Samsung enjoys £2.9bn profit, less than half of Apple’s
By Andrew Hoyle on 27 January 2012, 11:17am
Samsung publically enjoyed riding its current wave of success as it highlighted monster profits of £2.9bn in the fourth quarter of 2011 during its annual earnings call. That’s a Scrooge McDuck-scale pool of cash to be sure, but it’s a puddle compared to the ocean of moolah Apple is wallowing in.
The Korean electronics giant achieved £26.7bn in total sales across its whole business over the last three months, of which £2.9bn was clear profit. We’re not sure how much of that cash will be spent on a party, but we’d hope it’s most of it.
It’s been a rosy year for Samsung, with it proudly announcing 300 million phone sales in 2011. Unsurprisingly, most of those sales were attributed to the Galaxy S2, but sales of the Note, the Nexus and the currently non-existent Galaxy S3 are sure to boost these numbers handsomely in 2012.
Samsung’s phones made up around 45 per cent of its total earnings, with its semiconductor sector also making some healthy wonga and its display sector — particularly its glorious TVs — reportedly generating £3.5bn in sales.
Impressive stuff, sure, but the shine is rubbed off a little when you bear in mind Apple’s monster figures, including a record profit of £8.3bn. Much of that profit came from the sale of the iPhone 4S, of which 37 million were sold in the last 14 weeks of 2011 alone.
Considering Apple has one phone against Samsung’s galaxy of, er, Galaxies, we can’t help but tip our hat to Apple on this one. In fact, the iPhone outsold all Android phones put together in America, although it lags here in Europe.
Still, Samsung is infinitely healthier than Nokia, which posted a total loss of £800m at the end of 2011. It reckons the Windows Phone Lumia 800 didn’t launch in time to prevent this loss, so will certainly be hoping for more positive figures in 2012, with the Lumia 800, the cheaper Lumia 710 and the upcoming high-end Lumia 900.
There’s everything to play for this year and with Mobile World Congress just around the corner, we’re really excited to see what the figures look like later in the year. In the meantime, drop us your market analysis in the comments below, or over on our impecunious Facebook page.
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By Andrew Hoyle on 27 January 2012, 11:17am
Samsung publically enjoyed riding its current wave of success as it highlighted monster profits of £2.9bn in the fourth quarter of 2011 during its annual earnings call. That’s a Scrooge McDuck-scale pool of cash to be sure, but it’s a puddle compared to the ocean of moolah Apple is wallowing in.
The Korean electronics giant achieved £26.7bn in total sales across its whole business over the last three months, of which £2.9bn was clear profit. We’re not sure how much of that cash will be spent on a party, but we’d hope it’s most of it.
It’s been a rosy year for Samsung, with it proudly announcing 300 million phone sales in 2011. Unsurprisingly, most of those sales were attributed to the Galaxy S2, but sales of the Note, the Nexus and the currently non-existent Galaxy S3 are sure to boost these numbers handsomely in 2012.
Samsung’s phones made up around 45 per cent of its total earnings, with its semiconductor sector also making some healthy wonga and its display sector — particularly its glorious TVs — reportedly generating £3.5bn in sales.
Impressive stuff, sure, but the shine is rubbed off a little when you bear in mind Apple’s monster figures, including a record profit of £8.3bn. Much of that profit came from the sale of the iPhone 4S, of which 37 million were sold in the last 14 weeks of 2011 alone.
Considering Apple has one phone against Samsung’s galaxy of, er, Galaxies, we can’t help but tip our hat to Apple on this one. In fact, the iPhone outsold all Android phones put together in America, although it lags here in Europe.
Still, Samsung is infinitely healthier than Nokia, which posted a total loss of £800m at the end of 2011. It reckons the Windows Phone Lumia 800 didn’t launch in time to prevent this loss, so will certainly be hoping for more positive figures in 2012, with the Lumia 800, the cheaper Lumia 710 and the upcoming high-end Lumia 900.
There’s everything to play for this year and with Mobile World Congress just around the corner, we’re really excited to see what the figures look like later in the year. In the meantime, drop us your market analysis in the comments below, or over on our impecunious Facebook page.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 could be just a month away
By Rich Trenholm on 27 January 2012, 11:29am
Will they or won’t they? That’s the question on everybody’s lips as conflicting reports clash over the launch of the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3.
