Lg Remains Bullish on Handsets

LG Electronics has reaffirmed its bullish stance about handset business with a company executive declaring to clinch another ``million seller’’ flagship smartphone by the end of this year.

On Monday, the Yeouido-based outfit released the Optimus G Pro smartphone that features a 5.5-inch screen packing over 2 million pixels or twice as many as smartphones with high-definition (HD) screens.

The mobile, powered by Google’s Android software, will go on sale in Korea this week before hitting shelves in Japan in April.

``We have no questions that the Optimus Pro will mark the biggest-ever sales curve than any other smartphones that have been selling in the South Korean market,’’ said Ma Chang-min, an executive at LG’s handset marketing division, in a news conference at its headquarters, downtown Seoul.

LG sold more than 1 million ``Optimus LTE’’ units since its launch in 2011. ``We have high expectations about the Optimus Pro as the device comes at a time when our handset business is getting back on a stable track,’’ said the executive.

Ma stressed that the Pro mobile is highly-competitive in terms of pricing considering the device’s commitment to full HD-level viewing quality. LG, with Sony, HTC and other phone makers are trying to make...