Samsung to push smartphone volumes despite profit squeeze: mobile chief

Samsung Electronics is doubling down on smartphone volume despite worsening margins, prioritizing market share gains over near-term profit recovery. At an internal management briefing Wednesday, Samsung Electronics co-CEO and Device eXperience head Roh Tae-moon told employees that profitability pressure could persist while memory prices remain elevated, according to industry sources familiar with the meeting. Roh then named "market-share expansion" as a key second-half priority. The bet is to ke