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Sprint Prepaid Brands Refresh Phones
Overland Park, Kansas – Sprint’s prepaid-service brands are refreshing a handful of low- and mid-priced LTE phones, with Sprint Prepaid and Virgin Mobile replacing...
LG
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Survey: LG Smartphone Activations Gain In Q2
Chicago – LG’s share of U.S. smartphone activations hit 20 percent in the second quarter, up from the year-ago 8 percent, Consumer Intelligence Research...
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4K TV Shipments Topped 3M In April
Taipei, Taiwan — 4K LCD TV panel shipments continue to rise, driven by forces on both the supply side and the demand side, according...
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4K Ultra HD TV Shipments Quadruple
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Global shipments of 4K Ultra HD LCD TVs grew nearly 400 percent year over year to reach 4.7 million units...
CES-2016
LG Adds First 4K Gaming Monitor
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. – LG is bringing its first 4K gaming monitor to the U.S. to join a 1080p model. The new 27-inch 4K...
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Verizon Adds 8.3-Inch LG Tablet
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless added the LG G Pad X8.3 tablet to its selection to complement a 7-inch LG tablet and 10.1-inch...
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Sprint Launching LG G4 On June 5
Overland Park, Kansas – Carriers have begun announcing their rollout plans for LG’s flagship G4, with Sprint planning June 5 availability through all distribution...
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LG Posts Another Tablet Gain With Carriers
Dallas – AT&T expanded its selection of LTE tablets from LG to two with the May 29 launch of the LTE-equipped LG G Pad...
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LG Plans HDR Firmware Updates For 2 OLED TVs
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — High dynamic range (HDR) will come to select LG 4K OLED TVs as a firmware update once HDR technical specifications...
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LG Expanding G Series
Seoul, Korea – LG is on the brink of rolling out its flagship G4 smartphone in the U.S., and as it did last year...
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LG, ADT In Pact To Offer DIY Home Automation
Boca Raton, Fla. – LG is teaming up with ADT Corp. to enter the U.S. do-it-yourself home-automation market this year. ADT currently offers installed...
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Sprint Rolling Out LG Stylo With Stylus
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint is bringing the 5.7-inch LG G Stylo to market with prepaid Boost Mobile and Sprint Prepaid service, as well...
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LG Out To Build Share With G4 Flagship Phone
New York – LG promises its largest smartphone-promotion campaign yet to support the launch of its flagship G4, which packs D-SLR camera capabilities, quantum-dot-like...
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Panel: OLED’s Advantages Not Hard To See
New York — OLED display technology not only reproduces the perfect blacks that LCD displays can’t deliver, but OLED technology is capable of displaying...
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First TVs Get Netflix-Recommended Certification
Los Gatos, Calif. — Some of the first TVs designated as Netflix Recommended TVs consist of 11 models in five series in LG’s spring...
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LG Reveals Some Details Of Flagship G4 Smartphone
Seoul, South Korea — The latest LG flagship smartphone, the G4, will be unveiled April 28 with a new user interface said to deliver...
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LG Beaming Up Minibeam Portable Projectors
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – LG plans availability in the U.S. this month of its latest two portable video projectors, one with built-in TV tuner...
Blogs
Futuresource: Traditional Watches and Smartphones on a Collision Course
At both CES and MWC this year there was a clear design drive to make smartwatches look more like analogue watches in an effort...
Blogs
MWC Shows Wireless Directions For 2015
The 2015 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) emitted strong signals on the directions that the wireless market will take in 2015. Samsung...
CES-2016
LG Extends, Expands NCAA Partnership
ENGLEWOOD, CLIFFS, N.J. – LG Electronics USA has extended its official corporate partnership with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) under a new agreement...
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Sprint Adds Its First LG Tablet
Overland Park, Kan. – Sprint will offer an LG tablet for the first time on March 13, equipping it with LTE and offering it...
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LG Readies LTE-Equipped Smart Watch
Seoul, South Korea — LG will go to next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) with what it said will be the industry’s first LTE-equipped...
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LG Readies LTE Mid-Tier Smartphones
Seoul, South Korea — LG will go to next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) with a quartet of “mass-tier” smartphones that will be available...
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Sprint To Be First With LG’s G Flex2 Curved Phone
Overland Park, Kansas—Sprint will become the first U.S. carrier to offer LG’s curved G Flex2 smartphone, beginning March 13, LG said. AT&T and U.S....
CES-2016
LG Readies Fashion-Oriented Smart Watch
Seoul – LG is expanding its selection of Android Wear-based smart watches with its first all-metal model, which resembles a luxury watch. The LG...
news
LG Plans VR Headset Giveaway With G3 Phone
Seoul, Korea – LG plans this month to give away a free VR for G3 virtual-reality headset with the purchase of a new LG...
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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...
Audio
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...
CES-2016
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...
CES-2016
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...
CES-2016
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...
CES-2016
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...