Samsung ‘puzzled’ as smartphone launch upstaged

Published March 27, 2014 4:20am ET



SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The global launch of Samsung’s latest smartphone has been upstaged by South Korean mobile network companies.

SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said it will start selling the Galaxy S5 on Thursday, two weeks before the scheduled sales launch on April 11.

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