14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung already managed to sell a number of over 10 million Galaxy S II smartphones, only several months after making the device available for purchase on the market.
The leading handset vendor has just announced the new milestone, stating that it managed to sell the last 5 million units in only eight months.
The Samsung Galaxy S II was unveiled to the world back in February, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, but arrived on shelves only about three months later.
The main reason for this delay was that Samsung decided to clock its application processor higher than initially planned, at 1.2GHz.
The flagship device managed to impress users all around the world since day one, and reached the aforementioned 10 million sales mark without being present on the market in the United States.
“Since its launch in late April 2011, the GALAXY S II has seen continued sales success, demonstrating Samsung's industry-leading capabilities in - and commitment to - the smartphone market” said JK Shin, president and head of Samsung's Mobile Communications Business.
“In just five months the GALAXY S II has seen tremendous growth, reflecting its tremendous popularity with customers around the world, who in selecting the GALAXY S II as their device of choice have driven the device's strong market position globally.”
The mobile phone packs a large 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen display, can deliver powerful performance, and sports an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with support for HD video recording.
The mobile phone runs under Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and can offer a great experience when it comes to running applications or accessing various services available for the owners of handsets based on this mobile OS.
“The next generation smartphone also includes Samsung's four content and entertainment hubs, seamlessly integrated to provide instant access to music, games, e-reading and social networking services,” the mobile phone maker explains.