LG steps up China smartphone push with G3 launch
LG Electronics will begin selling today its latest flagship smartphone in China, a market where it has struggled to make a dent and that has become increasingly tough for makers of high-end handsets other than Apple.
LG Electronics will begin selling today its latest flagship smartphone in China, a market where it has struggled to make a dent and that has become increasingly tough for makers of high-end handsets other than Apple.
While that is lower than its 899,800 won (HK$6,720) launch price at home in South Korea in May, it is more than twice as high as feature-rich phones offered by domestic players that have battered the likes of global No1 Samsung Electronics in China.
LG ranked fifth in global smartphone sales in the second quarter, IDC said, but did not crack top 10 lists in China, the world's biggest smartphone market.
It could struggle to pick up meaningful early market share as it will not have local carriers pushing the device. Apple, by comparison, sealed a long-awaited distribution tie-up in December with China Mobile, the world's biggest carrier.