The fortunes of LG Mobile, the embattled and rather overshadowed rival to Samsung Mobile, have been on a downward trajectory for a long time. As part of its effort to reform and optimize that business, LG is now reportedly taking the step of discontinuing smartphone manufacturing in its home country of Korea. The news comes from the local Yonhap News Agency, via Reuters, which suggests that LG will reallocate its current Korean production to a plant in Vietnam.
LG’s home manufacturing is presently focused on its flagship devices, with Reuters reporting that it accounts for somewhere between a tenth and a fifth of LG’s total phone output. There’s a lot of pride invested in putting the “Made in Korea” label on LG’s best mobile products, so…
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