It’s no big secret that Samsung had a great year following 2016’s Note 7 debacle, turning into gold everything the chaebol touched, from memory chipsets to mobile processors, OLED panels and, of course, own-brand high-end smartphones.
2018 predictably started on a similarly high note for the world’s largest smartphone vendor, number one TV manufacturer and top chipmaker, although Samsung’s new record-setting quarterly profits could have been even higher.
