Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it expected profit to decline in the current quarter due to a coronavirus-related slump in sales of smartphones and TVs, although the chip business would remain solid.

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Amid COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, companies all around the world are facing supply chain-related issues. However, Samsung employees are being given special permission to visit Vietnam.

It has six new Galaxy A-series phones in total

But don't get too excited just yet.

The coronavirus-driven global shift to working from home is set to have boosted demand for Samsung Electronics' memory chips from laptop makers and data centres, but first-quarter profits are likely to remain flat as the outbreak weakened consumer electronics sales.

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it has suspended its home appliance factory in the United States after two of its workers had tested positive for coronavirus.

The petition demands that Samsung stop using Exynos processors, which it labels as "inferior", in its flagship smartphones. Put simple, the petition claims that, "Phones with Exynos SoC chips [sic] are shown to perform slower, have less battery life, use inferior camera sensors and processing, overheat and throttle faster, amongst other issues."

The company held a ceremony at its Xian complex on March 10 to mark a product shipment following the completion of the first phase of investment. The new line will roll out 5th-generation V-NAND flashes of a 3D vertical structure with 90 or more layers.

Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it expected higher demand and limited supply for computer chips even though the coronavirus pandemic and the U.S.-China trade war were damaging major markets in Europe and the United States.

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This year, Samsung is putting a focus on audio quality

Analysts expect expanding 5G coverage and a rumored 5G iPhone to drive more demand in 2020.

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Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division has launched its own artificial intelligence research center and is scouting global talent, according to industry sources Wednesday.

It's certified as an 'Eye Care Display' and uses 15 percent less power than previous OLED panels.

Samsung Electronics has started building a $220 million research and development center in Vietnam, the South Korean tech giant's local unit said on Monday.

Vietnam will quarantine all arrivals from South Korea to guard against the new coronavirus, the Southeast Asian country said Friday, a policy move sure to hamstring the operations of South Korean corporate giants like Samsung Electronics that have a heavy presence in the nation.

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The LPDDR5 chips are 30 percent faster and use less power.

There are at least 70 phones in the works using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 technology for 5G phones.

Samsung Electronics said Saturday it has temporarily shut down a smartphone plant in the southeastern city of Gumi, shortly after a plant employee tested positive for the new coronavirus.

At the same time pre-orders open for the Galaxy S20 line.

Samsung Electronics stands to be a major beneficiary of the China production problems announced by rival Apple Inc on Monday, reaping the rewards of a decade-long bet on low-cost smartphone manufacturing in Vietnam.

Samsung Electronics's semiconductor manufacturing division has won a contract to make new Qualcomm 5G chips using its most advanced chip-making technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, boosting the Korean firm's efforts to gain market share against rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that board chairman Lee Sang-hoon, who was sentenced to jail in December for sabotaging union activities, had offered to resign, without elaborating on a reason.

At its annual February announcement, the company revealed its flagship Galaxy S20 phones featuring a new super large model, the Z Flip foldable and Galaxy Buds Plus.

The South Korean electronics giant is holding its annual "Unpacked" event on February 11 where it is expected to launch the phone officially.

It's not bowing out completely like some rivals, though.

Samsung Electronics confirmed on Thursday that it is releasing another foldable smartphone this year with a new design from its previous model.

Tech giant retains 3 CEOs, taps younger chief to lead smartphone innovations

Samsung Electronics may boost the production capacity of its CMOS image sensor by nearly 20% this year, analysts here said Sunday, as the South Korean tech giant tries to meet soaring demand.

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A tough case and a replaceable battery help it survive abuse in the field.

The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch is an external storage drive that delivers speeds up to twice as fast as the Samsung T5 (review), and for the very first time, features a built-in fingerprint sensor for added security.

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said quarterly operating profit likely fell at a milder pace than analysts forecast, indicating memory chip prices bottomed out and strengthening hope of recovery from an industry downturn.

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With Samsung Electronics expected to suffer its biggest annual profit drop in at least a decade, investors are counting on an expected uptick in the memory-chip market to cure the tech giant's ills this year.

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