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Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Selling Well in China: DJ Koh

Samsung Galaxy S10 Series Selling Well in China: DJ Koh

By Reuters | Updated: 20 March 2019 12:02 IST

Highlights

Samsung confident it could reverse the recent slump in China
CEO DJ Koh says new Galaxy flagships doing well in the region
Samsung's market share is down to less than 1 percent currently

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday its new Galaxy flagship smartphones were selling well in China and it was confident it could reverse the recent slump in its fortunes in the world's biggest smartphone market.

Samsung's market share has plunged from about 20 percent in 2013 to less than 1 percent currently as fast-growing Chinese rivals such as Huawei Technologies proved more agile in responding to the latest trends.

"It has been tough in China in the last two years. We have changed everything from our organisation and people to distribution channels," Samsung Electronics Co-Chief Executive DJ Koh told shareholders at the firm's annual general meeting.

"I think our flagship and mid-price models, these two products will bring a lot of change to the China market ... I am positive."

While Samsung remains the world's largest smartphone maker with nearly a fifth of global unit sales, it underperformed a slumping market last year and has closed one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in China.

The South Korean tech giant is pinning its hopes for a fight-back on its latest handset featuring a big, bending screen and the first 5G connection in a premium phone, a feature analysts do not expect Apple Inc to match until 2020.

FRUSTRATED SHAREHOLDERS
The upbeat outlook for mobile devices in China contrasts with the company's more pessimistic take on 2019, with trade tensions, weak economic growth and softer demand for memory chips expected to weigh on operations.

"We are expecting many difficulties this year such as slowing growth in major economies and risks over global trade conflicts," Co-Chief Executive Kim Ki-nam told the meeting.

Some shareholders vented their frustration and took the microphone to berate executives.

"If you're paid a lot of annual pay, you should work harder. I'm asking the management to do good work," one shareholder told the board.

The meeting drew more than double the usual crowd following a stock split last year which made it easier for retail investors to own Samsung stock. There was a long queue around the Samsung building to get in, and some shareholders complained they were getting hungry as the meeting dragged on.

Samsung is seeking new growth in areas such as network equipment manufacturing as sales of its mainstay chips and smartphones begin to drop.

As expected, shareholders voted to approve the appointment of board directors.

© Thomson Reuters 2019

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NEWS
Variants

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Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
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Very good cameras
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Bad
Gets warm under heavy load
Hole-punch design might not appeal to everyone

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Display 6.10-inch

Processor Samsung Exynos 9820

Front Camera 10-megapixel

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RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 3400mAh

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