Samsung to push smartphone volumes despite profit squeeze: mobile chief
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10847034
- Published
- 2026-08-20 15:27:35
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-20 07:52:11
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Samsung Electronics is doubling down on smartphone volume despite worsening margins, prioritizing market share gains over near-term profit recovery. At an internal management briefing Wednesday, Samsung Electronics co-CEO and Device eXperience head Roh Tae-moon told employees that profitability pressure could persist while memory prices remain elevated, according to industry sources familiar with the meeting. Roh then named "market-share expansion" as a key second-half priority. The bet is to ke
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