LG and T-Mobile, ready to be partners

5th December, 2009 by adina
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LG, the Korean cellphone manufacturer, seems to be preparing a partnership with the wireless provider, T-Mobile, in order to keep its market share in the US. T-Mobile would have to sell LG’s Android phones. These rumors come from Prudential, a market research company. It also seems that some T-Mobile representatives have recently visited LG’s headquarters in Seoul. It is very possible that LG will sell Android-based phones through T-Mobile, even if the exact model of the phone is yet to be known; one variant is Eve.

LG’s recent falling share seems to be Verizon’s fault, the current partner company. Verizon hasn’t included LG in its holiday plans for this season. Some financial specialists think that the phone designer could try using prepaid programs, in order to sell less complex devices, in larger volumes.

LG only has Eve (GW620) and the GW880, which is especially designed for China Mobile.

During the third quarter, LG has lost 2 percent in market share, compared to the second quarter (29.7 percent). In the meantime, Samsung keeps its 25.6 percent in smartphone market share.


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