The growing disparity in the relative strength of Samsung's various divisions is now becoming quite extreme, with its mobile division continuing to languish in ultimate purgatory, even as its semiconductor division keeps soaring, living the good life, so to say.
Samsung will earn negligible profits from its mobile division on a relative basis in Q2, establishing a troubling hierarchy of haves and have-nots under the same proverbial roof
According to the tipster Ice Universe, Samsung's mobile division is likely to report a quarterly profit in Q2 that is just around 1 percent of that expected to be reported by its semiconductor division.
Of course, this disparity in profitability is also patently visible in the bonuses that Samsung's semiconductor and mobile workers are expected to take home this year.
Based on the current expectations that Samsung will earn an operating profit of around 300 trillion won this year, each memory-focused employee stands to earn around 600 million won (~$400,000) in bonuses this year alone, as per the terms of a new deal that will see Samsung's semiconductor workers take home a special performance bonus that is equal to 10.5 percent of the tech behemoth's annual operating profits.
The situation, however, is less than ideal for Samsung's employees working in other divisions. For instance, Samsung Mobile employees will take home just 6 million won (~$4,000) in bonuses this year, which is around 100x less than what semiconductor employees stand to earn!
Of course, the biggest headwind for Samsung Mobile is the ongoing memory 'chipflation,' where even Apple has been forced to concede that memory prices have now become "unsustainable," necessitating "unavoidable" price hikes.
This situation is now prompting Samsung to raise the prices of its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra, which could further dampen the demand profile for these foldables.
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