Puneet Jain 05 November 2009  Samsung today announced that sales of the Samsung Star have surpassed 10 million units, just six months after its release. The Star (S5230), launched in May, reached this sales milestone faster than any other mobile phone in Samsung’s history.By becoming the sixth Samsung mobile phone to sell 10 million units earlier this month, the Star eclipsed the record of the E250, a classic slider, which took 10 months from its release in November 2006 to reach the 10 million unit landmark. The Star hit the 5-million unit mark in just four months, selling 700,000 units in May and 900,000 units in June, before jumping to 1.6 million and 1.7 million units in July and August respectively. Monthly sales surpassed 2 million units in September and October. | |
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Samsung has launched Omnia II–GT I8000 phone in the Indian market. Samsung Omnia II is a full – touch screen phone. It comes with a price tag of Rs. 28,990. Samsung Omnia II is the 12th touch screen phone that the Samsung has launched in the market. Based on the Windows 6.1 platform Samsung Omnia II allows users to view and edit various MS-office documents like an MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint all displayed in a 3.7” bright AMOLED full touch screen. Through its Microsoft Active Sync feature, it also provides its users the facility of Push email service making it a complete ‘one stop business solution on the go’.
Samsung has announced the launch of Corby (S3653), its first mobile handset designed to support the highly connected lifestyle of today’s younger mobile users. The Samsung Corby, is a full-touch handset that places users at the centre of the social media revolution with full support for a wide range of social networks. The Samsung Corby is priced at Rs.9600
Samsung has launched the world’s first handset with a 12MP camera and full touch screen functionality – Pixon12 (M8910) in the Indian market. The Pixon12 comes packed with a host of functions which enable consumers to easily capture, browse and share their images on the move- all on a brilliant full touch 7.9 cms AMOLED screen. The Samsung PIXON12 is priced at Rs.29,990.
Samsung has launched the world’s first OMH (Open Market Handset) phone, Mpower 699, in the Indian market in cooperation with Qualcomm. The OMH technology, available on the CDMA platform, gives mobile customers the flexibility to buy a CDMA handset and SIM cards from various CDMA operators of their choice. Samsung’s Mpower 699 is the world’s first CDMA phone to offer this flexibility to customers since the network settings for the CDMA connection have shifted from the phone to the OMH SIM card. In fact, all Indian CDMA operators are providing a free OMH SIM card with distinct OMH mark along with this Samsung OMH handset in the initial phase.
Samsung has launched Omnia PRO B7320 in India. It comes with corporate email support. Samsung Omnia PRO features a QWERTY keypad and is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 which can be upgraded upto Windows Mobile 6.5. It is priced at Rs. 16,500.
Samsung has recently launched Symbian based OmniaHD in the India. OmniaHD is the World’s first full-touch handset featuring 720P HD video recording on mobile, as well as the world’s largest 9.4 cm AMOLED screen on mobile. With its 1 Ghz Processor, Samsung OmniaHD is a high performance full-touch screen phone that incorporates the latest multimedia features and fastest data communication, to offer a complete multimedia solution for consumers. It is priced at Rs. 33,990 
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