There’s no surprise that success of Galaxy S made Samsung a very important player in the smartphone arena. Now the company has announced that the original Galaxy S and its successor, Galaxy S II have passed a new milestone. Samsung has managed to sell over 30 million units of both Galaxy S and S II (cumulatively).

The numbers reflect for the sales all over the world with the Galaxy S taking 66 percent of the total share with 20 million handsets and Galaxy S II about 10 million.

Speaking of the latest generation Galaxy S handset, Galaxy S II is the fastest selling smartphone in Samsung’s history that broke 10 million sales figure in just 5 months.
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Samsung has just released Android 2.3.3 for its Galaxy S (I9000) device but it seems they’re already working on the next Android 2.3.4 version. Samfirmware has snooped a new firmware build for the phone that will upgrade it to Android 2.3.4, making it at par with Nexus S. The XXJVP build was released on June 3 and is now available for download on Samfirware.

A test carried out by Korea Communications Commission has confirmed that Samsung’s Galaxy A and Galaxy S running on SKT are two smartphones in South Korea that drops least number of calls. The commission conducted the test between October to December of last year after receiving series of complaints related to dropped calls on smartphones.

The commission picked up two bestselling smartphones on each operator and tested the call success rates.

Interestingly, the test found Apple’s iPhone on KT at the bottom of the list with at least 4 out of 100 calls being dropped.

Galaxy S Plus that was confirmed by Samsung Russia has now been announced as the Galaxy S 2011 Edition. Design-wise, the new Galaxy S is similar to the original one but its the hardware and software that matters. The 2011 Edition is pre-installed with Android 2.3 OS and comes with a 1.4GHz CPU, 14.4Mbps HSPA+ and higher capacity 1650mAh battery.

As for other features, you’d find a 4-inch Super AMOLED WVGA display, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording, 512MB RAM, 2GB ROM, microSD card slot, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS.

It will arrive in May for 21,990 rubles.

Samsung’s CEO has released a statement “we are about to discovered the Samsung Galaxy S successor at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011″. And to make it more specific, an invitation for the unveiling has been sent to media outlets all over the world.
Take a look at the picture above, the invitation uses such a catchy phrase like “evolution is fate” and “something big is coming.” The new Samsung Galaxy S will be officially introduced on February 13th and we could watch a preview teaser which will be available on February 1st. [BGR]

MWC 2011 is coming soon, and I believe Samsung as one of the most popular smartphone manufacturer has prepared to make a surprise for us. Yesterday, we heard that the GT-i9023 show up at the FCC, and now have a look on the picture above, The picture were taken by SamFirmware, which identifies the S5830 as some sort of Galaxy S-mini. It’s hard to get a good sense of scale from the photos, but by doing a little pixel-counting, it seems like this smartphone has the same size as the Galaxy S. We also heard some rudimentary specifications on the phone, it will feature a 5-megapixel camera taking 720p video, a 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD expansion – pretty much what we’ve come to expect from a smartphone at this point. The Samsung S5830 is planning to be announced at the MWC, so let’s just wait. [source]

Samsung is ready for a bigger challenge by adding a new Galaxy S smartphone with dual core and Super AMOLED+ screen. The device hasn’t announced yet but The company revealed plans to introduce a dual-core next-gen Galaxy S at the Mobile World Congress next month. Shin Jong-kyun, Head of Samsung’s mobile business division had a statement that along with a dual-core processor, the new Galaxy S will also have a Super AMOLED plus screen with “enhanced density”. The phone will be running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread which is the newest current Android version. Well, I think it’s all very exciting, since this Galaxy S2 has a great potential to be the best smartphone in 2011. [Source]

Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday that it had sold more than 10 million units of Galaxy S phones to global mobile operators since June last year, including 4 million units to North America, 2.5 million units to Europe. The South Korean phone maker has sold 2 million the Android-running Galaxy S devices in the domestic market.

Samsung Galaxy S has got a new member, the Samsung i909. The Samsung i909 is an Android-powered smartphone which comes with a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen display, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 5MP AutoFocus camera. We guess that the i909 probably runs on Android 2.1 OS. We don’t have further information about the smartphone but we’ll keep you updated
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The White Samsung Galaxy has been expected everywhere, and Samsung has presented a new color for its hot selling Galaxy S (SHW-M110S). SKT Telecom gives an offer for the customer to buy the new Snow White model of Galaxy S. The high-gloss polished Snow White with a chrome bezel and black front is said to give a luxurious feel. just FYI, Samsung confirmed that Galaxy S sales in South Korea have surpassed 800,000 units, that’s pretty good. And to remind you the international version of Galaxy S in white was spotted before at Phone House. [Samsung Hub]

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