Galaxy S 2 hits record sales

Samsung's Galaxy S 2 smartphone has reached record sales numbers, with more than five million handsets sold in the first three months since the smartphone's debut, reports Wired.

This figure accounts for only a quarter of the company's total smartphone sales over the past three months.

“[Samsung is] claiming that it shipped 19 million smartphones in the second quarter,” IDC mobile analyst Al Hilwa told Wired.com in a statement. “That is a great number of devices, and assuming that most of them are Android phones, then it is a feat for Android.”

Samsung has already overtaken Nokia and Apple in smartphone sales, according to research revealed by Bloomberg.

PC Mag says according to Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics, Samsung sold 18 to 21 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of the year, compared to 20.3 million Apple iPhones and 16.7 million Nokia smartphones.

Meanwhile, the South Korean Android manufacturer is also battling patent wars against Microsoft and Apple. In fact, Apple has filed for an injunction over the Galaxy family in the US for allegedly copying the look, feel, and technology of the iPhone.

Samsung released the Galaxy S 2 in China this week, and plans to introduce it in the US in August, according to the company's mobile president Shin Jong-kyun, states InformationWeek.

The company revealed earlier this year that it plans to release the Android-based smartphone in 120 countries through 140 mobile carriers.