Flashback: LG G5 tried to wow the crowd with its Magic Slot, but failed
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 12 Mar 2023LG left the smartphone market at the wrong time.
They ha... more*(or dare I say copied) the LG Velvet 2 Pro's design for the S22 Ultra, S23 series, A14, A34 and A54.
In fact the A14/A34/A54 phones from this year look like Velvet 2 Pro ripoffs lol 😂
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
AnonD-731363, 12 Mar 2023LG were great.
Velvet 2 was like their best phone.
And o... moreLG left the smartphone market at the wrong time.
They had the Velvet 2 Pro and the LG Rollable up their alley, which were powered by the flagship SoC for 2021, the Snapdragon 888. In my opinion, these phones would have been great alternatives to the S21 Ultra and the Z Fold 3 respectively, despite their exorbitant prices.
I definitely do agree with your point about the Velvet 2 Pro having a neat and timeless design. Heck, Samsung used (or
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- KZK
- 12 Mar 2023
Just , 12 Mar 2023I got this phone. It was simply amazing. In fact LG has alw... moreYou're not alone, me too as well. I love their bravery in being different from the norm. It's just that LG's marketing is not as great as the other top brands.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
The G5 gave good competition to the Galaxy S7 series, but they made a strong yet wrong bet on the "Friends" modules. Also, the usual LG issues like marketing and availability couldn't unleash the full potential of the G5.
While it's sad that LG no longer makes smartphones, their last high end device, the Wing, is one hell of a phone. In fact, am typing this comment from the Wing. Miss you LG.
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- KZK
- 12 Mar 2023
The G5 came out in the same year as the Apple iPhone 7, two different smartphones with a completely different direction for the dual camera setup. Apple went for the wide+telephoto combo, while LG went for a wide+ultrawide combo. Nevertheless, they both triggered the next step of the smartphone camera hardware race.
As for the G5's Magic Slot, one major critical problem with it is that you have to turn off the phone to replace the Friends accessories. No surprise that Motorola went for a dedicated pogo pin solution for their Moto Mods. Even Juan Bagnell agreed that Motorola's detachable solution was far more practical and friendlier than LG's cumbersome switch-off-first solution, and he's a real LG fan firsthand.
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- 12 Mar 2023
zaryan, 12 Mar 2023Just changing the camera design and increasing megapixels i... moreIf that is boring, then every mainstream smartphone brand is the same..Yes theres the fold and flip series for innovation but people want a reliable and steady smartphones in their daily life, thats why they sell so well and win smartphone awards
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- 12 Mar 2023
Today Samsung is using on S series a LG Velevet design of cameras. LG was just ahead of everybody at least 4 years, even ahead of their own software.
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- Jerry101923
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- 12 Mar 2023
The exact phone that made me love LG and start continuously using LG phones till now (using newer models now of course). That ultrawide is really a game changer!
My G5 is still here, started becoming practically unusable only since last month.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
Adegbenro, 12 Mar 2023Samsung has never been known for providing the stock Androi... moreI think you don't know what stock icon mean.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
Sony, Meizu, Asus and even Htc still sell phones. While LG does not.
Ppl here need to stop thinking number of units sold translats to money earned.
Single $1200 phone sold can bring more money than few $300 phones sold if the OEM does everything right.
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- AnonD-731363
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- 12 Mar 2023
LG were great.
Velvet 2 was like their best phone.
And one of most beautifull ver made even for today standarts.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
One of the best camera phone of all time, innovative yet flawed so is every phone even the best ones. Sad to see LG quit making awesome phones.
The camera setup on G5 was alot better then S7.
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- Guest from the best
- gKh
- 12 Mar 2023
Great time of new ideas and non ordinary brickphones.
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- Bigmeme
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- 12 Mar 2023
To all the people saying removable battery and good design can't be on the same phone. Look at third LG
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- frocito
- 3k6
- 12 Mar 2023
still, a really nice phone. I didn't buy or change the slots, lol
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- Narazumono
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- 12 Mar 2023
LG had some cool ideas that weren't executed very well
Plus their bootlooping issues were terrible
My first LG phone was the F60, an entry level phone and one of my first ever Android phones i got when i was a kid - bootlooped after a year
Got a second hand model for replacement parts - bootlooped after a couple of months
Got the G4 Stylus - bootlooped after like half a year
At this point i was officially done with LG
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- Anonymous
- U@6
- 12 Mar 2023
I still miss by LG V10, it was a phone like no other.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2023
Adegbenro, 12 Mar 2023LG wrecked it's mobile phone fortunes due to repeated ... moreThe LG V60 still never got a proper European or UK release.
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- 12 Mar 2023
I got this phone. It was simply amazing. In fact LG has always be ahead in termes of innovations. They need to back in phone arena
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- Adegbenro
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- 12 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 12 Mar 2023I know it's an LG article but I found it funny that Sa... moreLG wrecked it's mobile phone fortunes due to repeated terrible marketing strategies and inexplicable design faults. It was either one or the other and sometimes both. I remember one year they made a great phone but it wasn't available for purchase until 3 months after the launch.....and only in certain parts of the world. Whereas the Samsung competitor was available EVERYWHERE in that same period of time