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Samsung credits strong smartphone sales for record Q4 revenue
Samsung has posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly profit that is largely based on the success of smartphone sales during the holiday buying season. The South Korean company also announced plans to spend $22 billion this year to increase chip and flat screen panel production to further gain leverage against smaller rivals.
Total revenue for Q4 2011 was reported at around $42 billion, good for a 13 percent increase year-to-year. Net profit was recorded at around $3.6 billion. For the full year, Samsung reported an operating profit of roughly $7.4 billion.
But it was the smartphone sector that shined the brightest for Samsung. The company earned nearly $16 billion during the quarter which is an increase of 52 percent over the same time period a year ago. Strong sales of the Galaxy S II and Note smartphones were cited, although specific sales figures were not released.
Samsung also recently launched the Galaxy Nexus as the first smartphone to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Furthermore, the company introduced the Note to the US market during the 2012 CES earlier this month in Las Vegas, although it was received with mixed initial reactions.
"Despite intensified competition amid the global economic slowdown, our Telecommunications businesses continued to post solid earnings with an enhanced line-up of high-end smartphones, resulting in higher average selling price (ASP)," said senior VP and head of investor relations Robert Yi.
Despite the tremendous success of Samsung’s smartphone business, it was Apple that ultimately won the worldwide smartphone battle by a very narrow margin as the top vendor in Q4, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.
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User Comments (5)
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avoidz on January 28, 2012 5:06 AM |
Thanks for dumping the i8910, Samsung. |
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Guest on January 28, 2012 10:35 PM |
Don't forget Samsung doesn't just make phones; or even just consumer electronics. They build buildings, ships and tons of other industrial "products". We even have three Samsung excavators at a construction site near my house haha |
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Princeton on January 29, 2012 3:37 PM |
avoidz said: Why anybody would purchase a Symbian phone is beyond me.
Thanks for dumping the i8910, Samsung. |
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Guest on January 30, 2012 9:15 PM |
@guest 12:35am The profits posted are just from the Electronics segment of Samsung, Samsung Electronics Co.. |
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Guest on February 4, 2012 11:02 AM |
For so long as Samsung continues to make quality products and respect their customers, they will be rewarded with appreciation and profits. If they should decide, as Sony has, to overcharge for mediocre products and slam their customers face in the dirt.....they will then receive the same in return. |
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