Mobile Phone Life Cycle

Samsung served as the manufacturing industry and international company analyzed. Samsung has been in business for over 70 years and manufactures products for diverse markets, including: digital media, high -tech electronics, home appliances, information technology and telecommunication. Samsung's motto is to "inspire the world and create the future" by leveraging three key strengths: new technology, innovative products and creative solutions.

There are many competing brands of smart phones and Samsung has reported a decline of profits in 2014. Information from GSM arena shows than Samsung released 54 new phone models in 2014 , compared with 24 by HTC , 11 Motorola and 2 by Apple, leading to increased production costs and lack focus on a specific customer segments thereby losing some of its competitive advantage (GSM Arena , 2015).The lack of popularity of its own OS (Tizen ) and dependence on Google’s Android platform makes it vulnerable on google to develop an “ecosystem”. There are component integration issues as well as loss revenue from potential App sales (Strategic Mangement insight , 2015). Negative publicity from litigation due to patents are likely to continue as technology patents are vague and Samsung with is large portfolio is likely to infringe on some of the patents (Tibken, 2014).

Taking the Samsung Galaxy Note as a substitute product as it is classified as the world 2nd best cell phone .

Samsung also has a strong customer loyalty to its brand which can be a strong barrier to the new entrant. According to the (Anonymous, 2009) Mikah Martin Cruz,marketing director of Samsung Electronics UK claims that nurturing the customers brand loyalty to samsung is the main pillars of marketing direction. The threat of substitute for Samsung may be due to the similar phones with more advanced feature that are usually of competitor brands like the Apple iphone,Huawei etc.Price also may play a role in chances of substitution when a competitor brand provides the same feature with a relatively low price. Due to the rapid growth in technology the smart phones are likely to be substituted more advanced technologies. (Boult, 2015) claims that smart phones may not exist in another five years as consumers are getting interested in Virtual Reality VR.The power of consumers is high as there are varieties of smart phones available in the market. In case of Samsung too consumer has the power to bargain and have choices of different varieties of phone with same features and relatively low prices. The Power of supplier is low for Samsung because Samsung has its own supplier for most of the components. Samsung supplies its own raw material and also manufactures its own processor and its components.

In the modern world of technology, many different companies are attempting to secure their own ground in a particular market. Many companies work in many tech fields & some company focus on software, some on mobile phones, others on television but one of the most recognizable names in the technology field is that of Samsung.

Samsung products range from mobile devices, TV, audio and video, home appliances, cameras, PC and peripherals and print solutions (Samsung 2014). This essay will predominantly look closely at Samsung’s mobile phones market.

By the end of 2012, Samsung electronics become the largest producer of televisions and mobile phone. In order to achieve the success and the dramatic rise in consumer electronics sector, the company initiated new methods to innovate and create high quality products .

Today Samsung has evolved into a group of companies unmatched by others in its range of industries and performance. It is now globally focused and responsive to the needs of each market, and more committed than ever to true innovation. The group’s three core business sectors are electronics, finance and trade and services.

The two companies I have choices are Apple and Samsung. As a well-know companies, Apple and Samsung could

Samsung’s products are based more on the outlook of the smart phone market and their preference to incorporate technology that already has acceptability in the industry. Most of the smart phones of Samsung run on Android which is an open source operating system and is the most widely used mobile phone operating system in the world. Being an open source operating system, the cost incurred by Samsung is reduced significantly. Also, the compatibility with features such as Google store, allows Samsung to compete with Apple’s iTunes without having to incur the cost for developing a similar offering. This helps the company in reducing its cost as well as offer superior product offerings to their consumers. In terms of hardware technology, Samsung has the expertise in developing a number of technological products that include televisions, computers, home appliances and many similar products. The company therefore has a vintage of product development and innovation and has the perception of offering high quality products to the

Company Background: Samsung is a South Korean multinational company those starting its business as a small trading company and right now becoming world largest corporation. The company deals with its business in several sectors such as advance technology, finance, petrochemical, semiconductors, plant construction, skyscraper, medicine, fashion, hotels, chemical and others. The company was established in 1969 in Suwon, South Korea and known globally for its electronic products (Kelly, 2011). The company is manufacturing several latest technologies, electronic appliances such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, washers and other products. The company runs its operations and sales its products in 61 countries with approx 160,000 employees in all over the world (SAMSUNG, 2014). Moreover, the company acquired the position of the world biggest IT maker in 2009 by beating the Hewlett-Packard (HP) previous leader. Its sales revenue in the segment of LCD and LED is the highest in the world. Furthermore, Samsung also becomes world leader in the segment of tablets, mobile phones and gadgets.

I recommend investing in Samsung. Its strengths include financial stability, excellent engineering, exclusive brand offerings, outstanding corporate culture, and the second largest market share in smartphones.

One option is for Samsung to collaborate with a Chinese partner. No doubt, expanding through joint investments in China would enable Samsung to achieve higher cost savings than at present. However, sharing of blueprints and technology know-how with the Chinese may pose potential intellectual property (IP) rights issue since the IP laws are still not as developed in China. Moreover, in the memory chip industry, in which high reliability of products is often associated with the branding of the producer firm, collaborating with Chinese partners may potentially degrade Samsung's long-standing premium branding in their product quality.

Samsung Electronics Corp. is one of the world’s major semiconductor manufacturers and is the largest information technology company in the world. SEC manufactures almost all kinds of consumer devices, which include mobile phones, tablets, DVD players, digital TVs, digital still cameras; computers. It also manufactures color monitors, LCD panels, printers; semiconductors such as DRAMs, static RAMs and flash memories. The company, which is the flagship of Samsung Group is also into making display drivers & communication devices ranging from wireless handsets and Smart-phones to networking gear.

Samsung is one of the world’s premium electronics manufactures. The estimated value of Samsung brand had risen from US$6.37 billion in 2001 to US$10.85 billion in 2003. A major factor behind this impressive growth had been Samsung’s effort to redefine itself as a vendor of cutting-edge, “gee-whiz” consumer technology. Samsung believed that repositioning the brand is a vital to the company’s future success.