Apple blamed for Samsung's first profit decline in two yearsSlowing Galaxy S4 sales helped push operating profits down 6% year over year.
<p>FORTUNE -- Samsung had warned investors two weeks ago that there was bad news coming on the smartphone front. But the timing of Friday's quarterly earnings call -- one business day before Apple (AAPL) is scheduled to release its Christmas iPhone sales numbers -- could have been better.</p>
<p>Samsung no longer provides unit sales data, but Daewoo Securities estimates that the
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Apple blamed for Samsung's first profit decline in two years
