SEOUL: Slowing global demand for smartphones and memory chips dealt a blow to Samsung Electronics as it reported on Thursday a 40 percent on-year drop in fourth-quarter net profit.
The world’s top handset maker continued to be squeezed at both ends of the lucrative smartphone market with high-end competition from arch-rival Apple matched by cheaper players like China’s Huawei and Xiaomi.
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