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Samsung to invest in chips, panels as smartphone outlook dims
2013-07-26 11:17:20| Electronics - Topix.net
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd announced a $1 billion increase in investment on Friday, hoping a strong recovery in semiconductors will make up for weakening smartphone growth as it faces mounting pressure to produce eye-catching new gadgets.
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Smartphone shipments up 47% in Q2, Samsung takes 33% share
2013-07-26 09:08:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Global smartphone shipments grew 47 percent annually to reach a record 230 million units in the second quarter of 2013, according to research by Strategy Analytics. Samsung captured one-third of all smartphone volumes worldwide, while Apple's market share fell to its lowest level for three years. Smartphones accounted for 59 percent of all mobile phones shipped globally. Smartphone growth, which is at a higher rate today than a year ago, is being driven by demand for 4G models in developed regions like the US and 3G models in emerging markets such as India, the market researcher said. Samsung shipped an estimated 76.0 million smartphone sin the quarter, up from 48.7 million a year ago, and its market share rose to 33.1 percent from 31.1 percent in Q2 2012. Apple also increased its shipments, but its growth rate was less than that of the market, pushing its share down to 13.6 percent from 16.6 a year ago. LG and ZTE also posted strong growth and increased market share, to respectively 5.3 percent and 5.0 percent, while the top five was completed by Huawei, with 4.8 percent of smartphone shipments.
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Samsung profits up strongly on smartphone growth
2013-07-26 08:52:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Samsung Electronics has reported a strong increase in second-quarter profits, led by its expansion in the mobile market. The company's net profit jumped to KRW 7.77 trillion from 5.19 trillion a year earlier. Operating profit rose to KRW 9.53 trillion from KRW 6.46 trillion, and sales improved to KRW 57.46 trillion from KRW 47.60 trillion, in line with Samsung's earlier guidance. At the mobile division (IM), revenues improved to KRW 35.54 trillion from KRW 23.36 trillion a year ago. Samsung said the handset market was seasonally weak, with only a low single-digit increase in the smartphone segment compared to the first quarter of this year. Tablet demand was also lower in developed markets, but was growing in emerging markets. Operating profit at the division was down 3 percent from Q1 to KRW 6.28 trillion amid higher marketing costs for the launch of the Galaxy S4 as well as R&D and retail channel investments, Samsung said. Smartphone shipments increased, the company said without releasing numbers, noting growth in North America and China. PC shipments were lower in line with the slower market demand. Going forward the company expects mobile phone growth to be more balanced between developed countries interested in LTE phones and experiencing intense competition and emerging markets such as China interested in mass-market smartphones. Tablet demand is expected to continue to grow strongly in all countries. Smasung will pay an interim dividend of KRW 500 per share, worth in total KRW 75.37 billion.
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NFC, MEMS Sensors, And Gesture Recognition The Big Smartphone Differentiators In 2013
2013-07-26 06:04:19| wirelessdesignonline News Articles
Accelerometers, vision-based gesture recognition, gyroscopes, and NFC are predicted to be the feature set big winners in smartphones in 2013, according to a recent study by market intelligence firm ABI Research.
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Canon hit by rising popularity of smartphone cameras
2013-07-26 05:21:49| CNET News.com
The world's largest camera maker is seeing sales fall as smartphones with increasingly sophisticated optics gain in popularity. [Read more]
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