I didn't lock it because it was an attempt to bash anything (which it wasn't). I simply locked it because the information posted was old and was not official hence should not have trusted upon.
The discussion would've made more sense and would've been interesting, had the figures been latest and official.
And that 1.7 times thingy is easily available on the internet and it was compared with S3 which is not difficult. And these "sales" are said to be to Retailers which is technically not really Sales (just shipment out of company). So yes, we may call it Unofficial.
And considering these kind of sales, S4 is said to have taken just one month to reach 10 mil mark sales which is HALF the time it took for S3 to reach that. (as of May 2013 ... if i am not wrong)
Anyway, if you really want to discuss this wait until we get some solid figures. Preferably the financial statements from Samsung & HTC for the comparison to be fair and interesting.