Samsung plans to ship 510 million phones in 2013

The Korean Times has reported that the Korean-phone maker, Samsung, has announced that they plan to ship 510 million phones by 2013. That is surpassing their 2012 total shipment of 420 million devices. Samsung in 2012 has already grabbed the greater chunk of the global market share in both smartphones and feature phones, being the #1 phone/smartphone manufacturer. With that plan of shipping 510 million devices, Samsung said that it will be comprising 390 million as smartphones and 120 million as feature phones. Also, Samsung said that with that number it expects to contribute 29% of global shipment of mobile devices. With the Samsung Galaxy S IV ready to be announced at MWC 2013, this should not be a problem for Samsung. All they really have to do is to keep on spitting out stellar devices in 2013 and this trend will apparently continue.

The Samsung Galaxy Grand

Samsung, before the world ended, announced the Samsung Galaxy Grand. This device, is probably the Korean-based company's last device to be announced for 2012, assuming they won't announce anything else in 2012. The Galaxy Grand, looks like a Galaxy S II (one of those versions in the US) and  runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean right out of the box. Carrying these things plus the fact that the device is actually a dual-SIM smartphone, the Galaxy Grand is probably a smartphone targeted for the Chinese, Korean, Philippine, and Indian market. But of course expect Samsung to be launching this on other markets aside from those I mentioned since this device also comes in a single-SIM version.

Beautiful on the Outside and the Inside - Innards of the Galaxy Note II

Most, if not all, people will not really bother how their devices look like inside the casing and the screen. What matters most, really, is how the device looks outside. Samsung, released a photo on their Samsung Tomorrow site on how the Galaxy Note II's innards look like. You be the judge, is the Galaxy Note II's innards as pretty as how the phablet looks like from the outside with casing on?

The smartest smartphone just got even smarter - Premium Suite upgrade for the Galaxy S III

Yup! The world's smartest smartphone just got even smarter. I know that the Galaxy Note II is a brilliant device, who wouldn't agree with me on that if it carries all the features you would want in a smartphone that is just smaller than the Note II? Well, Samsung heard you all. The maker of the most brilliant smartphone will be bringing that Premium Suite software onto the Galaxy S III making the S3 even more brilliant that it already is. The Korean-based company posted a demo video about it (part 1). Watch the video and S3 users will definitely be waiting for this.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II surpasses 5 million in global sales

Samsung announced that they have officially sold more than 5 million Galaxy Note IIs globally. So, how did it fair with the first Galaxy Note? Well, the first Galaxy Note sold 5 million units of it in 5 months and the Galaxy Note II did it only in 3 months making it the fastest selling phablet Samsung ever made yet, apparently it is also the most bought phablet and I believe it's the only real phablet out there. But we still need to see how the HTC Droid DNA (J Butterfly) do in the market as it is just making way in the US market. Samsung's official press release is after the break so if you want someone official to say it then read on.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 starts getting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in Farnce

According to SamMobile, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 WiFi (GT-P3110)! The OTA-only update has only been started in France, but if you own one of these tablets, there is no harm in checking of it is available for you already. If you are not from France, a comment on this post saying that you got the update is appreciated. For those who are in France, the update is only administered OTA (over the air), which means you won't get it via Samsung Kies. So connect to a good WiFi hotspot and start downloadin your Jelly Bean goodness! Cheers!

The Samsung Galaxy Note II's real competition the HTC Droid DNA (Comparison)

Well, what do we have here? Forget about LG's attempt in taking a bit of Samsung's phablet market with their LG Optimus Vu (that was lame), this is the real competition that the Galaxy Note line of devices from Sammy has ever faced. HTC already announced this device in Japan but yesterday, Verizon announced it and dubbed it as the HTC Droid DNA. It is apparently, the smartphone with the world's largest screen resolution on it. It sports a 1080p HD (1920x1090) native resolution which equates to a 441 pixels per inch density. That, alone makes the Galaxy Note II cry for help. But, fret not, the Galaxy Note II still has some tricks up its sleeves.

The Samsung Galaxy S III is the most popular smartphone in Q3 of 2012

After getting list after list of being the "best smartphone of the year", the Samsung Galaxy S III, yet again, made it to the top by bumping the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5 shipments in Q3 of 2012. According to Strategic Analytics, the most popular smartphone for the 3rd quarter of this year is Samsung's Android flagship smartphone. With that said, the statistics company confirms that the Galaxy S III has been shipped to more customers more than it's nearest rival, Apple's iPhone 4S. The real challenge for the Galaxy S III, I believe, is will it be able to maintain this position in Q4 where the real sales and shipment figures of the iPhone 5 will be revealed.

comScore releases Q3 US mobile subscriber share report - Samsung leads the pack

This does not come as a surprise actually, because it has been years that Samsung has been leading the US market for mobile phones (which includes smartphones and non-smartphones). comScore released their quarterly Mobile Phone Report for the 3rd quarter of this year and, guess what? Samsung leads the pack with a 26% market share in the US for mobile phone including smartphones.

3 million Galaxy Notes sold and 30 million Galaxy S IIIs sold!

The two babies of Samsung, the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note II, has made records again. Samsung's fastest selling Galaxy S device ever has already made it to the 30 million units sold mark while the mos powerful mobile device ever has already sold 3 million units, considering that it was only available in the market within a month. It's not really a surprise the the Galaxy S III is selling good because the ever since the launch of the first Galaxy S, it has been the most popular Android device ever, Samsung just made a new record with the SGS III.