SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics flagged a jump of more than a quarter in Q4 operating profit Friday, with working from home under the coronavirus pandemic driving demand for the devices powered by its chips.

The world’s biggest manufacturer of smartphones and memory chips said in an earnings estimate that it expected operating profit of 9 trillion won ($8.23 billion) for October to December, up from 7.16 trillion won a year earlier.

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