Samsung confirmed today that it has sold 20 million Galaxy S II devices since its April 2011 debut.
"Since its launch in late April 2011, the Galaxy S II has seen tremendous growth reflecting its tremendous popularity with customers around the world," JK Shin, president of Samsung Mobile, said in a statement. "We are thrilled that 20 million customers around the world [have] enjoyed the smart life Galaxy S II has brought us. We will continue to introduce products to satisfy our customers' high expectation."
The news comes several weeks after Samsung confirmed that it will not unveil the Samsung Galaxy S III at next week's Mobile World Congress.
Sales of Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones last year, however, helped it edge out Apple as the top smartphone maker in 2011. According to separate, January reports from Strategy Analytics and IHS Suppli, Samsung's Galaxy line of devices help push it past Apple's iPhone with 95 million smartphones shipped in 2011, an "explosive" increase of 278 percent from 25 million in 2010, iSuppli said.
The fourth quarter, of course, was dominated by Apple thanks to the iPhone 4S. Apple sold 37 million iPhones in Q4, while Samsung sold 34 million devices, according to Gartner.
Samsung first announced the Galaxy S II at last year's MWC, where PCMag got some hands-on time. It didn't hit the U.S. until September for Sprint and October for AT&T and T-Mobile. Verizon did not sign on for the Galaxy S II, opting instead of the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone with the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
In October, Samsung said its had sold more than 30 million Galaxy S devices overall, 10 million of which were the Galaxy S II.
Last year, Samsung also unveiled the Galaxy S II Skyrocket. For more, see PCMag's full review and the slideshow below.