SEOUL, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – As LG Electronics announced the performance of its Mobile Communications (MC) business division (in charge of smartphones) for the fourth quarter of 2015, the industry response can be summed up as “It wasn’t bad, but the future seems dark”. The MC division reported a loss of 43.8 billion won in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – After the performance of LG Electronics during the second quarter was announced (200 million won in business profits), company officials anticipated that profitability would improve as the new G4 smartphone launched worldwide. However, their dreams were shattered as concerns expressed by analysts became reality. The performance of LG Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently, Korean smartphone makers are cutting prices for their newly introduced products in Korea to lure customers who have become more sensitive to price tags due to the mobile device distribution act. According to industry representatives, Samsung Electronics set the price tag of its Galaxy Note5 at 899,200 won [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The second quarter report from LG’s MC headquarters (in charge of smartphones) has been revealed. MC headquarters were said to be responsible for bringing down the stock price of LG Electronics. Cutting to the chase, it was a broke trade, where they sold a lot but didn’t get much [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) is partnering once again with YouTube’s hottest stars from around the world to highlight the best and most unique features of the LG G4 smartphone. Five YouTube celebrities and teams have accepted the challenge of creating videos to tell entertaining stories around the G4 this summer. So [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has received more than 26,000 photographs taken by LG’s smartphones for the 3rd LG Mobile Photography Competition, in the one month since the release of the LG G4. The competition has been ongoing since 2013, and this year’s contest saw the number of entries triple from last [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) ― Customers in key markets around the world will finally get their chance to own the latest advanced smartphone from LG Electronics (LG), one which industry experts have widely praised for its exceptional camera, vivid and expansive display, and willingness to set new rules in defining what a premium mobile [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics, South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant, on Wednesday showcased its new flagship G4 smartphone that aims to take on the Galaxy S6 series and iPhone lineup amid increased competition in the high-end smartphone segment. The G4 comes with the same 5.5-inch in-plane switching (IPS) QHD display as that [...]
Seoul, Korea, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Innotek, a leading global components and materials manu-facturer, announced the development of a groundbreaking 16MP camera module with an aperture of f/1.8, making it LG Innotek’s widest aperture camera developed for a smartphone. The advanced camera module began mass production at LG Innotek’s plant this week and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday its upcoming flagship smartphone, the G4, will have a high-powered camera that enables users to take clear and vivid photos in dark conditions. The company, which earlier said the new smartphone will be showcased on April 29 in [...]