#lg mobile

Back in the day, mobile phones (often referred to as handsets) came in different shapes and sizes. These companies were trying to figure out the future of mobile communication and introduced a lot of innovation in that space. Mobile giants like Blackberry made a killing with the early smartphones. Then Apple came along and combined a mobile phone, an internet communicator, and the iPod line to form the iPhone in 2007, the leading industry players at the time scoffed at the news. Nokia Once the pioneer and the largest player in the mobile communications space, the pioneer tried holding on to Symbian when it became clear that the growth of the iOS and Android operating systems threatened their very existence. It briefly tried to establish Windows Mobile as the third ecosystem. Still, in the end, it was forced to sell its mobile business to Microsoft in 2014, with the latter recording losses and "closing the business" in 2016. So it pivoted to using Android in 2015 and outsourced its production to TCL Corporation, eventually moving all aspects of the Blackberry mobile business and granting TCL a global license to produce and sell Blackberry smartphones. Read more in our articles including "Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Blackberry, LG, HTC, Sony: What went wrong?" and "LG confirms closing of mobile phone business worldwide".