LG has been in the news lately, and rightly so, as it holds the keys to the next Nexus phone due for release in a few weeks from now.
As per an investment report leaked from Samsung Securities, LG Electronics is forecasted to achieve a significant turnaround in its smartphone business arm in the first quarter of 2013, and set itself up as the 3rd largest smartphone manufacturer in the word in the first half of 2013. Finnish giant Nokia currently holds the #3 spot, after having revived its strategy through its Windows Phone 7 devices over the last year. The report is actually a standard investment advisory which analyzes a company and recommends a buy or sell order for its stock, based on existing and forecasted performance. In this case, the report indicates a ‘Buy” order for LGE stock, which is usually a positive indicator for times to come.
Now for the more interesting part- the document also makes note of the Optimus G, indicating that it should hit overseas markets sometime in November. It also mentions two hitherto unheard of models (referring to them as successors) – the V2 and GK. Could the GK possibly be the Optimus G II?
No other details are known at this point, and it would be interesting to wait and watch what LG brings to the table over the next few months, and whether it will lay stake to its spot up the ladder to the #3 spot by mid-2013. What do you folks think?
