Samsung's quarterly results disappointed analysts

The South Korean electronics giant Samsung announced its quarterly figures on this day for April - June 2013 known and missed analysts' expectations.

Although the operating profit by 47% (last year) has risen to 8.3 billion U.S. dollars, some analysts were disappointed because they have a slightly higher expected value. To that effect, the Samsung share slipped to 3.8% from. Many now fear that can not sell so well the Galaxy series and Samsung competitors in order to make up ground.

Reason for the sharp increase over the previous year must have been in Q2 introducing the Samsung Galaxy S4. But it seems to be the flagship not sell as well as expected. With around 20 million units sold, it is below the 28 million expected devices. Reason for this may be the now equally strong competitors.

Nevertheless, Samsung 2013 Another high-end devices will remain so in the coming months, the global leader in the smart phone arena, which is expected especially for the IFA.