LG has announced its plans to sell iPhones in its South Korean brick-and-mortar shops. Although a bit surprising, the move isn't completely outlandish once you consider that the
South Korean giant quit making smartphones back in April. LG currently operates around 400 stores in South Korea, and it doesn't take a retail expert to figure that empty smartphone shelves are not good for your business.
As
first reported by ZDNet, iPhone and other Apple products will start showing up in LG stores starting from August. For years, LG offered a variety of G and V series Android smartphones at hundreds of retail locations. While one could argue that Samsung's Android smartphones would have been a more relevant fit for LG stores, the two Korean companies are fierce competitors. Things have been quite hostile between them especially after
Samsung accused a senior LG official of damaging its washing machines at IFA 2014 in Berlin.
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