Samsung Sells 30 Million Units Of Samsung Star

Samsung Star is the company’s entry-level touchscreen phone. This handset was launched back in early 2009. Samsung Star is already a huge hit worldwide and it is still one of the hottest selling phones in most of the Asian and European countries. Samsung recently announced that the sales of the Samsung Star have surpassed 30 million units.

“We are very pleased with the phenomenal success of the Samsung Star,” said YH Lee, senior vice president of Marketing for the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung is aiming to take the lead in the global full touch-screen mobile and dominate the market with our diverse product line up and customized marketing approach.”

Samsung S5230 Star - Full phone specifications:

Also known as Samsung Tocco Lite, Samsung Player One, and Samsung S5233, Samsung Avila

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	Announced	2009, March
	Status	Available. Released 2009, May

SIZE	Dimensions	104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
	Weight	93.5 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
	Size	240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor - Handwriting recognition - Smart unlock

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes
		- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

MEMORY	Phonebook	Yes, Photo Contact
	Call records	Yes
	Internal	50 MB
	Card slot	microSD, up to 16GB (verified),

DATA	GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 12
	3G	No
	WLAN	No
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels,
	Features	Smile detection
	Video	Yes, QVGA@15fps
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black, White, Pink
	GPS	No
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- MP3/WMA/AAC player - H.263/H.264/MP4 player - Organizer - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Shazam Find Music service

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 800 h
	Talk time	Up to 10 h

MISC	SAR US	0.91 W/kg (head)     0.72 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.53 W/kg (head)

Samsung Star is the second mobile phone from the manufacturer to sell 30 million units after the popular Samsung E250. Samsung managed to sell 10 million units of this handset in six months and 20 million units in just one year. Samsung sold 15 million units in Europe, 5 million units in Latin America, 3 million units in Russia and 1 million units in China.

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