The Note 7 has exploded, but Samsung just book record – DasKapital (Registration) (Blog)

Now, the smartphone market broke down and came Samsung the past year, especially in the news to the zelfdetonerende Note 7 (estimated profit: $ 2.1 billion). Expect the Koreans just profit for the fourth quarter of 2016 to have booked. In fact, the highest quarterly in three years time with an increase of 50% compared to the same period a year earlier. It reports the Korean company to Reuters today. Samsung believes that the operating results of the period October-december 2016, probably around €7 billion will come true, the highest since the third quarter of 2013. The main reasons are the good sales of older models like the S7 and the sale of chips at higher prices. The chip-division is traditionally an important cash-cow of Samsung. Analysts expect that Samsung’s chipdivisie more than 3 billion of the operating profit of Q4 2016, will contribute (a record) thanks to a strong demand from smartphone makers, including major customer

Apple. And so it helps the big rival f rom America the Koreans to lend a hand. This news comes also just after vice-chairman and bestuursvoozitter Kwon Oh-hyun in his new year’s speech a ‘difficult year’ predicted in terms of growth through uncertainty around handelsprotectionisme and fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Samsung makes the quarterly figures over the fourth quarter of 2016 to the end of this month. Then it is possible to also report on the cause of the Note 7-debacle presented. And as soon the new model, the samsung Galaxy S8 not detonated, the gloomy words of the chairman of the board for the coming year have been revised.

D. van den Enden | 06-01-17 | 13:45 |