Samsung Star is the touch screen phone from Samsung which features the Touch Wiz UI and was launched in May 2009. Today Samsung announced that the Samsung Star sales has crossed a very big milestone of 30 Million Units in a very little time.
Samsung says that the Star has sold well since its release, hitting the 10 million sales mark after six months and 20 million in just one year. Across Europe the Star has sold 15 million units, 5 million units in Latin America , 3 million units in Russia and 1 million units in China . The Samsung Star has also topped bestseller phone lists in Germany and Austria.
“We are very pleased with the phenomenal success of the Samsung Star,” said YH Lee,senior vice president of Marketing for the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung is aiming to take the lead in the global full touch-screen mobile and dominate the market with our diverse product line up and customized marketing approach.”
“Samsung Star is our fastest selling touch screen mobile in the mid segment touch mobile phones .Based on the success of our touch screen mobile phones like Samsung Star , Corby series and Samsung Champ , we expect our touch screen contribution to be over 20% of our total mobile phone volumes this year .” states Mr Ranjit Yadav , Country Head , Samsung Mobile and IT .
Are you one of those few million users who bought the Star ? Do you still use it ?