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To: slacker711 who wrote (28)	1/16/2002 2:37:43 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 374

re: Samsung 2001 Results The global handset market would expand to 415 million units this year and Samsung aimed to sell 32 million units, Choi Chang-soo, information division vice president, told analysts. The world's fourth largest handset maker would focus on growth in Asia, particularly China and India, in 2002, Choi said. Likely to support a rebound in earnings in 2002 was an upswing in handset sales on which Samsung posted one trillion won net profit last year. >> Samsung Profits Plunge Despite Improved Handset Sales Kim Miyoung Reuters January 16, 2001 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd announced smaller losses on chips and better handset sales in its fourth quarter results on Wednesday, but weak chip prices still dragged down 2001 profits at the world's largest memory maker. Samsung's fourth quarter net profit fell to 400 billion won ($306 million), in line with analysts' expectations, from 1.2 trillion won a year earlier. Losses on chips, which for much of 2001 sold for less than production costs, narrowed to 212 billion won in the final quarter from 380 billion won in the preceding three-month period. Samsung <05930> said losses were trimmed by a rise in chip prices late last year which allowed it to bump up contract prices twice in December. Despite stronger sales of mobile phone handsets, Samsung's overall 2001 net profit fell to 2.9 trillion won from a record six trillion won in 2000. That was in line with a consensus estimate by Multex Global Estimates which had forecast Samsung's net at 2.93 trillion won. "We expect to see a further improvement of chip prices in the current quarter and beyond, thanks to a steady rise in spot chip prices while the corporate (PC) replacement cycle kicks in," Samsung's Kim IU, vice president of its chip division, said on a conference call. Shares in Samsung, which Morgan Stanley has forecast at 529,000 won over the next 12 months, fell 3.4 percent to 301,500 won on Wednesday. They underperformed the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), which fell 1.07 percent. BETTER OUTLOOK FOR 2002 Samsung officials said they expected chip prices to rise this quarter and analysts said that could return Samsung to profits on memory products. It makes DRAM (dynamic random access memory), SRAM (static RAM), flash memory, TFT-LCD (thin film transistor liquid crystal display) and system LSI chips, used in computers, digital cameras, mobile telephones and other devices. "Samsung is likely to post 830 billion won in EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) in Q1 given decreasing inventories and an expected rise in contract chip prices following a rally in spot prices to nearly $4," said Lim Hong-bin, a Samsung Securities analyst. Spot prices of industry standard 128 megabit DRAM chips have topped $3.50 after falling below $1 in October. Also likely to support a rebound in earnings in 2002 was an upswing in handset sales on which Samsung posted one trillion won net profit last year. The global handset market would expand to 415 million units this year and Samsung aimed to sell 32 million units, Choi Chang-soo, information division vice president, told analysts. The world's fourth largest handset maker would focus on growth in Asia, particularly China and India, in 2002, Choi said. Samsung said 2001 profits on home appliances including TVs and refrigerators fell to 183 billion won in 2001 from about 200 billion the year before. Sales of DVD players, digital cameras and other electronics delivered a net 293 billion won, down from about 500 billion won from a year earlier. Analysts said Samsung shares suffered after it cut its 2002 capital spending budget by nearly 30 percent to three trillion won, suggesting caution about a rebound for the IT sector this year. Shares in Intel Corp , the world's largest chipmaker, fell overnight after its capex plans triggered similar concern. "The fall in Samsung share prices is also attributable to growing sentiment that recent global tech shares may have gone a little bit far," said Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jon Chong-hwa. Despite a severe downturn in info-tech business last year, Samsung shares climbed 77 percent last year versus a 37 percent rise in the benchmark KOSPI. Analysts said investors were also seen taking profits after Samsung helped the broader market rally to fresh 17-month highs in early January. << - Eric -

To: slacker711 who wrote (28)	3/15/2002 5:30:01 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 374

