{"id":14024,"date":"2012-09-09T01:09:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T01:09:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-09-09T01:09:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T01:09:49","slug":"Samsung-sells-20-million-Galaxy-S-III-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14024","title":{"rendered":"Samsung sells 20 million Galaxy S III smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Samsung Electronics said that global sales of its new Galaxy S III smartphone have topped 20 million since its launch in late May, amid legal battles with Apple over alleged patent infringements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Six million units have been sold in Europe since it hit stores a little over three months ago<\/strong>, followed by 4.5 million in Asia and four million in North America, the South Korean tech giant said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Galaxy S III &#8230; is being sold three times faster than the previous Galaxy S II<\/strong> and six times faster than the first version of Galaxy S,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The third version of the Galaxy S series offers face-recognition technology and improved voice-activated controls as well as a more powerful processor that lets users watch video and write emails simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been embroiled in a long-running global patent war with Apple, with both companies accusing the other of stealing intellectual property for their own products.<\/p>\n<p>Apple won $1.05 billion in patent damages on August 24 at a California court, but a Japanese court last week rejected the US tech giant&#8217;s claim that Samsung stole its technology.<\/p>\n<p>Apple, which previously filed patent infringement actions on earlier versions of the Galaxy S series, <strong>added Galaxy S III to the list in a fresh complaint filed last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOVE! 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