Galaxy S3 becomes Phone 4U's best selling phone of 2012 in just 24h

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Even since before the Samsung Galaxy S3 was revealed a month ago at the Samsung Unpacked event, I was willing to bet that the S3 will become one of the most successful Android smartphones to go into production. Although my prophecy is yet to be fulfilled (give it a few months, will you?), the newest member of the Galaxy S line is already beginning to break localized sales records.

This probably comes as no surprise to some of our regular readers, but although the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S3 has been officially launched in the UK (as well as several other markets) just 24 hours ago, UK phone retailer Phones 4U confirms that the Galaxy S3 is already their best selling smartphone for 2012. Granted, these record sales also factor in the huge number of pre-orders, and with the S3 being Phone 4U’s most pre-ordered smartphone ever, record sales were definitely expected.

According to Phones 4U officials, their success in selling the Galaxy S3 is not entirely due to the huge media campaign that surrounds the Samsung Galaxy S3 (that all retailers take advantage of). Phone 4U’s unique Just Update My Phone (JUMP) contracts were also a decisive factor in drawing in more customers, according to the retailer. The JUMP contracts allows Orange and Vodafone customers to upgrade to the latest smartphones once every six months.

“A high proportion of the sales made were via JUMP, with new customers starting up contracts and pre-existing JUMP customers also coming in store to take advantage of the flexible upgrade and get their hands on the Galaxy S3,” explained Scott Hooton, Commercial Officer at Phones 4U.

This is only the first report about the record breaking Samsung Galaxy S3 sales, but it does seem wise to expect a lot more similar reports to roll in over the next few months.

What are your opinions on this? Do you think there is any chance that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will not become the best selling Android smartphone ever? Let us know why in the comment section below!

It’s official: Galaxy S4 hits 10 million milestone, more colors coming this summer

by Bogdan Petrovan, 10 minutes ago

Samsung announced that the Galaxy S4 has broken previous sales records, selling 10 million units in less than a month of availability. It isn’t actually a surprise, but the Galaxy S4 is selling like hotcakes….

Comments

Abdullah

GS3 is a year old and have latest android 4.2.2

HTC One was out this year, and still with 4.1.2

know the difference between HTC and Samsung ? ;)
- venorme
  
  This is leaked firmware. S3 is still on 4.1.2 officially.
  This only means that Samsung has less internal security
  - Aziz Farhi
    
    Samsung does this on purpose . Its a way to make people test the ROM for bugs so that they can work on fixes and improvements.
- amine ELouakil
  
  Not to mention that the 4.2.2 got leaked for the Butterfly a month ago, and the Note 2 still not seeing any glimps of 4.2.2 and the cheery on the pie is that the S4 lags in simple tasks such as UI transitions I’m sorry but what the use of 4.2.2 if your device lag.
  - John Mortimer
    
    The lag was fixed in the UK within 4 Days
    - amine ELouakil
      
      The Lag was not fixed, there is a minor update that just started to roll out in several markets, but it doesn’t solve all of the lag issues (like I mentioned before I don’t doubt that Samsung will remove the lag but that doesn’t change the fact that it is there and the product was launched with it) let’s see if the One will have similar issues which I doubt but not impossible
  - steve gerrard
    
    But you forget the Butterfly WON’T be seeing Key Lime pie, a device that is 7 months younger than the S3, for which the latter will be getting KLP or 4.3 or whatever Google shows as with the Note 2. So your logic and blatant inferior HTC Fanboy mentality kinda burns up yet again.
    - amine ELouakil
      
      lol? can you at least provide a proof of what you are claiming? The butterfly won’t be getting 4.3 ? the S3 and Note will? Definitly you are the blatant inferior Samsung fanboy here you are even making up stuff, where are everything I mentioned in my previous comment is true and I can easly provide proofs if you want.
- http://www.facebook.com/john.tryon.129 John Tryon
  
  Also you know it depends on the Carrier as I, along with probably a million or so others that have AT&T are still on 4.1.1 for the S3. It doesn’t exactly bother me, but some people probably are antsy. I guess the key is to research the history of which carriers are the best at updates. Then pick that carrier, OS updates have nothing to do with the manufacturer.
- Sudeepto Dutta
  
  Well said mate , I am a Sammy lover & I believe that firmware updates & OEM support comes way ahead than the build quality …
  
  Expandable memory , removable back … Samsung listens to what its consumer needs … nuff said :)
http://www.facebook.com/dander.mcsullivan D’Ander McSullivan

How about Note 2?
- http://www.facebook.com/RonMagnum Ron Anselmo III
  
  No! you would brick the phone Note 2 Roms only with your specific carrier!
  - http://www.facebook.com/dander.mcsullivan D’Ander McSullivan
    
    I know. I just wonder when Sammy will be rolling out the update for the Note 2.
    - venorme
      
      @soon
      “soon” is a trademark for Samsung
      - http://www.facebook.com/dander.mcsullivan D’Ander McSullivan
        
        Well, you have a point there. Sticking to Omega ROM in the meanwhile.
  - http://twitter.com/TuckyC Arturo Castaños
    
    It’s not really about carrier, but to specific model, this leak is only for the Galaxy S3 model number GT-i9300 regardles if you are on at&t US, vodafone germany or telcel mexico.
Jorge Fernandes

Can i install it on AT&t S3 i747?
- http://www.facebook.com/RonMagnum Ron Anselmo III
  
  If its leaked for your device yes! But not if its for another carrier you will brick it!
- Aziz Farhi
  
  Don’t.
MasterMuffin

No! Anything else but the new settings UI!
- Josh York
  
  Amen, Brother!
  - steve gerrard
    
    An update is an update and most features are taken from Google, not the S4.
sitaramaraju

My S3 already running on 4.2.2, after all it is a cooked ROM, most of stuff works, but you will loose few samsung proprietary apps, like the awesome dadelion live wallpaper, and few live wall paper effects etc., but yes, if you are not a UI fan and just love to be called ON 4.2.2 there are ROMs available. CWM10 – does the best so far I have seen.
kascollet

“Notably absent are the many software features that Samsung introduced for the camera of the Galaxy S4. Features like Eraser mode or Sound and Shot aren’t hardware dependent, and should work in theory on the Galaxy S3, the Note 2, and other Samsung devices.”
The “Apple way” I guess…
- steve gerrard
  
  Apple way? What about no Zoe for the HTC One x or butterfly, could be say apple way for that POS HTC and Sony. Typical underdog mentality, really hope HTC die quickly.
Denzel

Galaxy S3 Android 4.2.2 Leaked Update Full Review of features/changes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieP_6CpSGdk
The King

where is the camera app and transparent notification bar???? bad samsung….. :(
mohamadoof

where is the transparent notification bar and weather widget like galaxy s4 !!!!