Samsung Sells 50 Million TouchScreen Handsets

Samsung touch screen mobile phone has now crossed the 50 million mark globally in sales this month, which make it one of the competitors to watch out for, in this fast-growing touchscreen market segment. Samsung has sold approximately around 40 million touchscreen devices this year through November end, compared to around 10 million in the year 2008. The growth in sales of this phone also shows the rapid adoption of touch screen phones by all the consumers who enjoy its intuitive user interface, powerful multimedia features and sleek designs. Samsung also expects that it will easily surpass its 2009 sales target of 200 million mobile phones, with touchscreens accounting for around 20% of the total mobiles sold as compared to 5% in 2008