Samsung Galaxy S5 already makes up for nearly one percent of Android market

It’s been just under two weeks since Samsung brought the Galaxy S5 to markets around the world. Samsung has been gung-ho about the prospects of the S5 since day one and has proclaimed that it will outsell the Galaxy S4.   Any other year we wouldn’t have doubted that statement but the company is struggling with a slowdown of sales in the high-end segment, which led us to believe that Samsung’s optimistic outlook isn’t very tenable.   But it looks like they were on to something. In the short period since its launch the S5 now accounts for nearly one percent of the entire Android market. The Samsung Galaxy S5 makes up about 0.7 percent of the entire Android market. That’s a staggering figure which proves that sales are well on track for the global smartphone leader.   The information comes courtesy mobile analytics and marketing firm Localytics , which examined S5 sales in the seven days till April 18 post its release, and compared it to the Apple iPhone 5s adoption rate for the similar period last year.   In comparison to the S5, the iPhone 5s accounted for 1.1 percent of the overall iPhone market in the first week of its sales. It must be noted that Samsung is competing with the likes of HTC One M8 besides Sony, LG, and a host of other manufacturers in the Android market, whereas Apple is the only choice for iOS users. So the difference in iPhone and S5 figures is not that great.   Sixty-four percent of all S5s sold were in the US, followed by Europe and other markets. This is easily explained by Samsung’s pan-carrier launch in the US and the limited availability in some European countries. Moreover the S5 has not been setting the pace in South Korea yet , where a carrier suspension has hampered sales. But at the moment, it looks like Samsung is set to have yet another bestselling flagship on its hands.