By blanketing every corner of virtually every carrier in the American market, Samsung's mobile division has now laid claim to the rather lofty mark of 150 million handsets sold in the US market since it first set up shop this side of the pond eleven years ago. Though glitzy, marketing-heavy efforts like the
Instinct,
Glyde, and
BlackJack series get the better part of the spotlight, Samsung likely owes almost all of its success to its stunning effectiveness in getting series after series of carrier-customized, low-cost flips into customers' hands at a blistering pace -- a pace that has left competitors like Motorola just a little shellshocked. A company rep is boasting that they'll push another 30 million in total this year, so no rush getting down to the store; if you want a Sammy, odds are they'll have what you're looking for.
[Thanks, fkl]
posted Jul 24th 2008 4:17PM
Before anyone says "Oooooh, and Apple only sold 5 million or so iPhones! They suck!", mind the part about these being mostly low-cost flips that people get for free.
does anybody know how many Samshit sold to T-Mobile?
Geez, did they kill your dog or something? And Samsung sells plenty of phones to T-Mobile that are worth using- just not T-Mobile USA. The plus side is that any T-Mobile phone can be used with any T-Mobile SIM so get a nice locked Samsung from T-Mobile Germany or something and use you T-Mobile USA card.
Crap commenting system.
DT, way to get an Apple comment in, you loser.
But in all seriousness it must be a slow day for news.
Meh, still pretty intresting though...