Many factors allow Samsung to take the head of competition by the number of sold smartphones. First, the company is present in almost every price range. Secondly, the range is updated quickly enough. Third, many of the components for Samsung released by their own units, and it provides a predictable time to market for new models and a rather clear timetable for the preparation for mass production.
As reported by Reuters , the South Korean giant Samsung has released its forecast for growth in operating profit for the first quarter this year. It is expected that the operating profit for the period increased by 53% to 8.7 trillion. ($ 7.7 billion). This is above the expectations of the majority of industry analysts, who expected a profit of 8.3 trillion. ($ 7.35 billion). A year earlier, Samsung reported a profit of $ 5.69 trillion. .
Experts expect that revenues in the current quarter, Samsung will reach new record highs, as in sale entered the high end smartphone Galaxy S4. With a portfolio of more than 30 smartphones models, Samsung was able to smooth out the impact of the seasonal drop in demand, which is observed in the first quarter after the New Year .
Samsung revenues for the first quarter will not exceed 52 trillion. , while analysts expected to see revenues of $ 53 trillion. According to experts, Samsung managed to sell 68-70 million smartphones - more than in the fourth quarter last year (63 million units). The final results of the first quarter Samsung will announce at the end of this month.