Selling 70 million units, the Galaxy S3's sales matched the iPhone 5's sales in Despite this confusion, the S3 was a big hit. Related: iPhone vs. Samsung Phones: Which Is Better? It worked. The Galaxy S4 sold 80 million units—beating the iPhone 5S which sold 52 million units. In , just when things were starting to go from good to great, Samsung hit a massive bump on the road.
The 4K-compatible Galaxy S5 sold just 12 million units in the first three months despite being a fan favorite for a lot of people. To compare, the S4 sold 10 million units in one month; the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sold 10 million units in three days.
By , the S series sort of went through puberty. Samsung ditched the removable plastic back and went for a premium all-glass back with its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. It was the first Samsung flagship to have OIS, slow-motion video, and a special curved-glass front display. Despite all that, the two variants combined sold a total of 45 million units. The S7 Edge variant had a bigger 5. The Galaxy S8 had a big problem and it wasn't the S8 itself, but its elder brother the Galaxy Note 7 released the same year, If you remember, several Galaxy Note 7 devices started spontaneously exploding due to battery issues.
Understandably, this caused a lot of prospective buyers to skip on the S8 as well. Ignoring that, the Galaxy S8 line was a big upgrade in a lot of ways. It was also the first time Samsung replaced the physical home button and capacitive buttons with on-screen keys.
Samsung finally adopted a USB-C port with the S8 line and debuted Bixby—Samsung's native voice assistant which had its own dedicated physical button on the side. But the device had one major problem: its fingerprint sensor was placed beside the rear camera which made it practically unusable as it was too high to reach. But for all the great smartphones available on the Galaxy line, the future is even more exciting.
If Samsung's recent track record is any indication, there are plenty of thrilling technological advancements waiting just around the corner.
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Top Device Brands. Samsung Apple Motorola Google Amazon. Unlike the others, this one actually had a front-facing camera, rear camera flash and 4G speeds.
The downside? Only 1GB of internal storage. Good thing it came with a 16GB external memory card. There was no camera flash and no front-facing camera, but it did have 16GB of internal storage and a 2GB microSD card. Verizon also stepped up the base Galaxy S by including a camera flash and the ability to act as a mobile hotspot. Samsung began churning out all sorts of Galaxy offshoots -- especially for each US carrier -- including this one with a secondary ticker display across the bottom.
One of Samsung's attempts at a dual-screen phone , the Continuum never continued. Its screen size crept up to 4. It also got a dual-core 1. The varied physical designs were supposed to help carriers battle each other to sell what was essentially the same phone, with minor differences in screen size and processor speeds.
The Galaxy S3 was Samsung's first real Galaxy breakout. Hardware specs improved, of course, but it was the phone's pebble shape and pearly finish that also drew buyers in. It was also the first Galaxy to come to all US carriers without modifications, a sure signal that Samsung was gaining global clout.
After the Galaxy S3's success, Samsung announced a smaller version with stepped-down specs. The S3 Mini became one of an army of "mini" phones that followed the trend. When the Galaxy S4 hit, Samsung had finally made it. The plasticky phone looked like a toy compared to rival HTC's gorgeous aluminum offerings, but it flooded buyers' senses with too many features to ignore -- including an IR blaster to act as a universal TV remote control. This is what happens when you slap an optical zoom lens onto the back of a phone.
It was But it also proved Samsung's willingness to keep trying new ideas. The clunky hybrid streamlined into a second Zoom, followed by two versions of a connected camera , which dropped the cellular radio. The ruggedized GS4 spinoff expanded on the S4's core specs with a tougher exterior and physical navigation buttons, a water-resistant design -- unusual for -- and an underwater camera mode.
It came in gray, bright orange and vivid blue. Samsung has released an Active every year since then, all the way up to this year's S8 Active. Compared to the fresh feel of the Galaxy S4, the S5 was a nonessential upgrade that followed the exact same patterns. It was plastic sporting a fingerprint-rebuffing matte finish this time , with a fingerprint reader and heart-rate monitor.
The double-barreled charger port was a proprietary mess. Most exciting: It was water-resistant. US carrier Sprint picked up this exclusive, which looked almost exactly like a pair of shoes I once had, and offered little other than that aesthetic to the S5.
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