SYDNEY, Australia – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced it has sold 10 million of its Android-powered GALAXY S smartphones. The milestone was reached less than seven months after the device was launched in June 2010.
JK Shin, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics, said “The GALAXY S is the result of our 22 year heritage in the mobile industry. It is the realisation of our concept of ‘the Smart Life’ – we wanted to makes users’ lives more convenient, more exciting, and more integrated. Today’s milestone shows that we have succeeded: 10 million GALAXY S users around the world are living the Smart Life.”
“The GALAXY S has set a new standard in smartphones and outperformed even our own expectations. We are proud of this achievement; to consistently sell over 1.4 million devices per month clearly demonstrates the consumer demand for relevant, empowering mobile experiences. We will continue to meet this demand, delivering leading innovation and building smartphones that will maximize user experiences.”
Introduced by JK Shin at CTIA Las Vegas in March 2010, the Android-powered GALAXY S incorporates a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a 1 GHz application processor that enables vibrant HD videos, rich augmented reality content through Layar Reality Browser and advanced LBS (Location Based Services).
“The Samsung GALAXY S has also achieved outstanding success in Australia,” said Tyler McGee, Vice President of Telecommunications, Samsung Electronics Australia. “Since its launch in July 2010, we’ve seen strong consumer adoption with a consistent growth in sales. The continuing demand has driven us to introduce a new white GALAXY S to the range, exclusive to Vodafone for the first 8 weeks, available January 12th.”
The release of the white Samsung GALAXY S this week follows on from the recent launch of the Android 2.2 (Froyo) software upgrade in which Samsung offered Australian users additional value through the inclusion of two free mobile applications. These are turn-by-turn navigation by NAVIGON with Australian and New Zealand maps and the Press Reader app where consumers can subscribe to have both Australian and international newspapers delivered direct to their phone daily.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2009 consolidated sales of US$116.8 billion. Employing approximately 174,000 people in 193 offices across 66 countries, the company consists of eight independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognised as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.au
About Samsung Mobile
Samsung is Australia's and the world's number two manufacturer of mobile phones. Key to its success has been its unwavering focus on delivering premium quality, superior designed, multi-media mobile phones. Major innovations in these areas include the world’s first 10 Megapixel camera phone; 8 mobile TV phones across 4 different broadcasting services, the first 8GB hard disk drive (HDD) embedded music smartphone and the world’s fastest High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology.
