History of the top five phone manufacturers
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LG Twin Towers, LG Electronics Seoul, Korea |
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IMT-2000 |
Getting into the business started for LG relatively late (only in 1997) with the production of CDMA phones for the American market. It took three years before they achieved their first serious success in the field, supplying a big number of units for Verizon Wireless. Their partnership with the mobile operator was also the key to their leading position in the CDMA market, attained in 2003. Meanwhile, LG managed to establish their presence in Europe, with the first successful phone being the IMT-2000, designed for Italy.
A world expansion followed, aimed at markets that have not been conquered entirely by the older players like Samsung, Motorola, and Nokia, such as Russia, Indonesia, and Australia. Despite having started later, the Koreans managed to achieve considerable success over a short period of time, becoming in 2005 the fourth largest supplier of mobile phones worldwide. It was in the same year that they produced a device supporting mobile television – the first one in history.
The Black Label series was given birth to in 2006 when the first Chocolate is sold in 7.5 million copies. This becomes a guiding light for the manufacturer and the company starts emphasizing on the fashion-oriented devices. Proof for that are phones like PRADA, Shine and Chocolate, which have become a common name for style.
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Black Label series - PRADA, Shine, Chocolate |
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12 Comments
2. (unregistered) posted on 10 Sep 2008, 10:04 0 0
Phone Arena,,,, Very Good Job. Thanks for this type of Aritical. One Request for you. There is a system to watch TV on the mobile phone. Most probably DVH-TV. Can you explain that on your next artical. thanks in advance. Sayem
3. (unregistered) posted on 10 Sep 2008, 10:53 0 0
Phone Arena thank you for this great historical information
4. (unregistered) posted on 10 Sep 2008, 10:56 0 0
great job, waiting for nokia tube, it looks so great (esp in dark knight movie) heard the its going to be released in october 8th in UK. if can try a review about few best phones of all time :)
7. surinder beri (unregistered) posted on 12 Sep 2008, 07:34 0 0
great work phoneArena Team! Kudos to u
9. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 04:53 0 0
Good work with the article, im surprised theres no iPhone fanboys saying "but what about apple"
10. Adi (unregistered) posted on 23 Sep 2008, 01:18 0 0
Great job. This article is among the best posts that phonearena ever release.
11. fingerling (unregistered) posted on 26 Sep 2008, 20:25 0 0
hasnt been around as long but what about htc phones, not many others that can claim their specs and none to match touch HD
12. (unregistered) posted on 30 Sep 2008, 00:27 0 0
HTC and Apple seems to be among the brands on that Others piece (16.4% combined market share). Well HTC used to manufacture phones for O2 so it's no wonder that their specs are among the best of the world...
