MIYOUNG KIM Reuters SEOUL: LG on Thursday introduced the Optimus 3D smartphone in South Korea and hopes to sell 1.7 million units this year. The phone runs on Android platform and uses Texas Instruments' OMAP mobile processors. It will be available through South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom.
LG is betting the 3D smartphone will help it expand into the portable gaming hardware market, which is dominated by the likes of Japan's Nintendo and Sony.
The Optimus 3D, which has a 4.3-inch display and two cameras, comes with preloaded 3D games made by mobile video game specialist Gameloft SA. In the second half, LG's new product lineup will include LTE (longterm evolution) phones and smartphones with high definition displays, Park Jongseok, head of LG's handset division, said.
LG, the world's No.3 handset maker, cut its 2011 smartphone and handset targets as its present Optimus series has failed to stop the success of iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S. The firm declined to predict when the loss-making divi sion will make a turnaround from four quarterly losses.
“Our overall performance is gradually improving...but it's difficult to give a precise prediction when our business will turn around due to a fast changing external market environment,“ Park said.
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