That'd make more sense, thanks for the techcrunch link, that's much more useful. http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/samsung-q2-profits-up-47-5-but-operating-profi

That'd make more sense, thanks for the techcrunch link, that's much more useful. http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/samsung-q2-profits-up-47-5-but-operating-profit-at-its-mobile-division-slows/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/samsung-q2-profits-up-47-5-... seems to confirm the Q2 2013 figure of $5.6bn for Samsung, so that's actually a big increase year-on-year. That Guardian article is very misleading.