Samsung decided to withdraw from desktop PC business

ByJAK SIE MASZ

Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.), Korea's leading consumer electronics and electronic products maker, announced that it is a policy to abolish the desktop PC business which has not gained much profit, according to the stake of the company. In future it will distribute power to tablets and all-in-one laptops.

Additional notes:Samsung announced a comment denying this.

Samsung to close desktop business
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In January 2013Intel suggests withdrawing from motherboard market for desktop PCAs you can see, desktop PC demand is falling is a worldwide trend. Also in Samsung Electronics, tablet, all-in-one notebook PC, and hybrid PC are central, desktop PC business is getting less profitable.

Samsung Electronics says that the Korean government decided to distribute desktop PC business to portable terminals because it designates the desktop PC business as "a business suitable for a small company" from 2015.

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"In short, the desktop PC no longer produces money"Taurus InvestmentMr. Kim Il-tae, senior fund manager. "Samsung is smarter," he said.

According to market research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung sold 9.1 million tablets only in January to March 2013, as this is because demand for "Galaxy" brand tablet is increasing in emerging markets . Next year I plan to put out various tablets rather than Galaxy's flagship smartphone and this year we expect to sell 33 million tablets, which is about twice the year earlier.

Additional notes:
In response to The Next Web's interview, Samsung commented, "This is an unfounded rumor that Samsung will continue to provide products according to consumer and market needs."

Samsung denies 'groundless' rumor that it is shutting down its PC business - The Next Web
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/06/25/samsung-reportedly-shutting-down-desktop-pc-business-amid-declining-demand/