The Galaxy Note was unveiled at the IFA in Berlin on September 1st. At the time Samsung positioned this device as “a new category of product”, mainly because its a cross between a smartphone and a tablet. The Note has a massive 5.3-inch display and an “S-pen” stylus. Now, several now months later, after successfully launching in various countries (France, Germany, Hongkong and Taiwan), Samsung has announced that they’ve shipped “more than 1 million units of Galaxy Note globally”. Pretty impressive numbers considering the company was also pushing large shipments of the Galaxy SII, Galaxy GSII LTE and lately the the Galaxy Nexus.
Samsung stated in a press release today that they’ve “positioned itself as a market creator” and that “the speed of the global sales is expected to accelerate further next year when it will be available in the US”. No worries Canada! Although it’s not indicated in the press release, the Galaxy Note will be coming to Canada in Q1 2012. We mentioned this at the end of November and are still hearing that it’ll be a carrier exclusive. I’m sure we’ll have more info about timing and carrier in a couple weeks – we’ll pass on details as we hear it.
