Samsung expects sales to reach 50 trillion won for the first quarter between January and March, while analysts predict that the company's operating profit in the second quarter will reach a record high.
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.
Lee, who was arrested in February, has been charged with paying almost US$40 million to the now-impeached president's close friend Choi Soon-Sil, allegedly as bribes to secure policy favours.
Lee's lawyers have previously denied all charges brought against Lee. They argued that the huge sum of corporate money was used for Lee's personal benefit - to secure a business merger and lobby regulators to help strengthen his control over Samsung.
The court is expected to deliver a verdict by the end of May.
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Galaxy Note 7 preorders hit 400,000 units from August 6 to 18 a year ago.
Over at Samsung headquarters meanwhile, the company reported preliminary operating profit of 9.9 trillion won ($8.7 billion) for the first quarter of 2017, a jump of nearly 50% from a year ago. The prosecution is trying to determine whether the donations were given as bribes in exchange for government support for the company's bid to enter the lucrative duty-free business.
The company did not elaborate on its performance and will disclose detailed earnings in late April. Figures were boosted this year due to increasing demand for memory chips and display screens.
Following issues with the Note 7, the Korean company suffered its worst decline in smartphone sales, according to tech research firm Gartner. Apart from consumer electronics where it sells Smartphones, TVs, ACs etc. Samsung is also world's largest memory chip maker which is why its deal with Qualcomm saw it suck all the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipsets in the initial phase.
A visitor tries out a Samsung Electronics smartphone at its shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 7, 2017.
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