Samsung predicts record-breaking profit for Q1 2017

Samsung Electronics’ Q1 2017 earnings guidance is out, and the company is predicting an operating profit of around 9.9 trillion won (about $8.7 billion) off 50 trillion won (about $44 billion) in revenue. That would beat its previous profit record set in Q3 2013 and represent a roughly 50 percent increase on the same period last year, when Samsung made 6.68 trillion won.Despite the predicted year-on-year profit increase, however, it looks like sales will be essentially flat: Samsung’