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DX (Device Experience) profit share jumped in Q2 2025

• In Q3 2024, MX (Mobile eXperience, Samsung’s smartphone unit) and Networks earned KRW 2.82 trillion in operating profit 1. MX and Networks were about 31 percent of profit. DX reached about 36 percent with Visual Display and Digital Appliances at KRW 0.53 trillion 1.
• By Q2 2025, MX and Networks earned KRW 3.1 trillion in operating profit 2. DS delivered KRW 0.4 trillion. DX was about 70 percent of profit that quarter 2.
• MX posted double-digit operating margin in Q2 2025 after nearing that level in Q3 2024 despite higher material costs 12.
• Samsung will lift AI phone sales and push premium models in 2025 3. Getting the Galaxy S25 with Galaxy AI right, plus a broader foldable line, will shape near-term earnings 3.

Developers can plug into Samsung’s AI with SmartThings and Tizen plus Knox (security, device management) in 2025-2026

• SmartThings, Samsung’s smart home platform, has over 350 million subscribers and was first to adopt the Matter 1.3 open smart-home standard 4.
• A Works with SmartThings Test Suite helps developers certify device compatibility and lower entry hurdles 5.
• Samsung will link smart locks with Samsung Wallet 4. Water-use monitoring with Kohler, a plumbing and fixtures company, will expand 4. Digital Home Key for SmartThings Door Lock arrives in 2025 for phone or watch unlocking 4.
• Tizen OS is Samsung’s system for TVs and wearables 4. It will ship an SDK for RISC-V in 2026, and the Visual Experience Transformation (VXT) platform offers AI digital signage tools for commercial displays with SDKs for apps 64.