LG aims for #2 spot by 2012, plans new “Black label” iPhone competitor, Prada III phone and extreme premium brand

Staska  By on 02 Jul 09

LG has made some pretty impressive strides in a cellphone market during these last few years. With the demise of Motorola and the problems ailing Sony Ericsson last year, they’ve even managed to become #3 cellphone maker in the world.

And LG does not plan to stop here. In an interview to Yonhap News Agency, Ahn Seung-kwon, president for LG’s mobile business, said that they plan to become #2 cellphone maker in the world by 2012. Which means that they plan to overtake Samsung in the next 3 years.

Ahn Seung-kwon

There were also some other interesting tidbits that Mr. Ahn let drop during the interview. Among them are:

Well, sounds pretty ambitious and interesting to me.

Will LG succeed to get to a #2 spot in worldwide cellphone vendor rankings? Unless Samsung or Nokia screws up in some major way, I strongly doubt that.

On the other hand, #3 spot is LG’s to keep now. They seem to have a pretty strong product line-up, smart business strategy and keep executing on it very well. While LG’s closest competitors – Motorola and Sony Ericsson keep sliding into irrelevance. So I expect the gap between them to widen further.

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  • Andrew

    I do hope they improve their browser. From my experience with LG, the browsing experience is less than optimal.

  • jonnny cash

    but samsung sucks lg is already 10 times better than them

  • http://watch2012onlinefree.com/ 2012 HD

    LG makes the best products

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