We had our fingers crossed the S3 would be revealed in the next month, until reports began to surface that the S3 will be delayed. Now it seems Samsung is still trying to make up its mind.
The Verge reports that the S3 won’t be unveiled in February. But notorious Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin reckons not only will the phone be unveiled next month, it’ll be in shops in April.
It’s now a month until Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile trade show where phone companies gather in Barcelona to showcase their wares for the coming year. The S3 could take a bow there, but there a few reasons Samsung may decide to hold back.
The expected S3 will be the follow-up to the smash-hit Samsung Galaxy S2, the biggest Android smart phone going. The S2 was announced at MWC in February last year, so a year later would be a logical time for the S3 to take a bow.
But the S2 only actually launched on US phone networks as late as December of last year, and as the strongest rival to the iPhone it’s clearly still got a lot of life left in it. So we wouldn’t blame Samsung for holding back the S3 to make the most of the S2′s success.
Samsung may also decide to hold back from the scrum of new phones unveiled at MWC to differentiate the S3 from the pack. After all, a little company called Apple never turns up at MWC, and yet seems to be doing quite nicely, thank you very much. If any phone launch can challenge the hype and spectacle of an iPhone announcement, surely it’s the S3?
All this speculation is whipping up to fever pitch — but what will the S3 be like? Hit play below to check out our video roundup of the rumours surrounding one of the biggest phones of the year.
Whether or not the S3 turns up at MWC, CNET certainly will. We’re hitting the Barcelona phonefest in force, so keep it CNET UK for all the up-to-the-minute phone and tablet news, previews and videos.
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By Rich Trenholm on 27 January 2012, 11:29am
Will they or won’t they? That’s the question on everybody’s lips as conflicting reports clash over the launch of the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3.
We had our fingers crossed the S3 would be revealed in the next month, until reports began to surface that the S3 will be delayed. Now it seems Samsung is still trying to make up its mind.
The Verge reports that the S3 won’t be unveiled in February. But notorious Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin reckons not only will the phone be unveiled next month, it’ll be in shops in April.
It’s now a month until Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile trade show where phone companies gather in Barcelona to showcase their wares for the coming year. The S3 could take a bow there, but there a few reasons Samsung may decide to hold back.
The expected S3 will be the follow-up to the smash-hit Samsung Galaxy S2, the biggest Android smart phone going. The S2 was announced at MWC in February last year, so a year later would be a logical time for the S3 to take a bow.
But the S2 only actually launched on US phone networks as late as December of last year, and as the strongest rival to the iPhone it’s clearly still got a lot of life left in it. So we wouldn’t blame Samsung for holding back the S3 to make the most of the S2′s success.
Samsung may also decide to hold back from the scrum of new phones unveiled at MWC to differentiate the S3 from the pack. After all, a little company called Apple never turns up at MWC, and yet seems to be doing quite nicely, thank you very much. If any phone launch can challenge the hype and spectacle of an iPhone announcement, surely it’s the S3?
All this speculation is whipping up to fever pitch — but what will the S3 be like? Hit play below to check out our video roundup of the rumours surrounding one of the biggest phones of the year.
Whether or not the S3 turns up at MWC, CNET certainly will. We’re hitting the Barcelona phonefest in force, so keep it CNET UK for all the up-to-the-minute phone and tablet news, previews and videos.
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iPhone 5 to feature larger display, reports hint
By Luke Westaway on 26 January 2012, 10:16am
The iPhone 5 could sport a larger display, according to reports.
9to5Mac claims a Foxconn employee has let slip that the next iteration of the iPhone will boast a screen that’s at least 4 inches across, and is nearly ready to go into production.
Those same sources also reckon the iPhone 5 will boast a different design to the iPhone 4 and its more successful identical twin, the iPhone 4S. The rumoured ‘teardrop’ design won’t be used apparently — the next iPhone will instead be symmetrical along the sides.
That report chimes with the image above, which was spotted by 9to5Mac last year, apparently on a Chinese part reseller’s website. The part certainly looks very Apple-esque and clearly boasts a slimmer bezel, which could make for more screen real estate.
So is Apple likely to plonk a larger screen on its new mobile? Rival manufacturers have spent the last few years building bigger and bigger phones, ramping up screen sizes to the point where the mahoosive Samsung Galaxy Note almost looks acceptable.
By comparison the iPhone 4S is teeny-tiny. But building a bigger phone just because everyone else is doesn’t seem very ‘Apple’. Increasing the screen size would also mean that iOS apps would need to be rewritten to accommodate the extra display, which would be a royal pain in the rump for developers.
