Samsung said it has sold 5 million Galaxy S II handsets in 85 days of availability in South Korea, Japan and some European countries, according to Yonhap News.
That speedy clip comes after Samsung sold 3 million of the Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" devices in 55 days and 1 million in less than a month in Korea alone.
The white-hot sales bode well for Samsung, which just launched the Galaxy S II in China but has yet to release the much-ballyhooed phones through carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless in the U.S. The big mystery is: when will the new devices launch stateside?
Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung’s mobile business and digital imaging, said at a media briefing July 19 that the company would launch the Galaxy S II phones in the U.S. this August.
However, Samsung’s U.S. contingent told eWEEK July 20: "Samsung Mobile politely declines to comment on the upcoming availability of the Galaxy S II in the U.S."
Meanwhile, Boy Genius Report snagged these images of AT&T’s Galaxy S II slider smartphone.
Other Galaxy S II handsets have proven to be thinner and lighter than the Galaxy S predecessors that sold over 10 million units in the U.S. in 2010. The new handsets also use 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus (Super active-matrix organic LED Plus) screens and are powered by 1.2GHz processors.
To read the original eWeek article, click here: Samsung Galaxy S II Sales Hit 5M Ahead of U.S. Debut
