Samsung forecast beats estimates despite scandals and fires 7 April, 2017 Edited Samsung Electronics is on track to report record annual earnings, despite its de-facto boss going on trial in a political corruption scandal. It is forecasting a 48% rise in profits in the January-to-March period, thanks to strong memory chip sales. That would be its best quarterly profit in almost four years and shows a recovery from the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. The estimates are not too shabby given the corruption allegations and the embarrassment of exploding phones. The forecast $8.8bn (£7bn) profits don't include what the company is hoping to make from its new phone, the new and improved Galaxy 8, which hits the shelves later this month. Analysts are saying Samsung's second quarter results should even be better than the first quarter, because of the hype surrounding the Galaxy 8 and the artificial intelligence technology, called Bixby, embedded in it. Read the above news report and then answer the following questions. 1. Why did Samsung forecast beat estimates?(Answer in Chinese) 2. W ill Samsung ’ s second quarter results be better than the first quarter ? Why? (Answer in Chinese)