LG scraps its smartphone business as losses mount

[JoeBloggs777]

End of an era for LG and one less supplier in the market.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56635888

 

[Jayro]

I feel sorry for fans of LG phones, ouch.

 

[Bladexdsl]

i guess life isn't good

 

[Deleted User]

i'll need to upgrade off of my g6 eventually, once phones stop costing so much

 

[FAST6191]

Have not kept up with LG for years at this point. Were they the last of the good ones or just trend chasers that also decided no SD card, no headphone port, I would say easy to swap battery but there are some limits to my optimism, all the OEM junk installed they like, and generally being anti consumer was the way forward?

 

[p1ngpong]

Shame, LG really tried to innovate in a stale industry. Anyone could see this coming though, they made weird quirky phones that were near flagship price that not many people really wanted. I guess it shows the standard blueprint for phones is what people want, not weird designs. I was almost tempted to get the LG Wing myself though.

 

[Deleted member 546149]

LG NO I LOVE YOU NO NO NO

 

[MetallicKaiser]

I've never had an LG phone, but I remember them having quite a few cross-promotion special edition models for movies, games and anime (think the last one was a Star Wars phone?). I'm surprised they went down.

 

[Bagel Le Stinky]

LG NO I LOVE YOU NO NO NO

Lg loves you too, Polly.

 

[Xzi]

That actually sucks, I've owned a couple of their smartphones and they both provided really good value for the cost. I think Motorola is now pretty much the only non-Chinese brand left to compete with Samsung and Apple.

 

[The Catboy]

Honestly, LG's marketing kind of sucked and they were constantly producing phones with just the most random as fuck names. Back when I was still working wireless sales, understanding and trying to sell LG phones wasn't very fun. Especially when you compare them to Samsung and Apple products, which had more cohesive marketing/naming for their products.

 

[Deleted member 514389]

Nooooooo.

One of the best gone.

Forget Samsung. Forget Huawei.

These guys had guts.

Have not kept up with LG for years at this point. Were they the last of the good ones or just trend chasers that also decided no SD card, no headphone port, I would say easy to swap battery but there are some limits to my optimism, all the OEM junk installed they like, and generally being anti consumer was the way forward?

Not only that.
They were also pretty much the most innovative ones.

Good thing I stopped using Smartphones after my V10 (and before hat G3) bit the dust.

They'll definitively be missed.
(By those with an eye for quality)