LG Q3 report: profits increase as smartphones lose less money

25 October 2018
The company posted $667.7 million operating profit, but the mobile division lost $130.5 million.

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Well, in all honesty - their phones were never much to begin with. You could argue they had solid feature phones in the age of Nokia dominance, but overall - their phones just have straight too many issues, and no strong sides.

Their WG is apparently good, and their OLED TV's are burn-in disasters. As far as their other TV's go - they are good at retaining colour when you watch from an angle it is IPS display, so image is pretty much bit dark and colour saturation is rather poor, and if you like majority of people - don't plan to watch your TV at an angle... get a VA display...

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    • Anonymous
    • mJw
    • 26 Oct 2018

    Put snapdragon cpu and near stock android. It will be cool LG phone.

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      • Anonymous
      • 3b1
      • 26 Oct 2018

      Xiaomi and huawei will overtake there plastic phones.

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        • Anonymous
        • PA7
        • 26 Oct 2018

        I am user but after G2, nOthing new.
        Bootloop issue stay for a view generation.
        Lately camera not as good as used to, pricing as crazy as htc.
        Dont die, fix it

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          • Adul Al Salami Kebab
          • nrX
          • 26 Oct 2018

          LG keep it up, tough not quite there yet! :D

            Walter C. Dornez, 25 Oct 2018True, though the thing is, that phone can hardly be called ... moreexactly

              Note7 owner, 25 Oct 2018Congratulations LG! No boot loops means more sales. Simple. Lol at last not exploded battery..
              Did samsung A3 also bootloop?? Congratez!

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                • bloop
                • y5k
                • 25 Oct 2018

                Aniketsh, 25 Oct 2018Fast software updates, increase battery capacity and proper... moreEveryone always says "if they had so and so features they'd sell," but I don't think that's what really makes people decide to buy or not. In the end people really seem to care about one thing, and that's price. As it is right now, the average person isn't going to choose an LG phone (or other OEMs for that matter) over a Samsung when they are the same price. On the other hand, if you price well, you get tons of positive attention (basically solving the marketing problem too), and people suddenly become willing to overlook things like battery life or updates; just look at how crazy everyone went over the Pocophone, really all because of price.

                  Aniketsh, 25 Oct 2018they have released g7 one with android one but the thing is... moreTrue, though the thing is, that phone can hardly be called a flagship.

                    Congratulations LG! No boot loops means more sales. Simple.

                      Anonymous, 25 Oct 2018When u use 3000mah batteries and old chipsets with scrappy ... moreold chipsets??? you are talking about g6 ri8?? and scrappy cameras?? dude lg g7 is called as content creator's phone, if you dont trust me then check videos on youtube

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mEA
                        • 25 Oct 2018

                        LG, your mobile division is dying

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                          • MKL
                          • RrK
                          • 25 Oct 2018

                          Aniketsh, 25 Oct 2018they have released g7 one with android one but the thing is... moreNot only SD835, they took out wireless charging and in some regions it costs more than the G7 ThinQ.

                            Walter C. Dornez, 25 Oct 2018Yeah, in all honesty, it's fine if they don't go back to re... morethey have released g7 one with android one but the thing is they have used sd835 in place of sd845 and its not a global device, they should've launched g7 one globally with sd 845 and 6gb of ram

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 0rY
                              • 25 Oct 2018

                              Maybe they only made more profit, because the R&D got smaller?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • i{J
                                • 25 Oct 2018

                                No suprise. They routinely price themselves out of the market.

                                  Dilmeet, 25 Oct 2018When will the management at LG understand something this ba... moreYeah, in all honesty, it's fine if they don't go back to removable battery. All they need is those 3 things. Hell, they need to do what ZTE did and just switch to Stock Android. As it stands, the LG UX is fine, but it doesn't justify it's existence over stock Android

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • DkW
                                    • 25 Oct 2018

                                    When u use 3000mah batteries and old chipsets with scrappy camera sensors. Hardly any one will buy...so i think lg makes 10 to 20 phones per month globally...hence they hardly loose any money...no buyers, no sales ,no manufacturing so no loss..

                                      Aniketsh, 25 Oct 2018Fast software updates, increase battery capacity and proper... moreWhen will the management at LG understand something this basic is a mystery! You nailed what they need and what they haven't done correct till date combined!

                                        Anonymous, 25 Oct 2018What? Very fast software updates and slowing down the perfo... moreNot every manufacturer will cause the same with updates. LG has just somehow managed to go dead slow with updates and make their loyal base angry with decisions like no non-removable battery, poor battery life, etc. G7+ ThinQ is a fantastic device but yet to get proper security patch. Stuck on June in my country. No panic, but too lazy

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