Laporan Keuangan akhir tahun Samsung: 200 juta ponsel terjual sepanjang tahun 2008
Samsung merupakan pabrikan ponsel paling sukses sepanjang tahun 2008 ini. Jika 5 besar lainnya — Nokia, Motorola, LG, dan Sony Ericsson — mengalami penurunan baik dalam jumlah penjualan maupun keuntungan, Samsung sebaliknya malah mengalami peningkatan.
Peningkatan yang berhasil dilakukan oleh Samsung adalah menjual 200 juta unit ponsel sepanjang tahun 2008, yang berarti 22% lebih banyak daripada tahun 2007. Demikian juga dengan kondisi finansialnya, Samsung berhasil membukuan keuntungan 10% lebih banyak daripada tahun lalu.
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Samsung sees off a financially successful 2008
Samsung were the last phone manufacturer from the Top 3 to announce their financial results. The Korean company recorded 22% increase in their mobile handsets sales totaling approximately 200 million units shipped worldwide in 2008.
This gives Samsung a market share of 15.8%, well ahead of LG, the third company in the ranking, but also way behind Nokia, the Numero Uno, cellphone manufaturer.
Samsung have also increased their profit by 10 percent over the last year, which given the plummeting demand recently is quite an achievement.
The company also has set quite high targets for itself for the year 2009 reaching 29% 3G handset market share (from 19% for 200 
and a 17% smartphone share (from 13% for 2008). Quite an optimistic forecast for sure, but having seen the company recent development not a totally unachievable one.