Samsung
Electronics has forecast a 25% drop in profit for the second quarter due to a
slowdown in the smartphone market and a strong Korean currency.
It
expects to make an operating profit of 7.2 trillion won ($7.1bn; £4.2bn) in the
April-to-June period, down from 9.5 trillion won a year ago.
Its
operating profit has now fallen for three straight quarters.
Samsung
is the world's biggest maker of mobile phones and the
