LG sells 100 million handsets in 2008, ranks 3rd globally

21 Jan, 2009
The end of 2008 saw a major shift in the global GSM market. The Korean manufacturer LG managed to go ahead of both Sony Ericsson and Motorola and secured a third position globally in terms of sold...

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  • Anonymous
  • w4q
  • 22 Jan 2009

They deserve it....

Customer response.... latest technology is the key

For eg - Dual sin phones , stylus friendly input etc

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    • ND
    • uCn
    • 22 Jan 2009

    Dani, 22 Jan 2009Ahhh well SE that willl be a sad ending.....I loved SE phon... moreYes Dani, finally u wake up oledi!

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      • Anonymous
      • ibp
      • 22 Jan 2009

      hahaha those soon expire fans still think the company is the best

      http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/009/01/sony_ericsson_reports_4th_quarter_results.htm

      second lost ! YES!! and the market share drop to 8%

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        • ps
        • PV$
        • 22 Jan 2009

        So many people replied to my first comment. Thanks lot.

        I still love SE. I’m still reliable with SE.

        (Nokia,Samsung,LG,SE & Motorola shipments in millions)
        Q1 08 Q2 08 Q3 08 Q4 08 2008
        Nokia 115.5 122 117.7 114.8 470
        Samsung 46.3 45.7 51.8 56.2 200
        LG 24.4 27.7 23 24.9 100
        SE 22.3 24.4 25.7 24.2 96.6
        Motorola27.4 28.1 25.4 19 99.9


        SE shipped 24.2 million units for forth quarter. That’s not bad. Nokia and Motorola shipments are highly going down. Still SE is better than Motorola. Only Motorola shipped 19 million units for Q4. SE is still 0.7 million back from LG.

        Compare Q1 to Q4 shipment variants

        Definitely SE again overtakes LG in Q1 2009 like Q3 2008. Because SE good phones just started shipping strongly.

        SE rocks!

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          • slimberry
          • vxB
          • 22 Jan 2009

          Phone Addict, 21 Jan 2009grimjow, you also have to remember that apple only has 1 ha... moreLG beat them cuz of their cheap phones? OMG you have got to be kidding me.....SE makes all sorts of phones from most expensive smart phones as well as cheapest handsets........... LG clearly out sells and is very deserving of 3rd place in 2008. But I do admit that LG winning phone of the year award was a bit suspicious....

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            • Anonymous
            • ibp
            • 22 Jan 2009

            ND, 22 Jan 2009Ya, i agreed with u! Hahahah... Give me 5! 'Soon Ending' br... moregiv u 5! xdxd

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              • Anonymous
              • p$K
              • 22 Jan 2009

              S.E are killing themselves...they have very xpensive phones that arent that great for the low end market...nokia and samsung hav an edge over that with the n5000, n2600, n6085, sgh-e250, e251, j700, j750, LG KF510, and the rest...

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                • ND
                • uCn
                • 22 Jan 2009

                Bill, 21 Jan 2009While this is good news for LG, I still don't like their ph... moreNo, it's not exactly u think. U can try to hold the LG Secret,KF510,KF600 n KF700, their build quality are much more better than any other brand.

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                  • Derry
                  • PFn
                  • 22 Jan 2009

                  ps, 22 Jan 2009The truth behind the SE……………………… Nokia, LG and Samsung u... moreHope SE change their strtegy..if not it seems that se will follow their fren..siemens or at least other giants vendor will buy this japanese-swedish consortioum.. Main power of se is their brand "walkman,cybershot,bravia" from sony..but it doesn't mean it can perform as good as sony which now even has serious challenge from samsung at electronics consumer..n even now samsung more popular in emerge country..i ever had nokia 3650,6610i,SE k750,W810,Nokia N73,Samsung i450,Nokia n95 n now is .. .. .. nobody knows..but i'll try other vendor like lg or moto

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                    • ND
                    • uCn
                    • 22 Jan 2009

                    Kyuubi, 22 Jan 2009Congrats samsung :D 3rd in the world No, SAMSUNG is 2nd in the world right now.

