Yup, after years of poor performance in the mobile phone sector, LG may actually be back on track. We last heard (http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_sells_1_million_units_of_optimus_g_in_four_months-news-5369.php) that they've sold some 55 million handsets in 2012, even though their Optimus G was not doing terribly well, selling only 1 million units during the first 4 months of its availability.
But hey, perhaps due to the incredible popularity of the competitively priced and Google-sanctioned LG Nexus 4 (http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_nexus_4_e960-5048.php) (pictured left), LG managed to outgrow Apple's 13% US market share.
According to Counterpoint Research, LG actually scored a market share of 14% in the US. Now how's that for a comeback? We are yet to see where this would take them in the quarter that lies ahead.
Of course, we would advise anyone at LG to wait for a second confirmation from another market research agency before popping up that champagne.
On a side note, Samsung is still the market leader in the US with a 33% market share in the same period.
Source (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2013/01/20/0601000000AEN20130120001000320.HTML)
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