re: 8 New Samsungs at CeBIT Pictures here: cellular-news.com - 4 GPRS - 2 GSM - 1 CDMA with embedded zoom camera - 1 CDMA 1x tri-band color Palm PDA 5 color models in all Rather impressive. >> Eight New Handsets From Samsung SGH-V100 GPRS Folder with TFT-LCD VOD & MPEG-4 Stereo The SGH-V100 is the world's first GPRS mobile phone with video on demand. It provides high-speed, wireless access to music videos, Internet broadcast, animation and other motion pictures in colour and the development of the SGH-V100 represents a breakthrough in cellular technology enabling the playback of streaming video content over GPRS networks. The Samsung SGH-V100 has an MPEG-4 decoder that operates from a GPRS platform and built-in stereo sound reproduction. Its 16 polyphonic sound capability means that audio from the video is more realistic and it's 176 x 220 pixel internal viewing screen incorporates the latest TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor LCD) technology for clear movie images. The SGH-V100 is a folder type phone with the 176 x 220 pixel, viewing screen inside. An external LCD of 96 x 64 pixels alerts the user to incoming calls and provides information on calls, date and time. TFT-LCDs (Thin Film Transistor LCD) are being introduced by Samsung, for the first time in GSM phones. Using three transistors for each pixel to be able to process red, green and blue the TFT-LCD processes moving images significantly quicker than previous types of screens, has no after image to affect viewing and uses a palate of up to 4,096 colours. Traditionally, LCDs can be difficult to see in direct sunlight or at some angles but these problems do not affect TFT-LCDs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SGH-S100 Triband GPRS Javaphone with color display and EMS The SGH-S100 is Samsung's Java technology enabled mobile phone for GPRS networks. The SGH-S100 has an internal STN 65K colour LCD, with a size of 128 x 160 pixels. It supports WAP 1.2 and has 16 polyphonic ringing to allow users to produce highly personalised and true sounds as their own ringing tones. The phone is GSM triband, operating on GSM900,1800 & 1900. The interior screen is a 2.1" STN 128 x 160 pixels 65K colour. The handset also supports EMS (Enhanced Message Service) and is GPRS enabled to Class 8. The handset weighs 85 grams and comes with a built infrared link. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SGH-Q200 GPRS folder with dual LCDs & WAP SGH-Q300 GPRS folder with dual LCDs & WAP & EMS The SGH-Q200 and Q300 are both GPRS folder phones with dual LCDs, WAP support and a four-way navigation key for easy operation. The SGH-Q300 incorporates 16 polyphonic ringing and the ability to download animations, ringtones and pictures by EMS(Enhanced Message Service) function. It includes cordless connectivity to a PC with IrDA. The SGH-Q200 is simple to use with a one-touch WAP access key. Its compact design makes it a useful and elegant business tool. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sph-I330 CDMA 1X 800/1900Amps Palm PDA with 256 Colour Display The SPH-i330 phone is a mobile with a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) combined. This compact wireless intelligent terminal has a large screen just like a PDA, has been developed in conjunction with Palm and is wholly compatible with all Palm-OS based applications. This CDMA 800/1900 and AMPS terminal is designed for use on CDMA2000 1x networks, has a 256 colour display and 16 polyphonic ringing. It offers wireless Internet connection and the ability to send and receive e-mail while on the move but using an easy to read screen. Like the Palm it has easy text input via writing recognition and a speaker phone for hands free conversation. The PDA element of the SPH-i330 features a touch screen panel, hand writing recognition (Graffiti), address book, scheduler, to-do list, memo pad, calculator, clock and PC synchronisation to allow Palm applications to be downloaded. The data capabilities include web browsing, web clipping available via Palm.net, e-mail, short message service and data synchronisation with a PC. The SPH-i330 also includes infrared communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCH-X590 CDMA with colour LCD and embedded camera Samsung is also showing its mobile phone that is a camera as well. The CDMA, SCH-X590 has a colour LCD and embedded camera allowing photos to be sent wirelessly. The camera function has a 400% zoom is 10 stages, a light control function and it is possible to set the camera to take a photo automatically after 10 seconds. Up to 100 photos can be saved in CIF (Common Interface Format) format. Photos can be sent mobile to mobile, and mobile to computer via e-mail. Up to four photos can be displayed on the 120 x 160 pixels, 4096 STN colour screen. Like the newly launched SCH-X290, it has 40 polyphonic ringing which allows users to produce highly personalised and true sounds as their own ringing tones. 40 polyphonic is the equivalent of 40 sounds which means that up to 40 different instruments can be represented and be playing simultaneously. The phone's sophisticated sound chip allows it to imitate a wide spectrum of sounds. For users who do not want to settle for another musical tone, the new Samsung phones also have the ability to sample regular human speech as a ring tone allowing users to have the voice of their partner or child as their incoming call alert. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SGH-A500, basic GSM900/1800 flip phone SGH-T100 basic GSM flip phone, colour TFT-LCD 128 x 160 pixels screen The company has also released the SGH-A500, a basic GSM900/1800 flip phone. There is also the SGH-T100, which like the A500, is a basic GSM flip phone, but comes with a colour TFT-LCD 128 x 160 pixels screen and 16 polyphonic ringtone. The handset is also enabled for EMS (Enhanced Message Service) << - Eric -