Eclipsed by Chinese rivals, LG ponders smartphone future
File Photo: LG, based in Seoul, had been an early smartphone success story and still controls about 13% of the US market
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Elizabeth Koh
, The Wall Street Journal
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China’s increasingly dominant smartphone makers are forcing a once-formidable rival to rethink its future in handsets.
South Korea’s LG Electronics Co., still one of the biggest phone sellers in the US, said Wednesday that the company is “leaving all possibilities open for its beleaguered mobile division amid slumping sales.
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