Cho Mu-hyun is based in Seoul, South Korea and covers global tech conglomerates Samsung, LG and technology news in Asia. His English name is Joe and it rhymes with his last name.
Company is open to 'all possibilities' for mobile operation.
LG's yet-to-be-named first 5G smartphone will be unveiled on February 24th at Mobile World Congress, sporting a Snapdragon 855 processor, a vapour chamber, and a 4,000 mAh battery.
LG Electronics will unveil its next flagship phone, likely to be called V30, on August 31 at IFA.
Samsung will play new Galaxy Note 7 ads from Saturday in time for sales of the new batch of handsets. It also expects 80 percent of faulty models in Korea to be exchanged by then.
At the heels of the launch of the modular G5 smartphone, LG's mobile chief believes the company can reach the global top three in a few years by continuing the G5 design concept for future phones.
LG Signature Edition is pricier than the iPhone X and the company will sell only 300 units in South Korea.
LG Electronics is reassessing everything in its smartphone business from brands to launch dates, the company has said.
Alongside its G4 and G Flex 2 smartphones, LG is preparing to launch a 'super' phone in the second half of 2015, according to mobile boss Juno Cho.
Samsung has added the rose pink colour to the Galaxy S8 Plus, while the S8 gets Coral Blue.
New Galaxy Note 7s will have different colored battery indicators to differentiate from the original faulty phones, but questions remain whether it will quell safety concerns.