14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics’ latest flagship device, the Galaxy S, is about to reach a new milestone, the selling of its 10 millionth unit, which would make it the second most popular smartphone in the world.
Galaxy S is already the most popular Android-based handset on the global market and, provided that it’s growth continues at the same rate, it would soon manage to take down Apple’s iPhone, analysts suggest.
Apparently, Samsung is expected to reach the 10 million sold units milestone before the end of the ongoing year, as the handset moved over 9 million units as of early December.
“Over 9 million units have been sold as of the beginning of this month and the number will soon reach 10 million,” a company’s official said, Yonhap News reports.
The Android-based Samsung Galaxy S has managed to surpass the sales of Apple's iPhone on the South Korean market, Samsung announced.
According to the mobile phone maker, Galaxy S was sold in over 2 million units on the local market, while the Apple iPhone was sold in only 1.8 million units, although it was launched in the country several months before the Android handset.
The Galaxy S was released in Q2 this year with the Android 2.1 platform on board, but was updated to the Android 2.2 platform flavor in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Unfortunately, not all devices out the received the software solution, though all of them are expected to have been upgraded to Froyo in Q1 2011.
In the meantime, those who are interested in trying out unofficial software on their Galaxy S devices, would have the possibility to install the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS on it.
The handset received a Gingerbread port from Nexus S, and some features are still not working, including voice, WiFi, and GPS. However, the two are getting along pretty well, and a more polished solution might be released soon.
Samsung might also be working on delivering Android 2.3 for Galaxy S, a move that would also boost sales of the device, but that would certainly take longer than the guys over at XDA-Developers need to deliver an unofficial ROM.
Head to this post on the XDA forums to learn more on this port. The two videos below would offer a great deal of info on this as well.