagship smartphones about three months after the release of the device on the market, which makes the model very bystroprodavaemym device that the South Korean company.

According to Cnet, smartphones Galaxy S III can upgrade the software platform Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in October, which could help sales of the device. The specific date of the new version of the mobile OS is not specified.

However, competition for the attention and wallets of consumers in the traditionally lucrative for electronics manufacturers holiday season smartphone from Samsung can compete on Wednesday presented the new product by Apple - iPhone 5 smartphone. The device, which will start selling in the U.S. and other countries on 21 September, differs increased to 4 inch screen, support LTE-networks, and work on a new mobile platform, Apple iOS 6.

Global sales of Galaxy S III began in late May. The most popular smartphone uses in Europe, where currently sold over 6 million units. It is followed by Asia and the U.S. with 4.5 and 4 million, respectively, but the U.S. market Galaxy S III appeared only at the end of June. South Korean market sold 2.5 million smartphones.

According to Sheen, should prove successful and future sales of second-generation hybrid device Galaxy Note II. According to the forecast of the company, selling 5.5-inch hybrid smartphone and tablet will be twice as more successful than the results of the first-generation device.

Samsung has shipped to retailers over 10 million units of the first generation Galaxy Note for about 10 months after launch. As expected, Galaxy Note II will appear on the world market in October.

Samsung leads the smartphone segment. According to analyst firm IDC, in the second quarter of this year, the share of South Korean manufacturers accounted for approximately 32.6% of the global market.

Samsung Galaxy S III will Jelly Bean in October


Samsung called the month in which the update will be available, but did not specify a date. 4G-version of the Samsung Galaxy S III will be released with the installed Android 4.1.

The original version of the update, leaked to the network at the end of last month, will allow subscribers to T-mobile to try it out before the allotted time. Despite the fact that the earlier version had problems with backup browser, video player, Wi-Fi, it has shown that TouchWiz-interface has received significant changes. In addition, the firmware was Google Now, despite the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S III delivers with its own S Voice.

Upgrading to the Jelly Bean has received Galaxy Nexus, although some craftsmen from the forum XDA-Developers is not a problem to put Android 4.1. any phone. In August, Jelly Bean was set for the very first Android-smartphone called the T-Mobile G1. Despite the malfunctioning of certain functions, the unit as a whole to function normally, showing the versatility and flexibility of the operating system from Google.

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