South Korea's brokerage houses estimated the sales of the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus to be around 43-60 million units, reported Yonhap news agency. "It will give a big boost for Samsung's earnings from the second quarter", said Lee.
Bmbattled electronics giant Samsung on Friday shrugged off a catalogue of scandals, including a corruption trial and fire-prone phones, and said it is on track for record profits.
Industry watchers, however, said Samsung's strong performance in chip sales is forecast to have helped improve its bottom line.
With the April 28 launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 creeping up on us, I've been trying to find a good case to protect my new phone - even though I don't usually like covers. Sales rose to $44 billion in the quarter. As everyone already knows, Galaxy Note 7 shipped with a malfunctioning battery that would randomly explode and Samsung was forced to recall all sold devices. The Korean update will also feature the latest security patch for Android 7.0, along the lines of the Sprint Galaxy Note 5 which got its update in March.
You can probably expect to see the same Exynos 8895 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors used in the Galaxy S8 in the new phablet. Samsung scrapped its flagship smartphones a year ago after they overheated and caught fire, leaving billions of dollars in financial damages and hurting its reputation. Now although Samsung will release a detailed version of its quarterly results sometime in April, these figures are enough to absorb the fact that Samsung is actually back on track.
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From there, they were to be taken to a nearby high school to be reunited with their families, police said. Two students were transported to the hospital, according to San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan .
Amid the company's struggle with the Note 7, Samsung's vice chairman was embroiled in a political scandal facing charges, including bribing ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Both companies did not provide a breakdown of each business division.
Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye (C) leaves the prosecutors' office in a auto as she is transferred to a detention center, in Seoul, South Korea, March 31, 2017.
The court is expected to deliver a verdict by the end of May.
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