Yesterday Samsung Electronics said that their annual mobile handset sales this year has surpassed 300 million units for the first time in the company history. In 2010, Samsung sold about 280 million devices.

Samsung Electronics has created an ad campaign that directly targets the Apple iPhone. In this commercial, there are a few hipsters waiting in line for Apple products. The hipsters notice a couple of people near-by playing with their Samsung Galaxy S II devices and become highly interested in them. Check out the commercial in the video above.

Samsung Electronics has announced today that the Samsung Galaxy S and the Galaxy S II smartphones has hit 30 million in total global sales. The Galaxy SII set a new record for Samsung as it generated over 10 million sales. The Samsung Galaxy S hit 20 million unit sales since it launched in 2010.

Samsung has announced LTE versions of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 8.9 ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin. The LTE versions of the S II and the Tab 8.9 will have faster wireless data transfer capabilities with downloads speeds that are as fast as 100 Mbps. The S II LTE will have a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED screen and an 8 megapixel camera. The Tab 8.9 LTE is 8.6mm thin and weighs only 455 grams. The tablet and the phone have a 1.5GHz dual core processor. Price and availability is unknown as of right now. [Engadget]

On Monday, Samsung is hosting an event where the Samsung Galaxy S II is supposed to be announced. However Verizon will not have that phone on their network. Samsung confirmed the news with the Wall Street Journal today. “We have a robust portfolio of devices that offer customers exciting options, including the Droid Charge by Samsung, which runs on our 4G LTE network,” said Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney. However rumors indicate that Verizon will eventually get a phone that is similar to the Galaxy S II with a different name. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint will each get their own version of the Samsung Galaxy S II. [WSJ]

The Galaxy S II, available pretty much everywhere outside of the United States, is finally making its way stateside. TechCrunch reports that Samsung will be telling the press all about it at a New York event on August 29th.

Samsung Electronics has sold 5 million Galaxy S II smartphones in about 85 days. That makes the Samsung Galaxy S II the company’s fastest-selling handset in their history. Sales of the device have been accelerating as the Galaxy S II is becoming available on more carriers.

Pictures of the unreleased Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone have been leaked by BoyGeniusReport. The Galaxy S II has the model number SGH-I927. The Samsung Galaxy S II specs include Android 2.3.4(Gingerbread) operating system, full QWERTY sliding keyboard, and 8 megapixel rear camera.