" Samsung " plans to launch smartphones priced at less than $ 100

Published " Samsung " its financial results for the first quarter of 2014 , which showed an annual decline of 3.3 percent as a result of intense competition , which he received in the smartphone market .

And decreased operating profit of the company during the first three months of this year and for the second consecutive quarter to $ 8.2 billion dollars. However , the net profit of " Samsung " , an annual growth rate of 5.9 percent to 7.3 billion dollars , also increased the company's sales also rose slightly to $ 50 billion dollars and is estimated to increase by 1.5 percent from last year .

Despite the fall in profits , the company announced Tuesday that it is still investigating strong sales for mobile high-specification , such as " Galaxy S 4 " phone "tablet Galaxy Note 3 ."

With regard to the second quarter of the current year 2014 , expects " Samsung " to see an increase in profits , particularly after the launch the new smart phone " Galaxy S 5 " earlier in the month of April / April.

The company expects " Samsung " to exceed the sales of " Galaxy S 5 " sales of its predecessor , " Galaxy S4 " which was selling 10 million units of it during the first month of distant launched last year , with reference to the company's revenue from the sector portable devices constitute half of the total revenues .

The official revealed in the company , said that " Samsung " is currently working on the development of smart phones Low -oriented specifications for emerging markets , characterized by a larger size screens and it supports Dual touch .

The " John Hyun Kim ," senior vice president of mobile communications business at the " Samsung " to the continued growth of the smartphone market , which does not exceed the price of $ 100 , and added , " We will add new products to this segment of the price as well."

This comes at a time in which he referred to the research firm 's report , " Strategic Analytics " Startegy Analytics that shipments of the company " Samsung " smart phones rose during the first quarter of this year increased by 28 percent and the number of 89 million units.

However , the research firm reported that the share of " Samsung " in the smartphone market fell to an estimated increase of 31.2 percent compared to 32.4 percent was achieved last year , and then comes the "Apple " share , which fell from 17.5 percent to 15.3 percent .