Over 30 phones to launch in the next 6 months - says LG

2009-12-04T04:04:00.000-08:00

Sitting still at the number three spot may not hold well for LG who trails both Nokia and Samsung in the global market share of mobile phones. The Korean based manufacturer is setting out on a blitzkrieg tactic to boost their status among the global players. When the new year dawns, LG plans on capturing 15 percent of the market by the end of 2010. So how does one achieve that you ask? Well apparently the plan is to saturate the market with over 30 new handsets over the next six months. Vice president of telecom business at LGE Taiwan, Finsen Chen, has stated that 30 percent of those new phones will be touch-enabled and over half will support 3G technology. In addition, LG plans on targeting lucrative markets like Taiwan, China, and Vietnam that could jump start future sales to get where they want to be. It’s a good plan on paper to whip out as many new phones to increase their market share, but let’s hope they’re all quality handsets to really captivate people to purchase them.

Nokia cutting smartphone portfolio by 50 percent for 2010

2009-12-04T03:58:00.000-08:00

According to Reuters, Nokia is cutting the number of smartphones it rolls out in 2010 by 50 percent when compared with 2009. This would have the world's leading smartphone maker producing only about 10 new smartphones for the 2010 calendar year.

Antti Vasara, head of Nokia's smartphone unit R&D, was quoted as saying:

"We have cut down unnecessary differentiation, so that we have a far more focused portfolio for next year. We can put more effort behind these products"

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