The explosion of batteries in the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung does not seem to have struck too much the profits of the company in the third quarter.
The electronics giant of Korea, said Thursday that it expected its operating profit during the period is about 7.7 trillion won (about US$ 6,900 million), a modest increase of around 5 percent compared with the same period last year. That figure is in line with the 7.4 trillion won expected by a SmartEstimate forecast by analysts Thomson Reuters.
The company also expects to record revenue record of about 51 trillion won (US$ 45,000 million). The figure, published today in anticipation of the announcement of earnings complete at the end of this month, did not provide results of the divisions specific.
The company has been dealing with a mass disaster of public relations since last month, when he had to check out the Galaxy Note 7 in the world after a failure in the battery will cause dozens of phones them to explode or be burned. To the 22 of September, Samsung said that the half a million defective devices sold in the U.S. had been returned.
Although some analysts expect that the removal of your Galaxy Note 7 will cost Samsung US$ 5,000 million in lost sales and other expenses, it is expected that the strong sales of memory chips and screens to offset part of that heavy expenditure.
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