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                      • Derry
                      • PFn
                      • 22 Jan 2009

                      ps, 22 Jan 2009The truth behind the SE……………………… Nokia, LG and Samsung u... moreNo..SE failed to improve their software hardware n price strategy...Their walkman sq still no improvements except earphone hpm whhich very good! their sound very good coz earfone, if spressmusic or liveloud use the same earfone they beat walkman easily,much2 professional review site like M-R,smape,RMAA,etc prove that! Megabass just push bass only n destroy mid n treble,plus too much distortion at max volume.. Cybershot fone also defeated at 5-8mp battle, u can read at this site or M-R,Smape,etc write N95,N82,U900,G800,G810 beats k850 or c902, Innov8 also beats c905 pics quality except Cybershot ui n xenon flash! Their uiq also failed to compete with other os like s60,winmo,etc...but the biggest mistake is se push a200 platform to fight at multimedia role...as we know s60 much2 dominated at this sector...n build quality was terrible compared older se fone like w800,k750,t610.too much complain from se user about build issue..Now like people said that walkman era was gone,mr carl zeiss nokia n generic samsung wins at cam fone battle..Last year se cuts 2000 jobs plus few cuts at uiq tech..n some site said that sony unhappy about se financial result! thru 2008 se finacial at serious problems! that's why sony want to divorce from this joins! It seems that sony ericsson as weak as moto..

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                        • ND
                        • uCn
                        • 22 Jan 2009

                        Anonymous, 22 Jan 2009hahha soon expire phone have like.no.other design XDXDYa, i agreed with u! Hahahah... Give me 5! 'Soon Ending' brand is their fate.

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                          • ND
                          • uCn
                          • 22 Jan 2009

                          Anonymous, 21 Jan 2009Ford sells much more than Cadillac or Bentley but of course... moreBut unfortunately, SE X1 doesn't kill anyone at the moment right now. LOL.. quite sad to hear tat.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • ibp
                            • 22 Jan 2009

                            ps, 22 Jan 2009The truth behind the SE……………………… Nokia, LG and Samsung u... morekid

                            the soon expire company just cut off a lot of worker at almost 8000 worker

                            SONY cut off 16000 worker included SOON EXPIRE worker

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                              • Anonymous
                              • ibp
                              • 22 Jan 2009

                              ND, 22 Jan 2009I think u still dreaming, wake up pls!! The article doesn't... morehahha

                              soon expire phone have like.no.other design XDXD

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                                • ND
                                • uCn
                                • 22 Jan 2009

                                ps, 22 Jan 2009The truth behind the SE……………………… Nokia, LG and Samsung u... moreI think u still dreaming, wake up pls!! The article doesn't lie, the truth is out there. SE got today's fate coz it 'Like no other' design!
                                LOL...

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                                  • ronnie
                                  • PFy
                                  • 22 Jan 2009

                                  maybe LG, Nokia & Samsung based on Symbian OS?

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                                    • i7k
                                    • 22 Jan 2009

                                    ps, 22 Jan 2009The truth behind the SE……………………… Nokia, LG and Samsung u... moreLG's phones' average selling price is 167.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Er2
                                      • 22 Jan 2009

                                      ps, 22 Jan 2009The truth behind the SE……………………… Nokia, LG and Samsung u... moreNo other designs like SE

                                      - that's why SE has been copying its own design without much innovation?

                                      No other sound quality like SE

                                      - based on what? Any comparison reports among almighty brand's XM series or EM35/E8/EM30 from Moto?

                                      Highest Unit price valued mobile maker

                                      - what do you mean? Average price of the phone being highest? Higher than Apple and HTC? So what?

                                      No third class phones from SE

                                      HTC & Apple have no class phones, so what?

                                      And may I add...

                                      Best in terms of voice quality...for capturing all the background noise EXCEPT the speaker's own voice...nobody tops SE on that, especially its bar phones!

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                                        • rajiev
                                        • PWY
                                        • 22 Jan 2009

                                        i think sony ericsson's sold only smart and multimedia fone and i m asian(india) here i can't see low range fone in any hand. they only preffer , nokia and lg(cdma) only and motorolla tooo