LG Electronics has announced that they have sold more than 10 million LTE smartphones globally. LG announced the Optimus LTE, their first LTE smartphone in Korea back in October 2011, and shipped over 600,000 units in Korea alone in just 100 days after the launch. The global shipments of Optimus LTE crossed the 1 million mark last January. LG LTE smartphone sales crossed the 3 million mark last May and crossed 5 million mark in August.
LG unveiled the Optimus F5 and the Optimus F7, mid-range LTE smartphones in the new F Series range at the MWC 2013 last month. LG announced last month that they have sold over 15 million Optimus L Series phones.
LG currently sells their LTE smartphones in United States, Japan, Germany and South Korea, and select markets in Europe and Asia. LG plans to double its LTE smartphone penetration in both established and emerging markets with the launch of new devices.