Samsung Electronics reports strong Q2, teases XR and TriFold devices for H2 this year | Infinium-tech

Samsung Electronics has published its financial report for the second quarter of this year. In addition to reporting on the status of its mobile, display and semiconductor businesses, Samsung also revealed some of its plans for the second half of 2025.

Mobile Experience (MX) and network businesses posted KRW 29.2 trillion in consolidated revenue with the operational advantage of KRW 3.1 trillion. MX Division saw a decrease in smartphone shipment compared to Q1, but compared to Q2 last year, results show both high revenue and operational benefits.

This quarter-to-quarter recession is natural-it was amid the launch of the Galaxy S25 series and the arrival of the Galaxy Z7 foldables. That said, Samsung said that the Galaxy S25 series, The Galaxy A Series and the Galaxy Tablet credited the year-on-year growth to continue the strong sales of the Galaxy Tablet. MX business “maintained profitability of solid double digits”.

For the second half of the year, Samsung will continue its major attitude with new foldables, focusing on the S25 series as well as promoting AI capabilities of its more affordable A-series. Talking about AI, the company will push more AIs on its tablet and wearable product lines.

Here is interesting bit. In the second half of 2025, Samsung will expand its Galaxy ecosystem with the launch of new form factors – including XR devices and “trifold devices”. Yes, the spelling is in the same way, essentially rumor Galaxy Z confirms the name Tripold.

Samsung LSI is “working on improving Exynos to ensure a major customer’s 2026 flagship mobile lineup”. We will give you an estimate of which customer is mentioned.

Relative to this, Samsung’s foundry business will increase the production of mobile chipset on its 2Nm GAA node – which will be Exynos 2600. We will return to the foundry business in a moment.

The device solutions (DS) is the second largest division of Samsung Electronics after MX – it contributed to the KRW 27.9 trillion and KRW 0.4 trillion in Revenue KRW 74.6 Tillion Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue and KRW 4.7 trillion contributed to the 4.7 trillion operating profits for Samsung Electronics.

Memory business sold more HBM3E for server application and high ratio of high-gradation DDR5. It also reports that delay in datastery projects has now been approved, which allowed it to increase SSD sales and clean Nand Inventory.

However, the company took a hit once to accommodate the value of its inventory. The DS Division was also affected by the export sanctions related to China in the non-memory segment. Foundry business also had to accommodate the value of its inventory following US Applied Export restrictions on advanced AI chips in China.

Meanwhile, the KRW 6.4 trillion in Samsung display revenue and KRW 0.5 trillion in operational benefits. Revenue increased due to strong sales of new smartphone displays to major customers, but also due to the sale of IT and automotive display.

The company is reporting that the sales of QD-ULED monitor panels with strong demand from the gaming market are continuously increasing. Samsung has planned to strengthen its QD-ULED panel product line and accelerate growth.

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