Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading mobile handset provider, this year has achieved annual mobile handset sales of 300 million units for the first time in Samsung’s history.
“We are incredibly proud of this record-breaking sales milestone and have exceeded the annual target announced early this year, which is testament to the enduring appeal of Samsung phones with consumers around the world,” said JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business.
“Our performance in the mobile industry remains unrivalled. Samsung is the only manufacturer bringing such an exceptional choice of handsets to customers across a broad range of platforms including Android, Windows and Samsung’s own bada platform — and on a truly global scale. We look forward to extending this success going into 2012.”
Samsung’s portfolio of bada smartphones continues to gain sales momentum around the world, further boosted in 2011 with the launch of the newly upgraded bada 2.0. This year, Samsung announced exciting new additions to the bada-powered Wave smartphone portfolio, including the flagship Wave 3 which is will be soon available in the GCC market.