China becomes the biggest market for Samsung

21 August 2018
Nearly a third of Samsung sales went to China, most of them of memory chips.

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Umbilical Noose, 21 Aug 2018As the years are passing Apple has been moving away from Sa... moreYes, but the problem is that Samsung is so big in this industry. They are the only one who can complete Apple's screen demand. Also making display and Semiconductor in this much amount decrease the price so much than competition. They have 85℅+ in LED market-share , 46% in semiconductor and they are also the biggest manufacturer of storage devices. So till now, they are leader.

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    • AnonD-594740
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    • 22 Aug 2018

    Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018Thing is, Huawei just overtook apple, and now samsungs just leftIt's been one quarter, we have to wait if that's permanently (i doubt it).

    But neverless, Samsung is still far away; Huawei needs to increase their sells more than 60% which, in an already saturated market and without the US market, is really, really hard, to not say impossible.

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      • Habibi Kebab Obama
      • nrt
      • 22 Aug 2018

      Until China makes DRAM themselfs, after that then they have trouble!

        dude111, 22 Aug 2018Apple has always used different providers, not only stuff f... moreYes that is the point. Samsung is not the main hardware manufacturer for iPhones and it is a good thing that Apple is not relying heavily on one company. But irrespective of all this Samsung semi-conductor will keep on growing, sadly same can't be said for Samsung mobiles division.

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          • Luxor
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          • 22 Aug 2018

          Lolz?, 22 Aug 2018Thing is that Samsung was number one in China last couple o... moreIt didnt said smartphone in the article. They just generalize Samsung as a whole company including memory chips manufacturer. So, China is indeed biggest market for Samsung.

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            • Anonymous
            • Kx1
            • 22 Aug 2018

            Lolz?, 22 Aug 2018Thing is that Samsung was number one in China last couple o... more"biggest market" without "smartphone" part

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              • 22 Aug 2018

              AnonD-594740, 21 Aug 2018So now we past the "Apple is doomed!" and are in the "Samsu... moreThing is that Samsung was number one in China last couple of years. Samsung now is not in top 5 oems with sales in Chinese market (Apple is no5, still).. On the other hand, article says that is China bigest smartphone market for Samsung..
              Samaung losing customers in mid segment because of branda like Huawei/Honor, Xiaomi, Oppo etc..

                Umbilical Noose, 21 Aug 2018As the years are passing Apple has been moving away from Sa... moreApple has always used different providers, not only stuff from Samsung.
                The RAM and NAND you mention are mainly from SK Hynix and Toshiba respectively, Samsung does provides with those too, but not entirely.

                  Vineet290, 21 Aug 2018Yes! But why should they focus on mobile business when they... moreAs the years are passing Apple has been moving away from Samsung. SoC then display and who knows soon they might buy storage and RAM from someone else too(if there is a seller).

                    Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018All the division work independently. Samsung semiconductor ... moreYes! But why should they focus on mobile business when they are making way more money from semiconductor business. And Huawei, Apple are their clients. So now they don't care who is ahead. Apple, or Huawei. Whoever, they will make dollars from them. If any OEM choose memory configuration like Note 9, 1TB, than also it will boost their semiconductor sale. Because Samsung has monopoly in storage devices too wether it's internal or external.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • mx{
                      • 21 Aug 2018

                      AnonD-594740, 21 Aug 2018So now we past the "Apple is doomed!" and are in the "Samsu... moreThing is, Huawei just overtook apple, and now samsungs just left

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                        • 21 Aug 2018

                        Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018Lol Huawei is buying from Samsung and then using them mater... moreSo now we past the "Apple is doomed!" and are in the "Samsung is doomed!!!" phase?

                        lolz

                        You guys are really delusionals.

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                          • 21 Aug 2018

                          Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018Lol Huawei is buying from Samsung and then using them mater... moreSteal customers in own country? Of course Huawei have huge advantage over Samsung in their own market. I'm pretty sure they have much better deals as well for their phones in China.
                          And of course Huawei is buying stuff from Samsung and other companies because they are just now becoming big. They started as usual Chinese copycat company without investing in research and other fields where "big" companies had invest a lot of millions. Let's see what is something going to change now.

                            Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018Lol Huawei is buying from Samsung and then using them mater... moreHmm, without the US market though, it'll be difficult, plus Samsung might do something about it and actually compete with Huawei's phones. It's really hard to tell

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                              Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018All the division work independently. Samsung semiconductor ... moreAnd they all do what the parent company does, which is Samsung. One of reasons conglomerates exists is to have the ability to isolate issues and to make it easier for the individual corporations to quicker adapt to a changing market.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 21 Aug 2018

                                Vineet290, 21 Aug 2018This is exactly what Samsung wants... The more these compan... moreAll the division work independently. Samsung semiconductor has nothing to do with mobile division or display division.

                                  Anonymous, 21 Aug 2018Lol Huawei is buying from Samsung and then using them mater... moreThis is exactly what Samsung wants... The more these companies depend on Samsung, more will Samsung make profit. Because Samsung reported just 2B $ profit from mobile phone bussiness where as Chips and memory business made 12B $.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 21 Aug 2018

                                    US will be cut off from the world soon with its trade wars.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • pp}
                                      • 21 Aug 2018

                                      Making RAM modules or printing money.....there is no difference.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • mx{
                                        • 21 Aug 2018

                                        Lol Huawei is buying from Samsung and then using them materials to make better phones amd steal samsung customers in the long run lmfao.

                                        Samsungs no1 spot is gonna disappear soon xD

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