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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23033944\/lg-mobile-samsung-galaxy-a32-5g-motorola-oneplus-us-market-share<\/a>
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Just over a year ago, LG announced that it was leaving the smartphone business<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t an entirely surprising move since the company\u2019s mobile division had been posting huge losses for years<\/a>. All the same, it left a significant void in the US smartphone market<\/a>, especially in the prepaid device space where LG had a strong presence. <\/p>\n

This new vacancy presented an intriguing opportunity for another Android device maker to fill the void \u2014 maybe OnePlus, which had recently started bringing budget phones to the US. Or maybe another Chinese brand like Xiaomi could finally get a foothold in the US.<\/p>\n

The obvious answer, Samsung, turned out not to be a challenger. Samsung is already the second-largest smartphone brand in the US, and its A-series phones have been the big winners in LG\u2019s absence. According to Counterpoint Research,<\/a> Samsung\u2019s A-series phones contributed to its 11 percent year-over-year sales growth in Q4 of 2021. It notes that the Galaxy A12 was the best-selling Android device in the US in 2021 and that the Galaxy A32 5G was a strong seller at Metro by T-Mobile<\/a>, the country\u2019s largest prepaid brand. <\/p>\n

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