Samsung Electronics said Monday that global sales of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone had topped 100 million since the first model debuted in 2010, cementing its dominant position over US rival Apple.
The original Galaxy S phone , launched in june 2010, sold 25 million units , the south korean electronics giant said in a statement
The Galaxy S II , launched i April 2011 , cracked up the sales of more than 40 million , and the S III has reached the same volume since on the market in May last year.
For Samsung 2012 was a watershed year that saw it take a giant bit out of Apple as it carved out a dominat position in the global mobile computing market.
Samsung saw its shares of the lucrative smartphone market surge to 31.3 percent in the third quarter of 2012 , up from just 3.3 percent in late 2009.
It extended it lead over Apple as top maker of smartphones worldwide, according to research firm IHS iSuppli , which gave Samsung 28 percent of market in 2012 , up from 20 percent the previous year.
Apple shares rose to 20 percent from 2012 from 19 percent , IHS said.
The two tech giants have been embroiled in a long -running patent battle with accusing the other for stealing designs and technology.
