April 19, 2024
LG
LG’s latest smartphone G6 fares well in Korea
[THE INVESTOR] LG Electronics’ latest flagship smartphone G6 has got a good market response in South Korea, industry data showed on March 22.
According to the data compiled by industry tracker ATLAS Research & Consulting, the LG G6 emerged as the most-sold device during the March 9-15 period. The smartphone was officially released in the country on March 10.
It did not say how many G6 smartphones were sold during the cited period.
LG Electronics earlier announced that the sales of the G6 came to 30,000 units here in just two days.
In a separate study, the industry tracker said Samsung Electronics took up 56.3 percent of the local market during the cited period, down 6.6 percentage points from a week earlier. LG Electronics posted a 23.3 percent market share, up 8.7 percentage points on-week to hover above the 20 percent level for the first time in 17 weeks. US giant Apple accounted for 18.3 percent of the local smartphone market, the researcher added.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
According to the data compiled by industry tracker ATLAS Research & Consulting, the LG G6 emerged as the most-sold device during the March 9-15 period. The smartphone was officially released in the country on March 10.
It did not say how many G6 smartphones were sold during the cited period.
LG Electronics earlier announced that the sales of the G6 came to 30,000 units here in just two days.
In a separate study, the industry tracker said Samsung Electronics took up 56.3 percent of the local market during the cited period, down 6.6 percentage points from a week earlier. LG Electronics posted a 23.3 percent market share, up 8.7 percentage points on-week to hover above the 20 percent level for the first time in 17 weeks. US giant Apple accounted for 18.3 percent of the local smartphone market, the researcher added.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
