Samsung on May 31, 3012, launched its latest phone in the Galaxy series in India. The Galaxy series is widely acknowledged in the industry as a huge success for the Korean company. Samsung overtook Apple in smartphone sales for the first time in the first three months of this year, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. The Suwon, South Korea-based company sold 44.5 million smartphones in the January-March quarter, compared with Apple's 35.1 million iPhone sales.