Samsung flags 15% increase in Q4 operating profit
![A man looks at Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note5 at its showroom in Seoul on October 29, 2015 A man looks at Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note5 at its showroom in Seoul on October 29, 2015](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2016/amanlooksats.jpg)
Samsung Electronics on Friday flagged a 15 percent increase in 2015 Q4 operating profit, rounding off a year in which the world's largest smartphone producer struggled with intense competition from arch-rival Apple and cut-price Chinese competitors.
In an earnings estimate, the South Korean tech giant predicted an operating profit of 6.1 trillion won ($5.1 billion) for the October-December period, up from 5.4 trillion won a year earlier.
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