Samsung Electronics Co. successfully launched new smartphones throughout 2017 to overcome last year's crisis sparked by the suspended production of Galaxy Note 7, while LG Electronics Inc. failed to turn around its handset business, industry watchers said Wednesday.

In April, Samsung Electronics released the Galaxy S8 smartphone, which was its first premium device after the production of its phablet Note 7 was removed from the market due to safety issues surrounding the batteries.

Despite concerns that consumers may refrain from purchasing Samsung products due to the safety problems, the company sold around 5 million units of the Galaxy S8 around the globe in less than a month, indicating the company fully overcame last year's crisis.

Shipments of the new device over the first three months were 15 percent higher than the Galaxy S7 smartphones, industry data showed.

The Galaxy Note 8, which was released in September, was also popular among global consumers, with Samsung shipping 1 million units of the device in less than two months.

Key features of Samsung's new smartphones included voice-recognition system Bixby, which was aimed to compete with Apple Inc.'s Siri or Google Inc.'s Google Assistant. The devices also come with Infinity Display, which minimized bezels for a simpler design.