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LG smartphone shipments up by 19 percent for Q1 2014

LG's smartphone sales will hit an all-time high during the second quarter.
The company also has big plans for the LG G3 and expects that its second quarter revenues will increase further when the phone is released. It also expects higher revenues with the wider roll-out of the cheaper L Series III. Earlier this month analysts forecast that LG’s smartphone sales will hit an all-time high during the second quarter. It is expected to sell some 15 million handsets during the three months ending June 2014. If it manages to meet expectations then it is estimated that LG will sell 60 million smartphones during 2014. This all means that LG’s mobile business should make a profit this year and reverse its current loss-making trend.
LG is South Korea’s second-largest smartphone company after Samsung. Although LG’s smartphone shipments rose by 19 percent, data from the research firm Strategy Analytics shows that its market share slipped as Huawei Technologies Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd. shipped 13.4 million and 13.3 million units, respectively, during the same period.