Samsung's 38 million Galaxy Note sales show that large phones are here to stay

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/09/samsung-galaxy-note-3-jk-shin.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/samsung-reports-38-million-galaxy-notes-sold/)Remember when Samsung's big-screened Galaxy Note line was considered niche? Those days are long gone. JK Shin now says (http://english.etnews.com/electronics/2827699_1303.html) that the company has sold more than 38 million Note smartphones since the original (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/28/samsung-galaxy-note-review/) launched in late 2011. That's 28 million more than Samsung reported a year ago (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/samsung-10-million-galaxy-notes-have-been-sold-worldwide/); for context, Nokia has sold a total of 27.3 million Lumia smartphones as of its latest earnings report (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/18/nokia-q2-2013/). Not surprisingly, Shin sees a bright future ahead for the Galaxy Note 3 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/04/samsung-galaxy-note-3-preview/). He expects Samsung to sell over 10 million units of the third-generation handset, and history suggests that the tech giant could easily reach that goal despite an abundance (http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/19/sony-xperia-z-ultra-review/) of competition (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/06/nokia-lumia-1520-press-image-surfaces/).

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