I'd be curious to see how this breaks out by product category.
If this includes memory sales, Samsung is one of, if not the largest memory manufacturer in the world. So the AI memory pump is likely what drove this massive growth.
Great for the company as a whole, but I don't think this is reflective of their phone sales.
Just looking at the numbers, it’s actually hard to grasp how insane Samsung’s Q1 2026 profit really is.
So I pulled together a full quarterly timeline from 2017 to now (see chart). What you’re seeing here is a near-vertical spike that goes far beyond any normal business growth curve.
What’s even more striking: based on current supply chain momentum, Q1 could end up being the weakest quarter Samsung posts this year.