LG Electronics Inc. (KRX:066570) was the first to develop what many consider the first modern-day smartphone - LG Prada in 2006. After the release, it was widely reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had used the similar design to create the first iPhone. Since then,...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (KRX:005930) are the undisputed heavyweights of the smartphone world. Together, both brands accounted for 50% of the global smartphone market in Q1 2013, and this status-quo has shifted considerably a year later, with...