Samsung sells more than 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones

An event employee displays a Samsung
Electronics Co. Galaxy S4 smartphone at the
World IT Show 2013 in Seoul, South Korea, on
Tuesday, May 21, 2013. South Korea's Samsung
Electronics said on Thursday that global sales
of its latest flagship Galaxy smartphone had
topped 10 million units less than a month after
its debut. -- FILE PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's
Samsung Electronics said on
Thursday that global sales of its
latest flagship Galaxy
smartphone had topped 10
million units less than a month
after its debut.
A company statement said the
Galaxy S4 had already topped
the 10-million sales mark
worldwide following its April 26
launch. Its predecessor, the S3,
had taken 50 days to pass the
same threshold.
The world's top handset maker
hopes the S4 will expand its presence in high-
end markets in the United States and
elsewhere, and crowd out archrival Apple and
its iconic iPhone.
Unexpectedly strong pre-orders for the S4 led
some US mobile carriers to temporarily delay
scheduled sales in late April.