In mobile phones, Samsung expects to beat the market this year. It is expecting overall market growth of around 10 percent and said it will grow slightly better than that. It will likely release about the same number of new models this year as last year, Shin said.

Samsung was among a handful of companies that introduced the first phones that will run on Verizon’s LTE network on Thursday. All the LTE phones run Android.

Shin wouldn’t reveal much about plans for additional Window Mobile 7 phones. The Samsung Focus, introduced late last year, is one of the more popular Windows Phone 7 devices. “We will continue to keep our partnership with Microsoft,” Shin said. He said Samsung will have more to say about potential LTE Windows Phone 7 devices in February.

The IDG News Service