Samsung sells 20 million Galaxy S III’s in 100 days

Samsung has announced that it has managed to sell (Not ship) 20 million units of the Galaxy S III in just 100 days after its launch in May. Recently, the Galaxy S III also became the first phone to unsurp the iPhone from top spot in the US market and this news only cements the dominance of the Galaxy S III. Samsung already says that the Galaxy S III is its most successful smartphone.

According to Samsung, it has 6 million units in Europe, 4.5 million units in Asia, 4 million in North America and 2.5 million in its home country South Korea. Previously, as of June it  had sold 24 million units of the Galaxy S and 28 million units of the Galaxy II.
Admittedly, the Galaxy S III has been launched at a time when its direct competitors in terms of specs were its Android compatriots from HTC and LG and not a new iPhone. Clearly, Samsung has made the most of it while consumers have waited for the next iPhone which is scheduled to unveiled to the world on September 12.
While Samsung intends to improve the Galaxy S III experience further with an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, we cannot help thinking the phone is in for stiff competition in the form of the next iPhone and an armada of Windows Phone 8 devices led by the recently launched Nokia Lumia 920, which admittedly packs in some really nasty photography chops in a well designed shell.