LG Electronics Mobile

Consumer Electronics · Founded 1995

LG's 2021 mobile phone exit after $4.5 billion in losses over six years demonstrates how even conglomerate backing can't save uncompetitive divisions. The Korean giant that once sold premium phones couldn't compete with Samsung's marketing or Chinese cost structures. Like a species squeezed from above and below, LG occupied an unsustainable middle position.

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1995
Founded