Report: LG considers shutting down mobile division after sale talks fall through

22 March 2021
LG was reportedly talking to Vingroup and Volkswagen to offload the ailing mobile division, but negotiations seem to have failed.

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I'm an LG phone user since 2013. They're just doing good until 2017. But the classify of products is getting higher. I've got bad quality phone for about 207 USD, while samsung provides better quality for that price. (Comparing LG X & Q series with Samsung A series in 2017) In all aspects as camera, build quality, features etc. Like I said samsung is the only real rival here since other legendary names such as Nokia, Motorola etc isn't in the first place anymore. Also Japan (Sharp, Panasonic, Fujitsu etc) didn't joined the global markets (except for Sony, but sony mobile also falling down. You can see the market share in every countries). I know there's some people who don't buy newcomer brands for some reason, but how about when those newcomers (Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Huawei etc) much better than LG midranges? It makes the consumer of LG is tearing down every year and moved to other brands. To get the consumer buy your flagships, at least give good quality in midranges.it just like trial, then consumers will addicted and buy flagships. Anyways, LG flagships still perfect also with that manual mode. Whatever happened, as they make a statement to shutting down the mobile division, as far there's still LG users around the world. Please don't make they really leave the phone by stopping all services and certificates. Don't be like Nokia when they moved to Microsoft back in the lumia days. Even my Nokia asha series technically is a smartphone but they stopped all services in this phone, also with outdated certificates that makes the phone unusable and makes me moved to other brands called LG.

    Anonymous, 23 Mar 2021talking simply out of your senses cause you never owned LG... moreLol, let me ask you when did you last time got update, LG is awful in software updates stable or not, all major player deliver stable OS on their devices. My Samsung has been "stable" for 2 years since I got it, not sure if thats a braging thing, they must be stable otherwise no one will use them :D

      RIP LG, another soldier died in overcrowded market

        Looks like my G8x is going to be my first and last LG.

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          • Anonymous
          • fur
          • 23 Mar 2021

          786, 23 Mar 2021The amount off features Samsung phones have are fully specs... more"The amount off features Samsung phones have are fully specs. "
          lol I believe you meant samsung right no 3.5mm no QHD (only S21 U) plasticy frame no Micro SD fake ZOOM lens.

          Huawei provide the best lenses on any camera.
          Sony provide 4K display ,4K120fps Manual Video, PRO phone for broadcasters that could cost them more than 5K USD equiv. solution.
          LG provide QUAD DAC Manual Video recording with focus peaking mic control up to 8K .

          all three gives proper flagship devices and yet cheaper than samy with Micro SD solution, aluminum frame ...

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            • Anonymous
            • fur
            • 23 Mar 2021

            nanagdad, 23 Mar 2021This is what happens when you sh#t on your customers. They ... moretalking simply out of your senses cause you never owned LG's device before , LG software is the most stable & rarely it has bugs in fact even it beta version is stable than most of OEM official firmware

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              • Kaluna00
              • ILq
              • 23 Mar 2021

              I've always enjoyed LG phones. I'm sad to see that they are dropping out of the mobile market. I have been in order of the LG G2, V10, V20, and Wing. Their devices have always treated me well and held up reliably. As a side note, the LG Wing is the best phone I've ever had. In my opinion it out does any other Flagship slab or folding smartphone.

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                • Arod
                • ri}
                • 23 Mar 2021

                Anonymous, 23 Mar 2021go for v60... if you have not bought the v50 yet... v60 was... morethere are specs of the v60 that doesn't fit me
                6.8 inch is to big, feels like a brick, 6.2-6.5 inch is perfect
                no zoom camera
                1080p display, not saying its a bad thing, i wanna try 1440p
                865 is great, but the 855 still performs great
                still has a high price
                nah i still go for v50, still $249 brand new in ebay
                and its specs can outbeat any midranger out there
                thanks for your opinion

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                  • Jechuwen
                  • 7X2
                  • 23 Mar 2021

                  Im glad LG is also dying. Hope samsung will be next. They are too naive to keep the price high because of branding. They forget that this is android it is not same as IOS with exclusive software.

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                    • Jechuwen
                    • 7X2
                    • 23 Mar 2021

                    85s85s85d, 23 Mar 2021Pray to God, definitely apple. This company needs to RRIIPPIt will be samsung. Here in my country samsung dominate the phone market before but now they no longer in top selling phones.They keep creating low specs and overpriced phone which is ridiculous. Why do i spend a lot when i can get high spec with lower price. Im a samsung user before now i switch to chinese brand which have same durability. Do not support overpriced phone because of branding they are not like apple that have no competition for software. This is android.

