Samsung expects to sell 380 million phones in 2012, double smartphone sales

JK Shin interviewed at the Mobile World Congress has rattled off some numbers that are expected to reach this year in the market of smartphones and mobile devices.

According to Shin, Samsung will aim to sell about 380 million devices during the whole year, 16% more than in 2011.

Despite missing confirmations on the actual figures of the smartphone sector alone, for 2012 is expected to double that of the latter only through the Galaxy turned in a particularly high for the Korean manufacturer.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 to be one of world’s thinnest phones

Giving a peek at the newspaper " South Korea's Electronic Times News ", we read of new and interesting news about the Samsung Galaxy S III, which according to this paper should be available from May 2012. Regarding the characteristics of hardware and software add the Samsung Galaxy S III should be also equipped with:

• 2 megapixel front camera, 
• 8 megapixel back camera
• Super AMOLED HD display 
• quad core processor Nvidia Tegra 3 with 2 GB of Ram
• Ice Cream Sandwich 

Printed circuit boards wіll allow thе phone tο bе mаdе up tο 20% thinner according tο thе title, wіth thе Galaxy S3 development team іn house fοr nearly a year already іn іtѕ quest tο stay уеt tο bе οf / topple thе iPhone (depending οn whісh report уου read).

Thе media outlet аlѕο stated thе Samsung Galaxy S3 release date hаѕ bееn set fοr Mау, whісh wουld lіkеlу рlасе іt slightly уеt tο bе οf thе iPhone 5 launch аnd allow Samsung tο mаkе ѕοmе early hype fοr іtѕ flagship phone.

NTT Docomo, Panasonic, Samsung and more team up to take the battle to Qualcomm over cellphone chips

NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has reached a basic agreement with five companies - Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - to establish a fabless joint venture company by the end of March 2012 to develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices.  

The joint venture company, leveraging the six investing companies' strong backgrounds in cellular communication technology and vast experience in application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) design and foundry manufacturing, will develop feature-rich, small-size, low-power-consumption semiconductor products equipped with modem functionality. The joint venture company will focus on developing products for LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile communication standards. 

The products will be sold in markets globally.  The envisioned joint venture company will be formed once all parties agree on the details, which are now being worked out through consultation. 

Following the basic agreement announced today, and as part of preparing to form the joint venture company, DOCOMO plans to invest 450 million Japanese yen, or about 5.8 million USD*, to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, called Communication Platform Planning Co., Ltd. and headed by CEO Mitsunobu Komori, concurrently an executive vice president and Chief Technical Officer of DOCOMO, by the middle of January.

Via: Engadget