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		taspeotis on Sept 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft to acquire Nokia Well from a bit of Googling it would seem that Samsung has a market capitalisation of ~USD$120B vs. Nokia's ~USD$14B. I'm unsure of what % of Samsung is mobile devices, but one would assume Google would have to throw a lot more money at Samsung to buy their devices division than MS is spending to buy Nokia (according to their press release: USD$7.17B)

sanxiyn on Sept 3, 2013 | [–]

> I'm unsure of what % of Samsung is mobile devices

Samsung Electronics is a public company, and this information is public.

For Q2 2013, mobile devices accounted for 60% of sales and 66% of operating profit.

http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/ir/ireventpresentatio...

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