LG is officially out of the smartphone business
- Alex 94
- 0w7
- 05 Apr 2021
Good bye. They had very bad strategy, and even i could help them. Maybe will they return some day, its a great and big company, and what is important they have capital and are successful in other departments ( one of the best ).
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- Anonymous
- nw}
- 05 Apr 2021
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2021If they were mediocre, they won't be popular in the fi... moreWow your quick you actually worked that out for yourself?? It's obvious they weren't good enough
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- sq2013
- smT
- 05 Apr 2021
NeonHD, 05 Apr 2021Yeah, that was certainly one of the turning points for me. ... moreThat literally makes no sense and is not the reason sorry. At no point were Huawei ever the highest smartphone seller. Samsung are and have been for a long time. Why didn't America place Samsung on the entity list? You can't ban a company because you think they might create a monopoly. Monopolies are usually caused by mergers and companies acting in cohort to corner the market. There was never any possibility of Huawei creating a monopoly and you can't regulate against companies for producing products that sell well. America didn't want extra competition for Apple so they decided to jump on Chinese government links as a way to fabricate a threat and really neutralise Huawei in America.
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- Anonymous
- nw}
- 05 Apr 2021
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2021One down.... Two more to go.... HTC and Sony must be scare... moreSony aren't scared they are a massive company who make billions from other electronics for decades now. Falling out of smartphone race will make little difference to their profits overall as a company. Sony is a massive household name that everyone knows and loves. Their smartphones just didn't set world alight but it'll hardly dent the company as a whole
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- Replicant
- x7t
- 05 Apr 2021
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2021lol Imagine thinking Sony are a popular brand in the industry I would trust my money with Chinese brands any day of the week over Sony which has non existent presence in the smartphone segment.
Brands like Sony don't command the same kind of attention and trust that they had a decade ago..
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- Anonymous
- 39r
- 05 Apr 2021
AlienKiss, 05 Apr 2021The only real brands left are Samsung and Sony in the Andro... moreNah you just hate Chinese brands Coz they toppled your favorite brands out of the market.
Survival of the fittest... LG wasn't fit enough
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- Anonymous
- 39r
- 05 Apr 2021
Jack Frost, 05 Apr 2021I don't think Sony is going anywhere anytime soon. Son... moreOne down.... Two more to go....
HTC and Sony must be scared now.
The Chinese Giants are destroying other brands with better quality products
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- Anonymous
- JEa
- 05 Apr 2021
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2021I think HTC is in worse condition than Sony.
Sony at lea... moreI am surprised that LG shut down first and not HTC.
LG still had the backing of LG electronics while all HTC had was a few VR sales
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- rghaleb
- Tr4
- 05 Apr 2021
polongo, 05 Apr 2021Proper audiophiles phone brand..I was worried about this until Asus announced the ROG 5 with even better audio. Sony also has a few tricks up it's sleeve. Still it's sad.
- NeonHD
- gmF
- 05 Apr 2021
Anonymous, 05 Apr 2021I lost faith in smartphone market when huawei got banned ju... moreYeah, that was certainly one of the turning points for me.
But at the same time I get why they did it. The US is afraid of Huawei monopolizing their market. I'm against the Huawei ban, but I'm also against monopolization of any kind.
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- Anonymous
- JEa
- 05 Apr 2021
uk7866, 05 Apr 2021Sad news. Especially when mediocre companies like Realme ar... moreIf they were mediocre, they won't be popular in the first place.
LG simply wasn't good enough.
It's like saying a racing car lost despite its great engine... Well the driver also plays a role in the race, not just the engine
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- rghaleb
- Tr4
- 05 Apr 2021
Spiderhog2099, 05 Apr 2021Who said anything about a notch? Have a pop-up. Or put it u... moreWell, until the technology is ready for either (pop-up means no water resistance rating, and under-display cameras are utter shite so far) then we can have this conversation. But for now, Sony made the right decision, so right in fact that I'm surprised that they're the only company that still has the guts to stand by it, and a 3.5mm jack of course.
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- uk7866
- pKt
- 05 Apr 2021
Sad news. Especially when mediocre companies like Realme are getting popular 😴
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- polongo
- t7B
- 05 Apr 2021
polongo, 05 Apr 2021Love my v40. Still my daily driver. Thanks LG.. Proper audiophiles phone brand..
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- ola ore
- xtS
- 05 Apr 2021
ethereal, 05 Apr 2021Good bye LG! I'll keep your G8x running for as long as... moresame here bro
headphone jack and the amazing headphone sound quality is hard to let go
definitely keeping G8x for next 1yr now that ROMs supports getting better
my last LG sadly
- Whackcar
- 6QC
- 05 Apr 2021
:( This is truly unfortunate. LG made some really stylish feature phones between 2005-2010, and some amazing smartphones between 2011-2017. They didn't give up on essential features like 3.5 mm jack & SD card slot, and were the last to give up on removable batteries. There phones used to have the best camera & audio in their prime years. They were a really competitive company that delivered many excellent products.
I'll always have pleasant memories of using their phones. I hope their other products do well financially. Fare thee well to LG smartphones!
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- Spiderhog2099
- JEF
- 05 Apr 2021
rghaleb, 05 Apr 2021Haha no.. No one EVER prefers a notch that is there all the... moreWho said anything about a notch? Have a pop-up. Or put it under the display.
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- Dolle
- mrr
- 05 Apr 2021
Had they just continued with the V30 phone,without expanding size and weight, they would have been here today. The V30 is the best phone ever made after the Motorola Razr I xt890.
The flagship phones I'm using today will never fall into this category.