Will iPhone pass the test against LG and Samsung?

Today, iPhone was released in South Korea which is one of the toughest countries to make a breakthrough in, and only the fewest of cell phones manufacturers can make money in South Korea. Despite that, Apple has received many pre-orders on the iPhone.

53,000 iPhone pre-orders has been reported according to AP Business, and that makes the iPhone release in South Korea much more popular than the Chinese iPhone launch, but the iPhone lacks on some areas. The South Koreans are very sophisticated mobile phone users, and with the local manufacturers Samsung and LG it will be hard to work its way through for the iPhone. Samsung and LG offer features that allow users to watch local TV on their iPhones, and yet there is no such feature on the iPhone and that will make it difficult, since it is a very popular service among South Koreans.

Only the future can tell if iPhone will be a success in South Korea, and the launch in South Korea can easily be seen iPhone’s ‘exam’ on the consumer market.