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Expectations have been scaled back for Samsung with at least 25 analysts cutting earnings estimates in the last four weeks. The average operating profit estimatehas fallen about 13 percent from 9.3 trillion won on May 12. The unit’s profit has fallen from a record 6.7 trillion won in the third quarter of 2013. The company’s total smartphone shipments slid to 78 million units in the second quarter from 87.5 million units sold in the first quarter, according to IBK Securities Co.’s estimate. “Samsung is struggling to differentiate its products from cheaper devices offered by Chinese rivals,” M.S. Hwang, an analyst at Samsung Securities, said in a June 19 report. Slower sales of tablet computers also forced analysts to slash their sales estimates. Greg Roh, an analyst at HMC Investment Securities Co. in Seoul, cut his tablet forecast 15 percent to 8.5 million units in the quarter.