The electronics giant has touted its new Galaxy phones as the world's first available smartphones with built-in 5G communications.
The South Korean tech giant said first-quarter operating profit likely slid 60% from a year earlier, missing market expectations and putting it on track for its weakest quarterly profit since late 2016.
The South Korean tech giant’s Galaxy Fold resembles a conventional smartphone but opens like a book to reveal a second display the size of a small tablet at 18.5 cm. It will go on sale from 26 April.
Campaign groups say that 320 people have suffered from work-related illnesses after being employed by Samsung Electronics, with 118 of them dying.
Terms of the settlement, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, were not available.
Japan Display, one of the main suppliers of iPhone liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, has lagged its South Korean rivals in OLED production.
But Samsung Electronics, a rival and supplier to Apple, forecast continuing strong sales not only of server DRAMs but mobile DRAMs as well.
Led by a stellar fourth quarter, the company brought home an annual profit of 53.7 trillion won in 2017, outstripping a record of 36.8 trillion won reached in 2013.
Artificial intelligence (AI) built into its new chips can help make phones more personalised, or anticipate the actions and interests of their users.
Its parent company in May secured permission from South Korean authorities to test a self-driving car fitted with its own sensors and software systems.
The website did not give any details about the appeal, which will be assigned to a higher court.
The world's top smartphone maker is trying to move on from the withdrawal of the Note 7 premium devices last year due to safety concerns.
Samsung announced the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in following reports of the phones catching fire.
Samsung Electronics' common shares were down 6.3 percent to 1,476,000 won each.
Samsung Electronics has undergone a painful process of breaking from its past.
Analysts and investors cheered LG’s features, which they said were different enough to possibly revive sales.
Dongjin Koh will take over as president of the mobile communications business from 59-year-old J.K. Shin.
The world’s top smartphone maker unveiled its Galaxy Note 5 device in August this year.
