Samsung shipped an estimated 35 million smartphones in the fourth quarter — up from 27.9 million in the third quarter when it passed Apple to become the top smartphone vendor in the world — pushing the South Korea-based company toward record profits. The firm reported its preliminary results for the fourth calendar quarter on Friday, revealing an operating profit of 5.2 trillion won, up 73% from the same quarter in 2010. Wall Street was expecting 4.7 trillion won for the quarter, and Samsung’s previous record had been 5.0 trillion won in the second quarter of 2010. Samsung stated last month that it also saw record phone sales during the quarter, topping 300 million units in early December, and the company aims to sell more than 374 million phones in 2012.
Samsung racks up record Q4 profit on huge smartphone sales
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 7:41PM EST
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs.
Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 15 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.
His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.
