LG Executive: LG G Pro 2 not coming to U.S. before April

posted by Alan F. / Feb 13, 2014, 5:32 AM

LG Executive: LG G Pro 2 not coming to U.S. before April

The LG G Pro 2

The LG G Pro 2 is now official, as we told you earlier Thursday. The big question for those in the U.S. is, when will the handset be available in the states? Good question. Let's start in chronological order. Being a Korean company, LG's home country gets first crack at the device at the end of this month. So says Cho Sung Ha, head of Korean sales at LG's mobile division. Other Asian countries will be ringing up the LG G Pro 2 sometime next month.

According to Sung Ha, the U.S.launch of the LG G Pro 2 will not take place before April. Why? Well, it seems that LG conducted a study which revealed that phablets are most in demand in Asia while in the U.S., 5.2 inches is the sweet spot, exactly the size of the LG G2. In Europe, the continent goes wild over 5 inch handsets.

So with this survey in mind, the 5.9 inch LG G Pro 2 gets launched in Asia first and finally hits the U.S., followed by Europe. With that humungous screen, quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU and 3GB of RAM, LG has quite a beast on its hands.

"The G Pro 2 will be launched in Korea within this month. Starting in March, we will launch it in Asian countries where demand for large-screen phablets is the highest. We will release the G Pro 2 in regions such as the US and Europe after that."-Cho Sung Ha, head of Korea sales, LG Mobile

Thanks, Anonymous Tipster!

source: ZDNet (translated) via gforgames

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9 Comments

1. X.E.R.O. unregistered

By that time, you've lost all potential buyers of this phone.

posted on Feb 13, 2014, 5:37 AM 4

5. imkyle

Posts: 1116; Member since: Nov 18, 2010

Exactly. Galaxy S5 comes out and its like "whats the G Pro 2 again?"

posted on Feb 13, 2014, 12:45 PM 2

2. jackson_kaeluen

Posts: 87; Member since: Mar 12, 2013

Asian Countries, I hope it arrives in Malaysia! This is just a beast, its really innovative from us!

posted on Feb 13, 2014, 5:52 AM 1

3. KParks23

Posts: 736; Member since: Oct 13, 2010

Wtf! I hope this is a joke there will be so many high end phones coming out then they will lose tons of buyers myself included

posted on Feb 13, 2014, 7:31 AM 0

4. COZMAN

Posts: 99; Member since: Nov 28, 2013

Had the G 2 and G PAD. Market is saturated with Greed. Phones and Pads. If companies are going to sell minor changed products they will lose core customers and market share. My LG products? Gone.

posted on Feb 13, 2014, 7:39 AM 0

6. TruPatriot

Posts: 110; Member since: May 27, 2013

LG is so stupid. They have no idea how to sell phones. Can't believe they think waiting to distribute and phone that is announced and released is a good idea.