I think it’s a safe to say that Samsung is in freefall. While Apple sold almost 75 million phones last quarter and made a pile of money, Samsung has gone in the other direction according to Reuters:
The South Korean giant said earnings from smartphones and other mobile gadgets dropped 64 percent annually in the October-December period to 1.96 trillion won ($1.80 billion), contributing to its first annual earnings fall in three years.
It was the mobile division’s fifth consecutive quarter of decline, in contrast to Apple’s record-breaking 74.5 million iPhone sales in the three months to Dec 27 on the back of the success of its big-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
With the Galaxy S6 due out soon, Samsung will be under the gun to make sure that this new phone will turn this trend around. If that doesn’t happen, expect heads to start rolling in Korea.
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Samsung Heads Towards The Smartphone Abyss As Profits Nosedive
I think it’s a safe to say that Samsung is in freefall. While Apple sold almost 75 million phones last quarter and made a pile of money, Samsung has gone in the other direction according to Reuters:
The South Korean giant said earnings from smartphones and other mobile gadgets dropped 64 percent annually in the October-December period to 1.96 trillion won ($1.80 billion), contributing to its first annual earnings fall in three years.
It was the mobile division’s fifth consecutive quarter of decline, in contrast to Apple’s record-breaking 74.5 million iPhone sales in the three months to Dec 27 on the back of the success of its big-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
With the Galaxy S6 due out soon, Samsung will be under the gun to make sure that this new phone will turn this trend around. If that doesn’t happen, expect heads to start rolling in Korea.
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