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largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones fueled by the popularity of
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particularly its Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection.
For four consecutive years, from 2000 to 2003, Samsung posted net earnings higher than
five-percent.
In 2005, Samsung Electronics surpassed Japanese rival, Sony, for the first time to become
the world's largest and most popular consumer brand, as measured by Bloomberg.
In 2008, Samsung Etectronics became the world's t largest mobile-phone maker, overtaking
Motorota for the first time. In 2009, Samsung achieved total revenues of $ 117.4 billion,
overtaking Hewlett-Packard, to become the world's largest technology company measured by
sales.