Smartphone sales strong Samsung predicts Q1 profit growth-News Center

"Sadie Online News" April 7, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, Samsung Electronics forecast first-quarter operating profit will achieve a significant increase in the same period last year, Because smartphone sales are strong, analysts expect the trend to continue in the second quarter as Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone Galaxy S 4 will start selling in the second quarter.

Samsung said in Friday that its operating profit was expected to reach 8.5 trillion to 8.9 trillion won in the three months ending March 31. The company recorded a record 8.8 trillion won in the fourth quarter of last year's operating profit.

The company said in a regulatory filing that sales in the first quarter were expected to increase to 51 trillion to 53 trillion won, the same period last year, 45.3 trillion South Korean dollars.

The 7 analysts surveyed by Dow Jones News Agency (Dow Jones Newswires) estimated that Samsung's operating profit was 8.6 trillion won in the first quarter, with sales earning 54.2 trillion.