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Survey: iPhones Grab 50% Share Of Q4 U.S. Phone Sales
Chicago – The strength of Apple’s iPhone launches last September boosted its share of cellphones sold in the U.S. to 50 percent in the...
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Sprint Expands Device-Leasing Program
Overland Park, Kan. – Sprint today expanded its device-leasing program to the LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy Note. The models join the iPhone 6,...
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LG Reveals New Partners For WebOS TVs
LAS VEGAS ― In addition to unveiling an expansive lineup of both OLED- and LED-based Ultra HD TVs, LG Electronics used last week’s International...
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Sony, LG, Denon Adopt Google Cast For Audio
Las Vegas – Sony, LG, and Denon will becomes the first suppliers to offer audio products incorporating Google Cast for Audio technology, which embeds...
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LG To Unveil Expanded Ultra HD LED TV Lines
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG Electronics (LG) said Monday that it will bring a full lineup of 4K Ultra HD and Full HD LED...
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LG To Show ‘Art Slim’ LCD TVs At CES
Seoul, South Korea — LG Display said Monday it will unveil at next week’s 2015 International CES its Art Slim series of LCD TV...
Accessories
LG, Mercedes Team On Car Camera Systems
Seoul, South Korea ― LG Electronics and Mercedes-Benz revealed on Christmas Day that they are teaming up to explore the design of next-generation cameras...
Audio
LG To Go With Flow Wireless Multiroom Audio
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG will enter the wireless multiroom-audio market in a big way at next month’s International CES, where the company will...
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Improved WebOS Heads To 2015 LG TVs
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. ― Having made a splash with its WebOS smart-TV platform last year, LG Electronics said Wednesday that it will improve the...
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LG Lets Quantum Dot Cat Out Of Bag
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG Electronics (LG) formally revealed Monday night that it will introduce at next month’s 2015 International CES its first line...
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LG Expands Distribution Of Kid-Tracking Wearable
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG rolled out its GizmoPal GPS-tracking watch phone to Verizon Wireless stores nationwide. The $79 device, targeted for use by...
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LG Shakes Up Top Management
Seoul, South Korea – LG shook up top management and merged its home appliance and air-solution businesses. The changes include a new head of...
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LG Adds Kid-Tracking Wearable
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG expanded its wearables selection with the GizmoPal, a GPS-tracking watch phone for pre- to middle-school kids. The device became...
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LG Tablets Get More Carrier Distribution
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG expanded the rollout of LTE-equipped G Pad tablets with the launch by Verizon of the LG G Pad 7.0...
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AT&T Stuffing Stockings With Smart Watches, Phones, Camera
Dallas — AT&T is gearing up for the holiday season with the launch of the Moto 360 and LG G Watch R smart watches,...
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LG Gains Q3 Smartphone Share
Chicago – LG’s share of third-quarter U.S. smartphone activations jumped to 18 percent from the second-quarter’s 8 percent and the year-ago 9 percent, Consumer...
Blogs
Phone Vendors Follow Carriers Into Tumultuous Times
Intensified competition among wireless carriers is going hand-in-hand with more intensive competition among smartphone suppliers. Smartphone, tablet and PC maker Lenovo completed its acquisition...
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Spitale Takes LG National Accounts Post
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — Paul Spitale, a 25-year Sony veteran and most recently corporate sales and marketing VP at Newark Co., has joined LG...
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LG Gets More Vertically Integrated In Cellphones
Seoul – LG said it expects to increase its mobile-phone competitiveness with the launch of its first mobile applications processor, which combines a 1.5GHz...
Appliances
LG ‘Greens’ Denver Complex For Energy Star Tour
Denver — LG Electronics USA was the lead partner for a stop at the Denver Housing Authority on the Energy Star Change The...
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LG To Add DTS Decoders To A/V Products
Calabasas, Calif. – DTS and LG Electronics said Tuesday they have entered a worldwide strategic alliance to incorporate DTS premium audio technology in...
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Customers Turn Out For 4K OLED TV Launch
Santa Monica, Calif. – LG Electronics and Video & Audio Center officially kicked off the new age of 4K Ultra HD OLED TV technology...
