We always knew that sales for the Samsung Galaxy S5 were going to be astronomically high. If there was any doubt of that, reports that the Galaxy S5 is outdoing even its predecessor, the Galaxy S4 (at least in Europe), and being traded-in for iPhones are probably an indication that all is more than just good for Samsung‘s latest smartphone. If you needed even more evidence of exactly how good the Galaxy S5 is doing, Localytics is today reporting that, according to their data, the Samsung Galaxy S5 makes up 0.7 percent of all currently active Android devices after only one week.
That’s a pretty impressive feat considering the iPhone 5S only managed to achieve 1.1 percent penetration of all iOS devices. And why are we saying “only”? To put that in perspective, current estimations put Android at having 80% of the entire smartphone market. Even if we assume that iOS makes up the other 20% of the market, 0.7 percent of 80 is an absolutely massive chunk of that pie and an incredible number of devices to have sold in a week. Despite what you may think of the Korean smartphone giant, you have to give credit where credit is due. And again, that’s just after a week.
Localytics goes on to report that of the Galaxy S5’s that have been sold, 64% of them have been sold in America, distantly followed by another 23% sold in all of Europe. No doubt the Galaxy S5 is going to continue its barnstorming to the top of the Android sales leaderboard.
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Source: Localytics via SamMobile
