In this note, we take a look at the year that was for Samsung’s smartphone and semiconductor operations – which together account for over 85% of its profits- and what could lie ahead for the company in 2019. Our interactive dashboard analysis outlines our expectations for Samsung in 2019. Although NAND prices have seen significant declines this year, as major vendors largely completed the transition from planar NAND to 3D NAND, thereby boosting bit supply, DRAM prices remained robust. Smartphone Business Could See Major Launches In 2019Samsung’s smartphone business had a relatively challenging year, with revenues declining by about 6% year-over-year during the first nine months to 74.32 trillion. As of Q3’18, Samsung’s smartphone market share declined to 18.9% from 22.3% in the year-ago quarter, per Gartner.

Source: Forbes December 14, 2018 15:11 UTC