Not even two months and Samsung's flagship Galaxy S3 is about to create a history. The latest smartphone of the Korean electronics giant, even before launching in the US completely, will be touching a dream sales figure of 10 million units by the end of July, the company said.
"Samsung's Galaxy S3 was expected to see its global sales top 10 million units in July. It will become the fastest 10-million-seller in Samsung's history," Xinhua News Agency quoted Shin Jong-kyun, president and head of Samsung's mobile communications business.
"We're doing fairly well in emerging-economy markets ... I think our second-quarter earnings will be better than the first quarter's, despite the difficult economic situation in Europe," Shin added.
The company is planning to ship S3 to 302 wireless carriers in 147 different countries worldwide by the end of July.
Moreover, the handset manufacturer also expects to sell as many as 200 million smartphones by the end of this year to remain at the top.
But Samsung's sales figure has always been shrouded with mystery and confusion. According to The Guardian, the expected sales figures refer to shipping figure of the Galaxy S3 to carriers, not customers; "unlike Apple, which is able to record activations of each iPhone by an end-user, Samsung does not disclose sales figures to consumers."
Shin, however, has predicted that not only sales estimates, earnings from its handset division would be higher in the current second quarter than what happened in the first quarter of 2012.
"The overall market condition was challenging due to euro zone issues and tight supply of components ... but [our] second-quarter results will be better than the first quarter," Shin said.
AFP reported, citing market researcher Strategy Analytics in April, Samsung shipped 44.5 million smartphones in the first quarter while Apple shipped 35.1 million units.
Meanwhile, the company will be rolling out the South Korean variant of the Galaxy S3 on the faster, upgraded 4G LTE networks of SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus. A latest report from The Verge has indicated that the South Korean variant of the phone will be featuring 4G LTE support and 2GB RAM as well as the quad-core Exynos processor. If rumors are to be believed, Samsung would be the first smartphone manufacturer to officially release world's first quad-core LTE phone. Now that's another record.
