Chu Woo-Sik, senior vice president of investor relations, said Samsung would sell more mobile phones in January-March than in the current quarter, and its LCD business was performing better than expected in the current quarter.

The world's top memory chip maker and biggest maker of large liquid crystal displays (LCD) so far this year, also said it was considering an additional eighth-generation LCD line.

"Our DRAM (dynamic random access memory) orders for Q1 are very strong, considering the seasonality aspect. We have most of the orders for Q1 as PC OEMs (original equipment makers) are ordering to be Vista-ready," Chu told the Samsung Tech Forum 2006 in Singapore.