Samsung want to sell 500 million devices in 2013

Samsung wants to sell 500 million devices in 2013, last year Samsung sold 420 million devices. Since a couple of years Samsung stopped with giving exact figures for its quarterly shipments. The information regarding sales numbers for this year came from the Taiwanese website DigiTimes. Samsung expects to sell the Galaxy S4 for 50 million times, so only the Galaxy S4 will bring Samsung shipment to 10% of the goal 500 million devices. Samsung uses their own AMOLED panels for there high-end models. Low and mid range devices uses LCD from sharp or from Samsung Display self.

What do you think will Samsung sell 500 million devices?

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Humble Bundle weekly game sales kick off with Bastion

 

The premise of the Humble Bundle is simple – pay what you want for a list of games and choose where the money goes. That could be the developers, the Humble Bundle staff or even a charity like Child’s Play. While the Humble Bundle is great, the downside to it is that it’s not frequent enough, but that’s about to change.

The Humble Bundle has been very successful, so successful that the company is going to be offering new deals on a weekly basis, which will supplement the monthly offers. A new game will go up for sales every Tuesday, and to get thing started, Bastion, an RPG by Supergiant Games, is the first on the list.

Donating a mere $1 will net you a Steam key, but donating more will open you up to more offers. Currently, with the Bastion sale, beating the average price will get you some extra digital content while donating $25 will get you some awesome Bastion merchandise, such as a Bandana.

As per usual, the charities you can donate too are the EEF and Child’s Play, and you’ve only got seven days before a new game takes Bastion’s place, so you better act fast!

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Samsung Tizen smartphone coming in Q3, Galaxy S3 sales top 50 million, JK Shin says

 

While the Galaxy S4 was the main announcement of the week for Samsung, the company also commented on other matters, such as its Tizen mobile agenda and Galaxy S3 sales.
Talking to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung’s JK Shin revealed that the company has shipped over 50 million Galaxy S3 units since launching the handset in late May 2012. That’s certainly a very impressive performance for the company, but also an explanation as to why other Android OEMs aren’t doing as good – Samsung is simply stealing too many potential buyers.
But Shin is not happy with Samsung’s market share in the U.S. mobile game, which appears to be the reason why the company decided to host its first Unpacked event of the year in New York City. Clearly, we’re going to see another chapter of the Apple vs Samsung battle play out this year.
Shin also revealed that even though the company’s relationship with Google is a strong one and that he doesn’t think “it’s correct to say that there’s friction” between the two, most likely referring to recent speculation that has suggested that Google has a problem with Samsung’s increased influence in the Android ecosystem.
Even though the Samsung-Google relationship is great according to both parties – Google has also recently denied that it has any issues with Samsung – the Tizen plans march forward, with Samsung merging bada and Tizen, and planning a Tizen smartphone to hit stores in the third quarter of the year. No specifics have been provided thus far, but Samsung basically said that it’s not placing all of its eggs into one basket. The company also makes Windows products, even though the demand for such devices isn’t great, according to the interview.
The first Tizen smartphone will most likely be a flagship device, and we expect to see more details about it before it hits stores in the coming months. Meanwhile, let us know what smartphone you’re buying this year. Is it a Samsung Galaxy S4?

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