Report: LG to exit mobile business after all

01 April 2021
It's looking like the end of the road for LG Mobile.

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All they had to do is to maintain the momentum they built with LG G2 but instead it was a nosedive since then!

    Phones fan, 01 Apr 2021Sony should learn from LG mistakes before it's too late.learn from XIAOMI thats why sony, lg, htc, nokia, motorola, lenovo and many others almost died. some of them are only released mid to flagship but below that? they are no one interested.. and who buy their flagship? people will choose iphone, samsung, xiaomi.

      good bye LG, actually your phone like wings are a futuristic smartphone.. but who buy your flagship except from that phones? you need look your mid to low end phone, thats why you died.

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        • Siva
        • YQV
        • 02 Apr 2021

        LG leaving mobile business is the saddest thing to hear. I have been a fan of LG. I use LG phones only because of the difference they make to audio quality thru head phone jack with Quad DAC.

        I hope they will release Android 11 to my G8x before their wind-up on a good note.

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          • Anonymous
          • PZa
          • 02 Apr 2021

          Anonymous, 02 Apr 2021Lol, so true. This chinese phone fanboys are worse than a... moreiOS is the buggiest operating system I've ever used and I never regretted moving on from iPhones.

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            • Anonymous
            • PZa
            • 02 Apr 2021

            Anonymous, 02 Apr 2021Chinese phones have taken over because they are cheap, not ... moreYou're delusional if you still think the old established crowd makes the best phones i.e. Apple, Samsung, LG, Sony, Nokia etc. The old manufacturers are leaving because they cannot offer the best products at the best prices. Really, when you can buy a phone at $300 that does everything a $1,000 can, why would you even consider the $1,000 unless the brand name is that important to you?

              Nexus 4 and 5 had wireless charging back in 2012 and 2013 that some of my more recent phones can't do except Pixel 3. Nexus 5 is arguably the most popular Nexus device ever. LG gets no credit manufacturing the greatest Nexus device of all-time.

                I've owned 5 devices manufactured by LG.

                G3 Beat AKA Vigor
                G5
                V20
                Nexus 4
                Nexus 5

                I actually liked all of them. While my HTC One (M7) gave me a ton of problems like purple photos and overheating and BlinkFeed became defunct. The M8 couldn't charge correctly and I still got static from the BoomSound on high volume. My Nexus One's power button broke and the touchscreen was only 2-finger touch.

                I'm aware of the G4/V10 bootloops or the GPS issues and the image retention of the G5. The latter also plaguing the V20. But from my experience, LG never gave me issues as badly as HTC did. There was a lawsuit that happened with the og Pixel thanks to failed motherboards. HTC manufactured that first generation Pixel and XL.

                Folks can say good riddance LG. I'll say goodbye. No manufacturer is perfect. They are all crooks. From Google's spyware and ads to Apple's restrictions and planned obsolescence, they're all bad. Don't trust any phone brand. The only product line I ever truly liked is PlayStation.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • tDG
                  • 02 Apr 2021

                  I was LG user. I had LG viewty (non smartphone), Prada 3, Vu, G2, G3 and V20. I stopped using LG since V20 and moved on to Samsung and now Oppo, because I experienced bootloop after updated the V20 software. I heard this issue also came to G5 and G6. That made me won't come back to LG

                    beep bop boop, 02 Apr 2021i am not going to miss LG at all, and i cant be the only on... moreJudging by the comment threads on this point, very few are with you.

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                      • Dude01
                      • RNK
                      • 02 Apr 2021

                      Just remember this (news) was posted on 01 April 2021 (April fools day).

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                        • Anonymous
                        • p%B
                        • 02 Apr 2021

                        Anonymous, 02 Apr 2021budget phones//"flagship killers" are garbage (lo... moreLol, so true.
                        This chinese phone fanboys are worse than apple or sammy ones. At least Apple and Samsung takes care of their devices for longer period of time.
                        Hardware is zero, just some nice numbers on a paper, without good software implementation to back it up.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • p%B
                          • 02 Apr 2021

                          i0S.-.Never.-.Again, 02 Apr 2021But LG also didn't need mobile sales to survive as a b... moreChinese phones have taken over because they are cheap, not because they are good. At least not all of them.
                          You fanboys are putting numbers up front like people are buying them because they are perfect phones. People are buying them because majority do not want or have the money to spent on phones.
                          And do not give me that cr*p “Ohhh, I can buy 10 expensive phones if I want too”. How many can afford that? You have what, 0.1% of your population rich? That’s nothing compared to the majority. And the same is for majority of Asia, Africa and South American countries.
                          So yeah, next time when you come out with 1 billion Chinese phones sold, go into detail and see how many of those are actually good nice phones (like the Mi 10 Ultra or Mi 10T Pro) and how many are cr*p sub 300EUR ones. Good only until the first major Android update. Lol.

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                            • Norwegian Gangster
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                            • 02 Apr 2021

                            i0S.-.Never.-.Again, 02 Apr 2021Isn't it funny, you guys have the worst choice among s... moreYou are right.... Europe is so much better compared to Am€Rica in terms of smartphone options.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • p%S
                              • 02 Apr 2021

                              Anonymous, 02 Apr 2021garbage mi 10T and poco F2 with fake earpiece and buggy miuiOnly thing that is a buggy mess is the latest iOS.
                              Mi 10T Pro runs miui the best.... Gettta life tr^ll.

                                Kingslayer, 02 Apr 2021My preferred choice is actually the Google Pixel series and... moreIsn't it funny, you guys have the worst choice among smartphones, tied to carriers with expensive data plans and worst repairablity services despite being a developed country??

                                  Anonymous, 02 Apr 2021The G2 is my favorite too. It was ahead of competition. Bu... moreLG G2 was arguably the one better than its Samsung counterpart that year.
                                  In those days, competition for the best Flagship of the year used to be between LG, Samsung and HTC.

                                  In 2021, the competition is between Samsung, Xiaomi and a couple of others.
                                  Huawei used to be part of that before the lack of Google Play services fiasco.

                                    Anonymous, 01 Apr 2021Sony does not need to sell phones to survive like few other... moreBut LG also didn't need mobile sales to survive as a brand and yet they are shutting down their mobile segment.
                                    Same will be the fate for your Favorite Sony.
                                    Sorry brahhh...The Chinese have taken over and Sony is next in line after LG

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                                      • Johnh3
                                      • mKY
                                      • 02 Apr 2021

                                      They still sell decent in the US market. But basicly almost gone in the rest of the world.

                                        i am not going to miss LG at all, and i cant be the only one that wont

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