Samsung Galaxy S and note handset shipments will exceed 100 million this year

Smart-phone penetration in China, India and Brazil has rapidly increased the number of Samsung Galaxy S and note handsets this year will continue to grow in excess of 100 million smartphone markets, 2017 global shipments will reach 1.5 billion 2012 years to 2013 of the Android Tablet PC shipments also has more than 40 million Sina technology news Beijing time of November 7, Samsung Joint CEO Shen Zongjun Wednesday said that the company this year's Galaxy S and Galaxy Note Mobile phone shipments will be more than 100 million parts. Another group of Samsung figures showed that Android tablet shipments in the 2012-year period to 2013 were also more than 40 million, much higher than last year's 17.6 million units. Shen Zongjun says the global smartphone penetration rate is currently only 21%, suggesting there is still room for growth. Strategy Analytcis, a market research firm, expects global smartphone shipments to be around 1 billion this year, to 1.5 billion in 2015. China, India and Brazil are booming, but Samsung faces competition from companies such as Millet (China) and Micromax (India) in emerging markets. Samsung expects higher-priced high-end handsets such as Galaxy S4 to exceed market expectations. In addition, the company also launched a new term called fonblet, which refers to a large screen phone with stylus and support for handwriting, which seems to be very similar to the PDA that was born in the 1980 's. (PEI)