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Smartphone makers take note -- when you launch your devices through multiple wireless carriers, good things happen. If you don't want to take our word for it, just ask Samsung's bean counters how the company fared with its Galaxy S lineup.
In an email to Bloomberg, Samsung said it sold 10 million Galaxy S smartphones in 2010, and that's only for a partial year (Samsung launched the device in June). Samsung said it expects to sell twice as many smartphones in 2011, and assuming the same launch strategy applies, we have no reason to doubt that prediction.
Not only is Samsung's strategy a good one, it might also be a necessary one in order to compete with Apple's iPhone, which still managed to outsell Samsung for the quarter (ended in September) by moving 14.1 million iPhones, Bloomberg reports.
Still, the future looks bright for Samsung and other smartphone makers invested in Android. Dual-core processors are on the horizon and Android 3.0 is right around the corner, both of which could significantly improve the smartphone experience.
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