Although Apple and Samsung are the two smartphone makers standing tallest across the vast, competitive mobile landscape, the South Korean tech giant is making it clear that the good times are going to be mitigated as we move forward.

On Tuesday, as Samsung dished on earnings for Q2 of 2014, the company said its earnings are projected to have dipped below those of Q2 of 2013. However, an even bigger story than yet another quarter of reduced profits (the third in a row, in fact), is that Samsung doesn't expect the trend to reverse.

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