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Samsung Electronics Co. logo is seen at a showroom of its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest technology company by revenue, expects record earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 as shoppers continued to snap up its smartphones and tablets. The company said Tuesday its operating profit for the October-December quarter would be about 8.8 trillion won ($8.3 billion), up 89 percent from a year earlier and higher than expectations. It will release its full quarterly result including net profit at the end of this month. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

SEOUL, South Korea— Samsung Electronics Co. reported Friday forecast-beating results for the fourth quarter of 2012 as profit from its mobile business more than doubled from a year earlier.

Samsung’s October-December net income reached 7.04 trillion won ($6.58 billion), a 76 percent surge of 4.01 trillion won a year earlier. Analysts expected 6.95 trillion won in income according to FactSet.

Sales and operating income were slightly higher than its earlier preview. Sales rose 19 percent over a year earlier to 56.06 trillion won and operating income jumped 89 percent to 8.84 trillion won.

Increased sales of smartphones were the key source of its stellar profit. Samsung, which overtook Apple Inc. as the top smartphone maker last year, said its operating profit from the division that makes and sells smartphones and tablets more than doubled to 5.44 trillion won in the fourth quarter, from 2.56 trillion won a year earlier.

Analysts said Samsung will likely to see a continued rise in smartphone sales this year, especially in low- and mid-priced smartphones, while Apple sees iPhone sales plateau.

Bullish analysts forecast Samsung smartphone shipments to rise as much as 50 percent this year from 2012.

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  • T Tinio

    kung nde ba naman kayong bugok na dalawa eh parehas na bulok na model yan pinipili nyo! 

    Saan planeta ba kayo galing? Nde na uso ang OS ng Wave = Bada, and Nokia mapa windows or symbian man.

    • barok

      eh ikaw pala ang bugok eh…untog mo yang cellphone mo sa ulo mo at malamang kung di ang cellphone sira baka ulo mo.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/NXV3F6YUQWDOA4HPYOFN5F2N3U Danyel

    pangit yung nabili kong Samsung…WaveY….nawawala ang signal…..babalik uli ako sa Nokia some other tym…….

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