Samsung showed off a 100 million smartphones sold Galaxy S

Smartphone shipments flagship Samsung Galaxy S series have exceeded 100 million units. This was reported by Samsung in an official press release, noting that this result was achieved in 2 years and 7 months.

The original smartphone Galaxy S, released to compete with the iPhone 4, made his debut in 2010. This range of Samsung phones has allowed to become a manufacturer of mobile devices, the first order, directly competing with the world's leading IT-- Apple.

The most successful mobile gadgets Samsung has Galaxy S III. In the five months were sold 30 million of these devices, for 7 months - 40 million previous version Galaxy S II has sold 40 millionth edition 20 months. The first modification of Galaxy S has found 24 million customers. At present, according to official data, daily sold 190,000 vehicles line Galaxy S.

While Samsung and ahead of Apple from selling gadgets, "fruit" company confidently holds the title of most popular smartphone manufacturer. According to the results of the last fiscal year ending in September 2012, every day, buyers are on average about 342,000 iPhone different generations. The total number of iPhone, sold for more than 5 years since the release of the debut model iconic devices fall exceeded 270 million.

In 2013, Samsung is planning to put on the market for about 500 million mobile phones, more than three quarters of which will be smartphones. Analysts say that the results of 2012 the Korean vendor was first intercepted at Nokia rank the world's largest handset manufacturer.

The car rammed the glass door of the Apple Store in Chicago [Photos]

Car brand Lincoln Town Car on Sunday night rammed the front door of the shop Apple in Chicago. Fortunately, there were no casualties, a man received minor injuries, Was sent to the hospital. Other visitors, who at that time were in a shop, got off with only a fright.

According to 9to5Mac, driving the car that night was an elderly man who just lost control. Apple Store will be closed for two days.

Note that this is not the first time Apple Store hit by a car. In 2011, the Apple Store in Greensboro, North Carolina was closed all day after unknown by car rammed his storefront . Unlike the incident in Chicago, it was a failed attempt to rob. According to witnesses, after the crash of the dark gray "Honda" came the robber, dressed in a suit of white ninja. In this case, the samurai, afraid of what he'd done, just ran away without taking anything with them.