Although we haven’t had exact numbers, we’ve always known that Apple and Samsung sell a metric butt-load of phones. Now the Apple vs. Samsung trial is giving us some details on sales figures for the models both companies are offering.
Documents filed by Samsung lawyers on Thursday reveal that, from June 2010 through June 2012, Samsung sold 21.25 million phones, generating $7.5 billion in revenue. On the tablet side, the company sold 1.4 million Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices, producing $644 million in revenue.
The largest sales per model were from the Galaxy Prevail with 2.25 million phones sold, the Epic 4G with 1.89 million phones sold and the Epic 4G Touch variant of the Galaxy S II, which sold 1.67 million units in the U.S. In total, Samsung sold 4.1 million Galaxy S II devices, when all models are included.
The Epic 4G was the biggest revenue producer, with $885 million between the third quarter of 2010 and the second quarter of 2012.
The documents from Thursday also show Apple’s phone and tablet sales, but the sales are classified only as iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
In the period of 2007 through Q2 of 2012, Apple sold 85 million iPhones in the United States, for a total of $50 billion in revenue. 46 million iPod touches were sold, bringing in $10.3 billion. From the date of its launch in 2010, Apple sold 34 million iPad, which brought in $19 billion.
Both companies have been trying to keep details out of public view, but the cat appears to be out of the bag.
The jury needs these numbers to determine damages if it finds patent infringement by either Samsung or Apple. By suing each other, both sides have found themselves sharing more information than they would have preferred to do.
As well as the financial data, both sides have sought to keep secret their source code, third-party agreements, and other “trade secrets”.
Court resumes on Friday with more testimony expected from Apple “hired gun” experts.
