(Boursier.com) – Escort for Samsung, which reported for the last quarter of 2014 the first decline in profit for the entire group for three years. The South Korean giant has posted an operating profit in smartphones and other mobile devices falling 64% year on year to 1.960 trillion won (1.59 billion euros) for the period from October to December. The mobile division accuses its fifth consecutive quarter of declining profits.
Caught by Apple?
Samsung acknowledged that its sales of smartphones and tablets had declined in the fourth quarter, without However, no precise figures … What do think of some analysts that Apple could have caught his rival in terms of volumes. Because face it, Apple displays his good health: the US group, which on Tuesday released its results, has elapsed 74.5 million iPhones in three months, with sales boosted by new models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 more, with larger screens.
The highly anticipated Galaxy S6
Welcoming new smartphone, the Galaxy S6, should therefore be crucial to Samsung. “I think they have learned the lesson and that we will see a significant improvement in design, finishing and technical characteristics (…) The question is whether this will be enough,” said Lau Warran analyst Maybank Kim Eng, quoted by Reuters news agency.
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