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                      • LGThanksforMemories
                      • 7tV
                      • 23 Mar 2021

                      I am not surprised, but still I would be very sad to see them go...

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                        • Steve
                        • 7sX
                        • 23 Mar 2021

                        Kangal, 23 Mar 2021Okay, I hear a lot of people complaining but no-one is subm... moreHey, I submitted a few good solutions over the day, but none of them posted I can see do far. We can't help it if GSM wants to promote complaining instead.

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                          • Tara
                          • N%x
                          • 23 Mar 2021

                          I had 3 lg phones best cameras I had
                          The g5 I had to send back cus it had what they a black screen of death only issues I had I went from. A p30 pro then went to lg velvet

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                            • Anonymous
                            • qb4
                            • 23 Mar 2021

                            786, 23 Mar 2021The amount off features Samsung phones have are fully specs... moreThe amount of useless features on a Samsung phone is just bloats

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                              • Anonymous
                              • sxr
                              • 23 Mar 2021

                              786, 23 Mar 2021The amount off features Samsung phones have are fully specs... moresamsung features not on which?
                              huawei have great hardware on phones under their portfolio...
                              lg has quad dac which is excellent, few others have them or at least only the asus rog 5 i know...
                              sony has the heat supression feature, 4k hdr oled display (and samsung went lower to 1080p amoled?)
                              galaxy has "features" but implying that others has none is plain bs...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • sxr
                                • 23 Mar 2021

                                Arod, 23 Mar 2021wait if lg mobile will shut down (why) are they still doing... morego for v60... if you have not bought the v50 yet... v60 was just updated to 11, and more features were added... that is why i am still halfway on believing lg mobile exits the industry...
                                i bought v50s + ds last year... the first one i have with quad dac (for real hires audio, though for ordinary audio files i am satisfied with xperias upscaling)... thinking of buying lg wing, whether used or not after a "couple of years" ha ha...

                                  If the previous format was difficult to read, here is an alternate one:
                                  (again, sorry for the post, please forgive me)

                                  Device One: (JEEP) Rugged, with Maximum Features
                                  200 grams and 119 x 81 x 9.1mm dimensions
                                  5.11 inch screen, A7-paper sized aspect ratio 12.7:9 (like IMAX/Old TV)
                                  82.40% Screen to Body ratio (Slim bezels)
                                  2048 x 1448 RGBW LCD-IPS (no burn-in)
                                  60Hz Refresh Rate (much better battery life)
                                  +1,000 nits HDR10+ enabled
                                  Display Square Corners
                                  Uni-symmetrical design (10mm forehead)
                                  Sensors and Large Selfie inside the forehead bezel
                                  Front-firing boom monospeaker (doubles as earpiece)
                                  Side-mounted fingerprint scanner (with HR-BP monitor)
                                  Power button, plus three programmable buttons
                                  Single Large camera (attachable lenses for ultrawide, macro, zoom)
                                  DualSIM, microSD slot, and IrDa blaster
                                  ThunderBolt-4 port, and QuadDAC 3.5mm Headphone Jack
                                  Best Support for External Dock, Charging, HDMI, Ethernet, Aux, and Host-OTG
                                  Modularity with Rear-Pogo pins (magnetically snaps on, keyboard or gamepad)
                                  Rugged marketing photographs
                                  Padded corner and Non-slip Textured exterior overall (no case!)
                                  Thick (9.1mm) phone body (front, side, back)
                                  Sideframe of Aluminium
                                  Frontplate of Gorilla Glass 6
                                  Backplate of Aerospace-grade Polycarbonate (tough and shock-absorbing)
                                  Protection via Flat Tempered Glass for front, no protection required for rear (3M Skin)
                                  Non-submersible (IP66) Splash resistance
                                  5,119mAh User Removable battery
                                  Healthy-Battery Charging (20W)
                                  Regular Density Internals, Modular Design (Screen, Camera, Speaker, USB/3.5mm Ports)
                                  Jolla SailFish OS (but can flash Android or Alternate OS)
                                  Probably retails for USD $811 ??

