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The new Galaxy model was launched on Friday the same day as Samsung introduced another record quarterly profit.

Expectations for the new smartphone has been soaring.

The South Korean electronics giant strengthens its position as the world’s largest maker of smartphones.

Mixed reception

The first reactions from mobile experts on the new Galaxy S4 was mixed:

• newspaper The New York Times writes that Samsung “betting on the secure”.
• news agency Bloomberg calls the phone “soulless”.
• Electronics Website AllThingsDigital claims the software is “particularly weak”.
• Technology website Mashable writes that the S4 is the best smartphone with Google’s Android software.

Samsung fell on the Stock Exchange

Neither market players in Seoul took off.

share price of Samsung Electronics fell 0.5 percent after the announcement of record results and the launch of the new mobile phone.

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sale of the first Galaxy S4 phones started in the home market South Korea and Hong Kong Friday. Saturday launched the new Galaxy version in the U.S. and Australia.

record profit

The new product launch takes place the same day that Samsung presented a sufficient record profit:

• Operating profit increased by 54 percent to 8800 billion won (47 billion).
• Net profit increased by 42 percent to 7,200 billion won (39 billion).
• Sales increased by 17 percent to 52.900 billion won (285 billion).

sale of Galaxy SIII model and the larger version Galaxy was much larger than expected in the first quarter.

Lee Don-joo, who is a sales and marketing manager of Samsung’s mobile division, anticipates that sales of the Galaxy S4 will exceed the sales success of the model Galaxy SIII.

With the launch of yet another Galaxy model analysts expect the new record results in the coming quarters, writes the news agency Associated Press.

Edge over Apple

Thus, the South Korean electronics giant have secured yet another edge over its main competitor, U.S. Apple.

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For the first time in over ten years serving Apple less money.

America has announced a new version of its smartphone iPhone, but it may take several months before it is ready for sale.

Meanwhile, Samsung benefit to sell even more of its cheaper smartphones.

Samsung is currently the largest in the global smartphone market.

third of the world market

Samsung leverages its competitive advantage in selling a wide range models of smart phones and other mobile equipment, while Apple has only one iPhone model.

Samsung thereby increasing forpranget on competitors Apple and Finnish Nokia in the global market game.

According to the U.S. research firm IDC (International Data Corporation) Samsung sold 70.7 smartphones in the first quarter, up 61 percent from the first quarter last year.

Samsung thus has a global market share of 33 percent.

Apple is the second largest player in this market. Apple sold 37.4 million of its smartphone iPhone.

The global market share fell from 23 percent in the first quarter last year to 17 percent in the same period last year.

high in other areas

Besides producing smartphones with technology from the U.S. Google, Samsung is the world’s largest maker of computer chips, televisions and computer and television screens made of liquid crystals.