Samsung's first-quarter profit may have fallen by more than half, and want to borrow 5G to recover the trend?

  It is reported that Samsung is mass-producing 5G baseband and radio chipsets to expand its influence in the mobile ecosystem.

At the end of last month, Samsung Electronics issued a profit warning, saying that its first-quarter results may be lower than market expectations due to weak demand for main product storage chips and lower than expected display prices, and operating income may fall 12%. According to forecasts, the operating profit of Samsung Electronics in the first quarter may be 6.9 trillion won (about 40.779 billion yuan), which is more than 50% lower than the 15.6 trillion won in the same period last year. And DB Financial Investment analyst Cheng Chenglie said that such a bad situation may continue until the second quarter, until the chip price decline rate slowed down.

As a result, 5G is a major opportunity for the Korean electronics giant, and analysts predict that demand for 5G networks will boost mobile phone sales for all smartphone makers.

At present, Samsung has three important 5G chips in production. The Samsung Exynos Modem 5100 enables smartphones to support full-standard standards, while the Exynos RF 5500 enables a full-featured solution on a single chip, giving manufacturers greater flexibility in smartphone design. At the same time, the Exynos SM 5500 is a power module solution that significantly improves the battery life of 5G smartphones.

Inyup Kang, president of Samsung Systems Integration, said: "Samsung has been an innovator of mobile communication technology and has a series of market-proven and powerful solutions. Samsung has already prepared for the expansion of its leadership position to 5G. Samsung multi-mode solution Committed to powerful and energy-efficient 5G performance and allowing users to connect multiple networks anytime, anywhere."

Another report said that due to Intel's missed deadline to develop its own XMM 8160 5G baseband, Apple's efforts to launch the 5G version of the iPhone next year have been hampered. Samsung has been mentioned as an alternative to Apple, but even if an agreement is reached, it is unlikely that chips will be available before the release date of the iPhone next year.