Private company

VK Mobile

Logo: VK Corp, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

South Korean electronics company

VK Mobile was a South Korean company specialising in manufacturing mobile phone terminals. It was part of the brand name VK (short for Viable Korea) which was established in 2001. It originally started as an importer of Lithium ion polymer batteries for mobile phones in 1997, but began production of its own batteries in 2000 and mobile phones in 2001.2 It ceased to exist in 2006.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersAnyang1
  • Websitewww.vkmobile.com
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

VK Mobile was a South Korean company specialising in manufacturing mobile phone terminals. It was part of the brand name VK (short for Viable Korea) which was established in 2001. It originally started as an importer of Lithium ion polymer batteries for mobile phones in 1997, but began production of its own batteries in 2000 and mobile phones in 2001.2

Products and brands

VK Mobile VK580 (2004, Q3)

VK Mobile VK610 (2004, Q3)

VK Mobile VK700 (2005, Q1)

VK Mobile VK1000 (2005, Q4)

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VK Mobile VK1010 (2005, Q4)

VK Mobile VK1020 (2005, Q4)

VK Mobile VK2000 (2006, February)

From Wikipedia’s article on VK Mobile, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2006Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1997Founded Founded1

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