Samsung to release Galaxy S2 in the U.S. in AugustJuly 21, 2011 - 18:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Samsung plans a U.S. release of its most successful Android smartphone by the end of the summer, according to a senior executive of the company, according to Gadget Lab. “We expect to release the Galaxy S2 in the U.S. market sometime in August,” said Shin Jong-kyun, Samsung president of mobile business and digital imaging. The release of the Galaxy S2 comes at a particularly contentious time for Samsung. The company is embroiled in a bitter patent dispute with Apple, the latter claiming Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S products were utter rip-offs of Apple’s iPad and iPhone devices. “We love competition, but we want people to invent their own stuff, and we are going to make sure we defend our intellectual property,” Apple COO Tim Cook said on the company’s earnings report conference call on Tuesday. Samsung’s first Galaxy smartphone model which admittedly looks a lot like the first iPhone was hugely successful for the company. In its first six months after release, Samsung sold 10 million Galaxy S smartphones worldwide. Total sales of the Galaxy S2 from the countries it has already been released in amount to approximately 3 million devices thus far. Considering the patent dispute with Apple, Samsung’s sales figures beg for comparison to the iPhone’s success. Apple reported record sales of its iPhone devices in its earnings report on Tuesday, with 20 million iPhones sold in a period of only three months. And Shin Jong-kyun expects the company to sell over 60 million smartphones by the end of this year. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |