智能手機銷售帶動三星二季度淨利潤創新高

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that its second-quarter profit jumped 48% to another company record as it increased smartphone sales and experienced cyclical recoveries in its chip and display component businesses.

三星電子(Samsung Electronics Co.)週五說，第二財季公司利潤大漲48%，再創新高，原因是智能手機銷售增加，芯片和顯示屏等組件業務經歷了週期性復甦。

The launch of a new, high-end smartphone helped its telecom division continue to have the most impact on Samsung's overall results. The unit accounted for nearly two-thirds of the operating profit for the world's biggest technology manufacturer by sales.

受發佈新高端智能手機的推動，三星的電信業務繼續對公司整體業績產生了最大影響。按銷售額計，三星是全球最大的高科技產品生產企業，而電信業務佔到其營業利潤的近三分之二。

The telecom unit's operating profit margin declined from the first quarter, however, as Samsung lost money in its telecom network equipment business and ramped up sales of the new smartphone, called Galaxy S III, more slowly than expected. Analysts spotted the difficulties a month ago and lowered their earning projections.

不過，三星電信業務的營業利潤率相比第一財季卻有所下降，因爲三星在電信網絡設備業務中出現了虧損，並且在加大新智能手機Galaxy S III銷售速度方面慢於預期。分析人士一個月前就發現了這些問題，從而下調了三星的利潤率預期。

But the company's bottom line got a boost from strong results in its display component division, which lost money all last year and produced a small profit in the first quarter of this year.

但三星的整體業績得到了顯示屏組件業務利好結果的提振。顯示屏組件業務去年全年虧損，今年第一財季實現小幅盈利。

In a statement, Samsung said it expected the third quarter to be 'marginally positive' and focused chiefly on the display component division as likely to provide the most improvement.

三星在聲明中說，預計第三財季業績會出現微幅增長，現在主要把精力放在顯示屏組件業務上，該業務可能會爲業績提升提供最大助力。

Samsung said it earned 5.19 trillion won, or $4.5 billion, in the April-to-June period, up from 3.51 trillion won in the same period a year ago. The net profit amount surpassed the previous record of 5.05 trillion won set in the first quarter.

三星說，今年4月至6月財季公司實現利潤5.19萬億韓圓(合45億美元)，高於上年同期的3.51萬億韓圓。今年第二財季的淨利潤超過了第一財季創下的5.05萬億韓圓的紀錄。

Revenue was 47.6 trillion won, up 21% from 39.4 trillion won a year ago.

今年第二財季，三星實現營收47.6萬億韓圓，較上年同期的39.4萬億韓圓高出21%。

Nearly all the company's growth over the past year has come in cellphones, as higher average selling prices for smartphones drove revenue in its telecom division 60% above last year's level.

三星業績的增長几乎全部得益於手機業務。智能手機平均售價上漲，推動三星的電信業務收入較去年增長了60%。

Samsung's telecom unit reported an operating profit margin of 17.4%, up from 13.7% a year ago but down from 18.4% in the first quarter.

三星的電信業務實現了17.4%的營業利潤率，高於上年同期的13.7%，但低於今年第一財季的18.4%。

Samsung stopped disclosing details about its cellphone business, including unit shipments, early last year. Market researchers earlier this year estimated that it passed Nokia Corp. as the world's top seller of cellphones and Apple Inc. as the top seller of smartphones. In its statement Friday, Samsung said only that 'handset shipments gained quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year.'

去年初，三星停止披露有關其手機業務的細節，包括單位出貨量等。市場調研人員今年早些時候曾估計，三星已超過諾基亞公司(Nokia Corp.)成爲全球第一大手機生產商，並且還超過了蘋果公司(Apple Inc.)成爲全球第一大智能手機生產商。三星在週五的聲明裏只是說，手持設備出貨量較上一季度和去年同期均有所增加。