Manufacturers – Page 294

Samsung forecasts 53 per cent jump in quarterly profits

Manufacturer expecting figures to hit £5 billion for the first three months of this year, with sales of around £30.3 billion

Smartphone will be free on contract from £36 a month, with first 2,000 customers to pre-order receiving a wireless Bluetooth speaker worth £79.95

Device now available at the Samsung Experience Store at Westfield Stratford City, with £60 worth of content and services available until April 15

Android device will be available on EE in the coming months

Partnership is a first between a network and manufacturer, with the One instead sold with a USB-to-microUSB cable

Device costing under £30 to go on sale at the operator’s stores later this month

Handset that made first call on April 3, 1973, had a talk-time of 35 minutes and took 10 hours to recharge

New handset rumoured to be called HTC First featuring extensive Facebook integration

Manufacturer says it has 11.9 per cent of the UK market as opposed to 5.1 per cent stated by Kantar for the three months until the end of February

Appointment comes following former boss Florian Seiche’s rumoured departure to Nokia last week