Samsung delivers latest tech shock

Samsung's quarterly profit and revenue missed estimates due to weak demand for memory chips during the last three months of 2018, the same period when rival Apple saw anaemic sales in China

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Samsung Electronics' quarterly profit and revenue missed estimates due to weak demand for memory chips during the last three months of 2018, the same period when rivalApple saw anaemic sales in China.

The South Korean company’s operating income fell to 10.8 trillion won ($9.6 billion) in the quarter that ended in December, according to preliminary results released on Tuesday, falling short of the 13.8 trillion won average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.