  Samsung raises Galaxy SII sales to 20 mln February 23, 2012 - 12:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which emerged as the world’s top smartphone maker last year, said today, Feb 23 that sales of its flagship Galaxy SII topped 20 million handsets since its launch in April last year. Sales of predecessor Galaxy S, introduced in 2010 and at the heart of bruising global patent disputes with arch-rival Apple Inc, exceeded 22 million, the company said in a statement. Apple sold 93 million iPhones last year, nearly doubling sales from a year earlier, while Samsung raised smartphone sales nearly fourfold to 95 million, according to research firm IHS iSuppli, Reuters reported.  Top stories Some of the social network’s new shareholders are now suing Zuckerberg after the share price tumbled in the first week. Felix Roque, the 55-year-old mayor of West New York, New Jersey, and his son, Joseph Roque, 22, were arrested by the FBI. Kim Dotcom demanded access to the data stored on his computers and hard drives that were confiscated during the raid. The game moved 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, which makes it now the fastest selling game in PC history.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
