“Samsung Electronics said October-December operating profit fell 18 percent to 8.3 trillion won ($7.8 billion) from the prior quarter’s record earnings, missing analyst estimates,” Reuters reports. “Samsung is bracing itself for its weakest smartphone profit growth this year since it started making the devices in 2007, as arch rival Apple challenges its domination in China’s $80 billion market.”
“Samsung’s mobile devices business, which earns two thirds of the company’s profit, will come under pressure when Apple makes its phones available from Jan. 17 via China Mobile Ltd.,” Reuters reports. “‘Even taking into account one-off costs, the profit is lower than expected. Samsung has not provided details, but smartphone profit may have fared worse than expected, given increased marketing expenses,’ said Lee Seung-woo, an analyst at IBK Investment & Securities.”
“The guidance, released on Tuesday ahead of full quarterly results scheduled for Jan. 24, was lower than a 9.75 trillion won Thomson Reuters’ Starmine SmartEstimate of 23 analysts, which gives greater weighting to the more accurate analysts. At 8.3 trillion won, it was even below the most bearish forecast of 8.8 trillion won, and was the lowest since the 8.06 trillion won of the third quarter of 2012,” Reuters reports. “The reading would be 18 percent less than the record 10.2 trillion won of July-September as Apple enjoyed buoyant sales in the United States and Japan during the year-end holiday season.”
“The South Korean firm estimated its fourth-quarter sales at 59 trillion won, versus a market forecast of 61 trillion won,” Reuters reports. “Samsung shares have been pummelled in recent weeks by 22 analysts downgrading fourth-quarter earnings estimates over the past 30 days.”
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Chip division is making big money, Apple is their biggest customer!
Aapl got lots of money in oversas bank that includes China, Korea etc. Why they can’t buy chips & manufacturing and start manufacturing their own chips and iPhones. These will help them to keep new products secret.
Ckan, Money does not solve issues. Apple prefers to let expert companies do what they do best, then Apple buys the product. Even when Apple buys a company, sometimes it lets it keep doing the job. ref Sapphire creation.
Ansel – Chicken feed my boy, Chicken feed you Kimchee eating
turncoat.
I dislike most spices, especially Koren!
I don’t think that is a situation that will last for long.
Keep up the boycott folks. It is working!
Absolutely!!! Boycott for Life!
BOGO, BOGO, I like their strategy, I like it a lot. Too bad lock-in, repeat business and brand loyalty doesn’t work for them. That’s what happens when your products are crap. Apple yesterday, Apple today, Apple tomorrow, Apple forever! I will never, ever, purchase another Samsung product of any type as long as I live. And, the sooner Apple can do away with them as a parts provider, the better. Samsung is a company with no honor.
because it directly relates to Apples biggest competitor. you don’t get that bkire?
Apple cannot control what other competitors do or don’t do, nor does Apple care. Neither do I.
Michael Bay just experienced Shamdung karma himself at CES. 2014 will see a major correction of fortunes for the copying, soulless & immoral South Korean company.
Ahhhh….I love the smell of clusterfuck late in the evening!
People don’t usually buy crap products more than once or twice.
Apple is doomed.
They’re giving away their tablets and phones with TV-sets and fridges, for gods sake!
How do they think are people every going to pay money again for one of their phablets?
reality check, bitches.