As
Apple (
AAPL) and
Samsung (
005930) continued to
divvy up just about all of the smartphone industry’s earnings last year, one other global vendor managed to step up and eke out a profit.
LG’s (
066570) smartphone business has inched up into the black thanks to
gorgeous smartphones like the Optimus G, and the company confirmed on Sunday that it has now sold 10 million cumulative LTE-equipped smartphones globally. “Aggressive pushing forward with 4G LTE technology allows LG to satisfy the needs of consumers and is a huge factor in our growing success in global LTE smartphone sales,” said LG Mobile boss Dr. Jong-seok Park. “Having established ourselves as a major industry player, we will continue to expand our footprint in the global LTE market with a wider range of differentiated, high quality LTE smartphones.” LG’s full press release follows below.
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