Samsung has let know that in the second quarter of this year to be less profitable than in the same period last year. This is despite the sale of nineteen million smartphones, mainly Android run.
The profit for the second quarter is converted from between 2.3 billion and 2.6 billion euro, so let the company know. Last year was the profit in the second quarter to approximately 3.3 billion euro. The exact figures are only on the 29th of July disclosed, said a spokesman from Samsung. The turnover for the second quarter is between 25 billion to 26.3 billion euros.
The lower profits were due to the schermafdeling of Samsung; the Korean manufacturer expects the loss to run. With 19 million sold smartphones in the mobile department the significantly better than last year, when there were only 3.2 million units over the counter went.
Previously it turned out that Microsoft money wants to see from Samsung for each sold Android phone. Because the smartphoneverkopen of the Korean company mainly rely on devices with Googles mobile operating system, this can be the profit in the future significantly affect.