D. J. Koh, manager of the mobile business of Samsung, explained in a conference in South Korea, which caused the problems in the Note 7.
Samsungand For Samsung, not everything has to do with the Galaxy Note 7 — at least not when it comes to its financial results.
despite the fact that it faces a hit of more than US$ 5,000 million (spread over several quarters) for the removal of your defective phone, Samsung managed to report its best operating profit in three years. The thing that is benefiting is the strong demand for components that go inside mobile phones, tvs and other devices.
however, Samsung warned that its global profits should fall in the first quarter of 2017, as its mobile business faces higher costs of marketing to sell less tvs. However, your business components must continue to grow.
Samsung may be best known as the world’s largest maker of phones and televisions, but also is a major player in the semiconductor industry. It is the world’s largest supplier of memory chips and the second manufacturer of processors largest after Intel. Along with the design of processors for some of its own devices, Samsung manufactures processors made by other companies, as the giant chip wireless Qualcomm.
“For 2016, Samsung achieved strong results despite the withdrawal of the Note 7 in the second half as a result of the continuous efforts during the last two or three years to strengthen its competitiveness in the components business by focusing on value-added products” and move your business from DRAM and V – NAND, as well as their operations of OLED displays, the company said.
operating income of the semiconductor business of Samsung increased by 77 percent in the fourth quarter. Samsung said that in the medium-and long-term expected that the change in the technology industry focusing on the Internet of things, artificial intelligence and automotive will help drive your business components.
The company reported Monday that its total profits in the fourth quarter were up 50 percent to 9.22 trillion won (about US$ 7,900 million) as customers purchased their memory chips and screens. Sales were essentially flat at 53.3 trillion won (US$ 45,800 million).
The profit in the mobile business of Samsung has also increased as customers bought more Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, as well as their phones mid-range to low.
The effect of the Note 7
The Galaxy Note 7, one of the phones of high-profile Samsung, it exploded in his face last fall, suffering from multiple withdrawals and prohibitions on the part of the airlines, before he was sentenced ultimately to death.
Thousands of followers intransigent Note 7 continue to maintain their devices, but the vast majority – 96 per cent at the global level – have been exchanged. The company revealed on Sunday finally what caused the explosions in the Note 7. The culprit proved to be two separate defects with two batteries separate. One was a flaw in the design that led to the first withdrawal. The second was an error of manufacture introduced after the second largest supplier of Samsung will increase the production to meet the demand as the sole provider of batteries for the Note 7.
operating profit for the fourth quarter in the IT business and Samsung phones increased by 12 percent to 2.5 trillion won (US$ 2,100 million).
The sales of this business fell 5.6 percent to 23.6 trillion won (US$ 20,300 million).
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Within the laboratory where Samsung has put the Galaxy Note 7 [photos]
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