LG becomes 3rd biggest handset maker after moving 27.7 million units
by Donald Melanson 
posted Jul 21st 2008 at 4:17PM
It looks like Motorola's hard times have been particularly good for LG, as it has now moved (by some accounts at least) into the number three position among the top five handset makers, just a quarter after it passed Sony Ericsson to take the fourth spot. That comes after LG moved an impressive 27.7 million handsets in the past quarter, a full third of which were sold in North America. LG is also particularly quick to boast about sales of its pricier touchscreen phones, which totaled some seven million. Among those, the Viewty was the top seller, moving more than two million units, followed by the Venus with 1.6 million, and the Voyager with 1.3 million. It's apparently not all rosy for the company, however, with it also warning that the slowing economy could cause its average selling price to fall by 26 percent.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 6:20PM
i love LG's envy series. little outdated now.. but i like'um
Surur @ Jul 21st 2008 7:56PM
Wait, what? So in the same time Apple sold 6 million LG sold 7 million, and a lot in the same markets as Apple, and without they hype? Say it ain't so!
SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 8:57PM
Yes! A phone company outsold a computer company. Your a smart one.
M @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:12AM
sheesh, freakin bitter, defensive, fanboys
Jason @ Jul 22nd 2008 1:32PM
@SuperSexyErik
Actually, LG sells MUCH more than just phones...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG
Dean @ Jul 21st 2008 8:02PM
Please don't flame me...
But who are 1 and 2?
Omagus @ Jul 21st 2008 10:36PM
1) Nokia
2) Samsung
Big Al @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:21AM
Yeah, Nokia's not going to give up the top spot any time soon with their 40% market share. Samsung is a distant second at 16%.
M @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:29AM
Yeah, I was actually wondering who was 1 and 2 also. I had no idea Nokia had such a grip on the global market (clearly not on the US market though)
M @ Jul 22nd 2008 3:26AM
You shouldn't have to fear being flamed. It's a shame that forums are loaded with people who can't wait to flame someone.
Or that crude sarcasm that we see, like what SuperSexyErik posted (I felt the need to put him in his place, yes, i admit)
Leejin @ Jul 28th 2008 3:58PM
Are Nokias really that popular?
Which ones are the public buying?
Or is just the US getting the crappy candybar, featureless phones?
I have rarely seen a Nokia that I'd buy. Of course the high end ones, but those can't be keeping the 60% market share........ can they?
Shawn @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:16PM
Let's use the Philippines as an example. Everyone between the age of, say, 10 and 65 owns a cellphone. Of the 90 million people in the Philippines, that's about, what, 50 million, minimum?
Nokia is the most popular handset in the Philippines by far. Both of the big wireless providers there (Smart and Globe) have deals with Nokia to promote their products - i.e. by locking certain features (MMS, broadband) to certain phone models. Plus Nokia saturates their market with the cheaper handsets used by the majority of the population.
With all that in mind, let's call it 30 million handsets every year or two, minimum. In just one country. That adds up to a heck of a market share when you extrapolate it out.