Ahead of its official Q2 financial result later this month, Samsung said on Friday that it could net operating profit of $6 billion plus in the period, giving the group 80 per cent spikes from the figures it registered in 2011.

The South Korean firm also tipped that overall revenues would jump by at least 19 per cent as analysts pointed to the obvious - Samsung's mobile division is consistently flourishing and is carrying much of the load for the global company to reap success in spite of the challenges posed by key markets.

As consumer activities weaken in the immediate past periods, companies feel the pressure and Samsung was no exception as it admitted that movements of televisions and other consumer electronic products slowed down.

The main reason cited is the difficult economic situation in Europe coupled with the lingering uncertainty in the United States, which since two years appeared to have prompted global consumers to restrict on their spending habits.

But while TVs and other appliances may not be flying off the shelves as hastily as they used to be, smartphones continue to attract the fancy of shoppers from around the world, who got infatuated first with Apple's iPhone since 2007 then came the Android handsets that eventually emerged as the product's foremost nemesis.

As of the first quarter of 2012, Android phones dominated all major markets and Samsung lorded over all smartphone manufacturers with its slew of Galaxy models that lured buys from all market segments.

Since that start of the year, up to 52 million smartphones have been shipped out by Samsung, according to The Associated Press (AP), which analyst said would account for at least four million of the company's overall profits by the end of June.

An estimated six million Galaxy S3 already hit the stores worldwide within the period, Samsung said, with analysts predicting that by the end of September this year 19 million S3s will hit the global market.

The new phone, launched late May this year, leads Samsung's vaunted product lines, which also include the tablet-phone Galaxy Note and Galaxy Nexus, that battle Apple's iPhone in the commercial market, with the Asian company winning so far.

Yet the spar was not confined in the market alone as Apple collected favourable rulings lately in the form of a U.S. court ordering the temporary ban of the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the American market this week.

Clearly unfazed by the legal distractions, Samsung soldiered on in the global debut of the S3, which analysts said has elicited encouraging reactions thus far, meaning the device will soon exceed the 10 million units that Samsung said will be sold by the end of July.

And the likelihood is Samsung will collect relatively higher profits by the close of 2012, notwithstanding the looming releases of Apple's new iPhone version and the fresh Windows 8 phones that Nokia and other handset manufacturers will issue in time for the holiday season.

As expected, the new iPhone edition will be the blockbuster of the year, possibly affecting Samsung's year-end result but market watchers noted that even in such reality, the South Korean would reap considerable benefits.

Despite their legal differences, Apple and Samsung are manufacturing partners, with the latter a major supplier of components that make up the bestselling iPads and iPhones.

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