Samsung Electronics, the world’s second largest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday overall sales of its full touch-screen mobile phones have surpassed 50 million units so far this year.

Samsung Electronics said it shipped its 50 millionth full touch-screen mobile phone at the end of November. It added that it has sold 40 million units out of the total from January through November.

Samsung has sold its largest share of full touch devices in Europe with 19 million units, followed by the United States with 6.3 million and China with 3.4 million. It has sold 3.0 million in its home market of South Korea.

“Samsung is on track to exceed its 2009 sales target of 200 million mobile phones, with full touch models accounting for approximately 20 percent of mobiles sold,” the company said in a statement, adding that those models made up around 5 percent of its sales in 2008.

YonhapNewsAgency

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