Sales of smartphones manufactured by the South Korean company LG, last year increased by 25% compared to 2013 year, which will allow it to take third place in the global mobile market.
According to sources, in 2014, LG has released 59.6 million smartphones against 47.6 million units sold during the previous year. For comparison, in 2011, LG smartphone shipments accounted for only 20 million copies, and in 2012 their sales increased to 26.3 million. The increase in sales of smartphones LG last year explain the growing popularity of the line LG G, including the flagship LG G3 and cheaper Smartphone G3 Stylus G3 Beat.
Observers also noted that this year there will be a slowdown in sales of smart phones produced by Chinese manufacturers such as Huawei and Xiaomi. Nevertheless, LG, wanting to catch up with its rivals, is going to start selling presented at CES 2015 curved smartphone LG G Flex second generation. It will goes on sale in South Korea on January 30 and then appear in other parts of the world.