What do you think the iPhone 5 will look like? Tell us in the comments or on our Facebook wall, then be sure to check out our complete guide to all the iPhone 5 rumours.
Image credit: 9to5Mac
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By Luke Westaway on 26 January 2012, 10:16am
The iPhone 5 could sport a larger display, according to reports.
9to5Mac claims a Foxconn employee has let slip that the next iteration of the iPhone will boast a screen that’s at least 4 inches across, and is nearly ready to go into production.
Those same sources also reckon the iPhone 5 will boast a different design to the iPhone 4 and its more successful identical twin, the iPhone 4S. The rumoured ‘teardrop’ design won’t be used apparently — the next iPhone will instead be symmetrical along the sides.
That report chimes with the image above, which was spotted by 9to5Mac last year, apparently on a Chinese part reseller’s website. The part certainly looks very Apple-esque and clearly boasts a slimmer bezel, which could make for more screen real estate.
So is Apple likely to plonk a larger screen on its new mobile? Rival manufacturers have spent the last few years building bigger and bigger phones, ramping up screen sizes to the point where the mahoosive Samsung Galaxy Note almost looks acceptable.
By comparison the iPhone 4S is teeny-tiny. But building a bigger phone just because everyone else is doesn’t seem very ‘Apple’. Increasing the screen size would also mean that iOS apps would need to be rewritten to accommodate the extra display, which would be a royal pain in the rump for developers.
What do you think the iPhone 5 will look like? Tell us in the comments or on our Facebook wall, then be sure to check out our complete guide to all the iPhone 5 rumours.
Image credit: 9to5Mac
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LG Prada Phone sashays into shops tomorrow
By Rich Trenholm on 26 January 2012, 4:43pm
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Prada, sweetie! The LG Prada Phone toe-to-heels down the mobile runway and into phone shops tomorrow.
The Android-powered high-fashion phone hits the high street, going on sale at Phones4U stores and online, for delivery before the end of the month. It’s been a while since LG’s had a hit phone — could the officially named Prada Phone by LG 3.0 get LG back on the catwalk?
We like the Prada phone: it’s every bit as svelte and sleekly styled as a Prada outfit, with a large and bright 4.3-inch screen as stunning as any supermodel.
It features a nippy 1GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera and 8GB of internal storage.
It’s powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which isn’t the latest version of Android, but is still easy to use and endlessly customisable. And at some stage this year — probably spring — the phone will be automatically updated to the freshest ‘droid, Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android is usually a colourful affair, but the Prada Phone strips that back to a stylish minimalist black and white look. It looks great, and really complements the noirish overall styling of the phone.
The Prada is offered by O2, Orange and Vodafone. You can bag yourself the fashion phone for free with a contract of £31 or more per month. Thirty quid a month also nets you 3,000 texts and around 900 minutes for calling up your PA to bark instructions at them from the Prada party in Milan, or calling your favourite designer to request a frock for the red carpet in New York.
On its own the phone costs around £450.
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By Rich Trenholm on 26 January 2012, 4:43pm
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Prada, sweetie! The LG Prada Phone toe-to-heels down the mobile runway and into phone shops tomorrow.
The Android-powered high-fashion phone hits the high street, going on sale at Phones4U stores and online, for delivery before the end of the month. It’s been a while since LG’s had a hit phone — could the officially named Prada Phone by LG 3.0 get LG back on the catwalk?
We like the Prada phone: it’s every bit as svelte and sleekly styled as a Prada outfit, with a large and bright 4.3-inch screen as stunning as any supermodel.
It features a nippy 1GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera and 8GB of internal storage.
It’s powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which isn’t the latest version of Android, but is still easy to use and endlessly customisable. And at some stage this year — probably spring — the phone will be automatically updated to the freshest ‘droid, Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android is usually a colourful affair, but the Prada Phone strips that back to a stylish minimalist black and white look. It looks great, and really complements the noirish overall styling of the phone.
The Prada is offered by O2, Orange and Vodafone. You can bag yourself the fashion phone for free with a contract of £31 or more per month. Thirty quid a month also nets you 3,000 texts and around 900 minutes for calling up your PA to bark instructions at them from the Prada party in Milan, or calling your favourite designer to request a frock for the red carpet in New York.
On its own the phone costs around £450.
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