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LG Ships 34” Curved 21:9 LCD Monitor
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG Electronics said Wednesday it is now shipping a curved 21:9 34-inch UltraWide LCD monitor. LG said monitor model 34UC97...
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LG Rolls Out More Affordable LTE Phone
Seoul, South Korea — LG unveiled a new LTE smartphone targeted to consumers upgrading to LTE in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The quad-core...
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First 4K OLED TV Goes On Sale Thursday
Santa Monica, Calif. — Southern Calif. A/V specialty chain Video & Audio Center will again be the launch pad for another technology first —...
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Georgetown LG Studio Dedicated
Washington – LG Electronics and Georgetown University recently celebrated the development of the school’s new “LG Digital Broadcast Studio,” which is outfitted with some...
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LG Gala Welcomes 4K TVs, Celebrates ‘Pixel’ Winners
New York — LG brought out the stars and its brand-new 4K OLED TVs to a gala event here Wednesday night to celebrate...
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LG Greets CEDIA With Growing UHD Lineup
Denver — LG Electronics used the first day of CEDIA Expo to introduce an expanded lineup of Ultra HD TVs at both ends of...
Blogs
LG’s Luplow: Cooperation Can Trump Competition
Amidst the fury of overlapping IFA, CTIA, CEDIA and Photokina trade shows is this week and next is the IEEE International Conference on Consumer...
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IFA: New UHD TVs Abound (Curved, Flat & Bendable)
Berlin — TV makers are hoping and praying for the sake of their bottom lines that Ultra HD really takes off. Here at IFA,...
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LG Launches USTA Sponsorship
New York — LG Electronics USA revealed this week that it will be doing its part for the sport of tennis and the state...
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LG To Bring Pen-Enabled G3 Variant To IFA
Berlin — LG will go to the IFA convention here next week to demonstrate a pen-enabled variant of its G3 flagship smartphone. The LG...
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LG Officially Reveals Two 4K OLED TVs
Seoul, South Korea ― With both the IFA and CEDIA Expo shows coming in the next few weeks, LG Electronics stuck to its practice...
Audio
LG’s Wireless Multiroom-Audio System Ready To Roll
Seoul, South Korea — LG will go to September’s IFA show in Berlin with its first wireless multiroom-audio speaker system. The LG Music Flow...
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LG’s OLED TV, Samsung’s PDP Now Named ‘Kings Of TV’
UPDATE! Scarsdale, N.Y. — The King of TV for 2014 is now a tie betwee LG’s soon-to-launch 55EC9300 curved-screen OLED FullHD TV and last...
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LG To Expand Flagship UI Features To Tablets, More Smartphones
Seoul, South Korea — LG Electronics will extend proprietary user-interface (UI) features introduced in G3 flagship smartphone across most of the company’s mid- to...
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LG To Show Next-Gen Monitors
Seoul, South Korea ― LG Electronics said Monday it will use the upcoming IFA show to unveil its IPS 21:9 curved ultra-wide monitor (model...
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LG, Kyocera Launch New Smartphones
New York — New smartphones hitting the shelves include a midtier big-screen Android phone from LG and Kyocera’s latest waterproof Hydro smartphone. LG’s new...
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AT&T Readies LG G Pad 7.0 With LTE
Dallas — AT&T will become the first carrier to offer an LTE-equipped version of an LG G Pad tablet. Starting Aug. 8, the 7-inch...
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LG Takes Pre-Orders on 105” 21:9 Ultra HDTV
Seoul, South Korea ― Keeping step with rival Samsung, LG Electronics said here Tuesday that it is now taking pre-orders in its domestic market...
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LG’s VanderWaal Promoted
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG Electronics USA said Thursday that David VanderWaal, fromer brand marketing director for the company’s home appliances business, has been...
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LG TV, Mobile Sales Lift Q2 Profits 165%
Seoul, South Korea — LG Electronics reported a 165 percent increase in second-quarter net profit compared with the same period last year, reflecting strong...