{"id":91736,"date":"2026-04-23T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/despite-galaxy-s26-sales-success-samsung-mobile-chief-warns-of-big-losses-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:42:14","slug":"despite-galaxy-s26-sales-success-samsung-mobile-chief-warns-of-big-losses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/despite-galaxy-s26-sales-success-samsung-mobile-chief-warns-of-big-losses-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Galaxy S26 sales success, Samsung mobile chief warns of big losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_7s\" style=\"max-width:2560px\"><picture class=\"e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:2560 \/ 1440\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1.jpg.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-1920w-1080h.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-series-showing-backs-1-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_nv e_8s\">\n<p>Hadley Simmons\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_P\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung&#8217;s mobile chief has apparently warned that the division may face losses for an entire year.<\/li>\n<li>This comes amid rising RAM prices and rising prices of other components.<\/li>\n<li>The warning also comes after a report last month in which the division entered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Due to the RAM crisis, smartphone manufacturers have been forced to increase prices or reduce profits. Samsung&#8217;s mobile division had previously suggested it could post a loss, and the company has now sounded the alarm over a full year of losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Samsung Mobile chief TM Roh warned company executives that the smartphone division could face losses for the full year <em><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mt.co.kr\/industry\/2026\/04\/22\/2026042115433622701\">money today<\/a><\/em>    (H\/T: <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jukan05\/status\/2046888729743356344?s=46\">Jukan05<\/a> on Twitter), citing &#8220;industry sources&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_Dk e_Ck\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_am\"><picture class=\"e_em e_fm e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_em e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>This would be seriously bad news for the division and would obviously be its first annual loss. This also comes as Samsung&#8217;s memory manufacturing arm is expected to post record-high profits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>The outlet also revealed a sobering perspective when it noted that NVIDIA&#8217;s upcoming Vera AI CPUs will have 1.5TB of LPDDR5X RAM while its Vera Rubin NVL72 supercomputer will have 36 of these Vera CPUs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>\u201cGiven that the Galaxy S26 Ultra is typically equipped with 12GB of LPDDR5X, an AI supercomputer consumes approximately 4,600 times the memory of a smartphone,\u201d it explained. It&#8217;s no surprise that consumer tech companies are raising prices and even canceling some releases as they struggle to secure RAM. Things aren&#8217;t likely to get any better, as the outlet suggests RAM prices could rise by more than 80% this quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>News of the potential full-year loss follows a report last month that Samsung&#8217;s mobile division had entered &#8220;emergency management&#8221; due to rising component prices and the possibility of losses. Under this situation the mobile unit apparently ordered a 30% reduction in costs, as well as economy-class flights replacing business-class seating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>This news also comes despite recent reports that Samsung is selling the impressive Galaxy S26 series. Counterpoint Research reported that initial sales of the new Galaxy flagships were better than the Galaxy S25 series, with double-digit sales growth in the US and Western Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_uc e_P\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hadley Simmons\/Android Authority TL;DR Samsung&#8217;s mobile chief has apparently warned that the division may face losses for an entire year. This comes amid rising RAM prices and rising prices of other components. The warning also comes after a report last month in which the division entered Due to the RAM crisis, smartphone manufacturers have been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[872,1784,2350,1861,1462,2351,259,737,2174,235],"class_list":{"0":"post-91736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devotionals","8":"tag-big","9":"tag-chief","10":"tag-galaxy","11":"tag-losses","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-s26","14":"tag-sales","15":"tag-samsung","16":"tag-success","17":"tag-warns"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91795,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91736\/revisions\/91795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}