                                  Device Two: (Subaru) Reliable, with Balanced Practicality
                                  180 grams and 145 x 80 x 8.0mm dimensions
                                  6.02 inch screen, aspect ratio 16:9 (like YouTube/New TV)
                                  86.00% Screen to Body ratio (Thin bezels)
                                  1440p-IGZO (most accurate)
                                  120Hz Refresh Rate (fluid animations)
                                  1,000 nits HDR10 supported
                                  Display Rounded Corners
                                  Symmetrical Top-Bottom Slim Bezels (6mm)
                                  Sensors and Regular Selfie embedded inside bezels
                                  Front-firing stereo loudspeakers
                                  Standard Rear fingerprint sensor
                                  Symmetrical/Reversible side buttons (Power, Volume Up, Volume Down, Camera)
                                  Double Main camera (symmetrical, can create 3D-recordings)
                                  NanoSIM, microSD slot, no IrDa blaster
                                  USB 3.2-TypeC, and Regular 3.5mm Headphone Jack
                                  Standard Support for HDMI, Host-OTG, and Connections
                                  Handheld Console with dedicated JoyCon physical attachment (pocketable gamepad)
                                  Standard marketing renders
                                  Matte and chamfered exterior overall
                                  Regular (8mm) phone body (front, side, back)
                                  Sideframe of Stainless Steel
                                  Frontplate of Gorilla Glass 6
                                  Backplate of Anodised Aluminium (scratch-resistant 7000-series)
                                  Protection via 2.5D Tempered Glass for front, optional Bumper Case for back
                                  Submersible IP68 shallow waterproofing
                                  4,800mAh non-removable battery (refurbishable/screwed in)
                                  Balanced Fast Charging (30W)
                                  High Density Internals, Semi-Modular Design (Screen, USB port, etc etc)
                                  Stock AndroidOne OS (Custom ROM ready)
                                  Probably retails for USD $800 ??

                                  Device Three: (porsche) Futuristic, with Maximum Style
                                  179 grams and 179 x 79 x 7.9mm dimensions
                                  7.49 inch screen, aspect ratio 21:9 (like Cinema/Movies)
                                  92.50% Screen to Body ratio (No bezels)
                                  4K-Pentile SAM-OLED (deepest blacks)
                                  144Hz Active Sync display (smoothest animation)
                                  794 nits Mobile-HDR compatible
                                  Display Rounded Corners
                                  Almost No Bezels (2mm each side)
                                  Underscreen dual selfie camera
                                  Vibrational Face Mono Speaker
                                  Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner
                                  No buttons, minimalistic sides
                                  Triple rear camera (ultrawide, regular, zoom)
                                  eSIM, no microSD, no IrDa blaster
                                  USB 3.0-TypeC, but NO Headphone Jack
                                  Limited Support for Video out, OTG, and Connections
                                  Home Console via Xbox One controller connection (needs purse/backpack, not pocketable)
                                  Styled marketing renders
                                  Shiny and curved exterior overall
                                  Sideframe of Titanium Alloy
                                  Frontplate of transparent flat plastic (shockproof)
                                  Backplate of transparent flat plastic (shockproof)
                                  Thin (6mm) phone body (front to back), with thick (8mm) sideframe
                                  Protection via 2.5D Curved Tempered Glass for back and front
                                  Enhanced IP69 (ATM 5) waterproofing
                                  4,179mAh non-removable battery (glued in)
                                  Convenient Super Fast Charging (60W)
                                  Maximum Density Internals, monolithic design (non-refurbishable)
                                  Skinned FlymeOS Android (unlockable bootloader)
                                  Probably retails for USD $947 ??

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                                    • 786
                                    • mHu
                                    • 23 Mar 2021

                                    YUKI93, 23 Mar 2021I can't really understand what you are blabbering abou... moreThe amount off features Samsung phones have are fully specs.
                                    It's like buying a Mercedes S600 with every extras available.

                                    With Nexus or pixel you only get Mercedes C190, lmfao. It's like buying mansion but hardly any goods inside. What a joke, LMFAOOOOO.e.

                                    Huawei, Sony, LG, no other companies can provide all these extras like Samsung.

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                                      • 85s85s85d
                                      • mHu
                                      • 23 Mar 2021

                                      Android lover, 23 Mar 2021Which will be the next company to die? Pray to God, definitely apple.
                                      This company needs to RRIIPP

                                        Okay, I hear a lot of people complaining but no-one is submitting a solution. If I was put in charge of LG's phone division, I would focus on making the best phone and making the best marketing. Together. It's difficult, but it would be successful, and competitors would soon attempt to emulate it.

                                        I think everyone here has an idea of what a smart and successful marketing campaign looks like (see OnePlus One, OnePlus 3, Apple iPhone 4 marketing). So let's look at what it means to make the "best phone". Well, it is a challenge. Soon you realise that "Objectively" some phones are indeed better than other phones, AND YET, it is also true at the same time that what makes a phone better than another is actually "Subjective". In this very restrictive device, how do we prioritise our set of compromises to tackle the issue of Objective and Subjective best practices? Well, you specialise! And there are three distinct groups for this, the consumers who want longevity, the consumers who want simplicity, and the consumers who want luxury. So I would build three devices as such:

                                        ...to be continued...

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