The Demise Of LG - How An Electronics Juggernaut Was Overthrown

[@THExDUDEx8624]

It's crazy how innovative LG was. They made some really solid phones also. Instead of dropping prices after 2 months , they should have released them at better prices.

[@Deriv44]

Yea it suck that the more underhanded companies seem to be standing

[@emmanueloluga9770]

@@Deriv44 AIM to be the best, first! Aim to Be Real, not For Real!

[@ashfalon3516]

I just bought an LG velvet in Jamaica loving it

[@kelsey_roy]

They are neck-and-neck with Samsung now in terms of other aspects of consumer electrical /electronics. e. g. TV, fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, dryer and induction cooktop.

[@nicholasdean3467]

To bad innovation doesn't sell. Why do you think all of the mainstream phones use old tech?

[@kamel418]

It’s really sad that we lost a great phone manufacturer. I used to love even their crazy ideas.

[@asclepius.dionysus]

Don't be too sad, they are way more than a smartphone manufacturer, their appliance and display technologies are still among the best in the industry. They even invented quantum dot display tech which I used on my LG monitor.

[@eddyeroyal6024]

That’s another like Nokia, blackberry etc.

[@Ceramic_Discs]

@@asclepius.dionysus quantum dot wasn’t invented by LG, but by Samsung and that’s why LG is mainly using OLED.

[@sky7414]

Same goes with black Berry

[@CamdenBloke]

I was actually loyal to LG until they stopped making phones. When I first got a smartphone, and after looking at both iOS and Android deciding to go the Android route (easier to modify, customize and write programs for, had a larger global user base, and you didn't need a Mac to take full advantage of), I got a Samsung because that was my favorite brand in the feature phone days (I had experimented with other brands, never nokea, but had always came back to Samsung). After a few years, they started going and directions I didn't like, specifically in terms of locking down their system, and I switched to LG because they had the best tech and they still used microSD cards and headphone jacks. After LG stopped making phones, I switched to Sony, because they're making some of the best tech and they still have microSD cards and headphone jacks. Deciding which model of telephone to get was never a question of status for me, I just wanted the best tech (and when I lived lower-income that was the best tech from the previous year, because the previous year's tech was significantly cheaper than the current year's tech, and still very good).

[@asclepius.dionysus]

I'm still loyal because, well I own an LG fridge, washer, dryer, TVs, and a monitor. The last phone I bought of theirs was the LG V20, all went downhill after that for them (for phones, I think that's the only market they struggled in).

[@WellDoneTaxBizServices]

I have had an LG ThinQ for a little over a year since I finally had to give up BlackBerry when they took BBs completely off the network in 2022. I'm eyeballing a Sony Xperia for my next.

[@kimyona9746]

I miss my LG phones, switched to a OnePlus Nord since I don't trust Samsung nor Apple

[@dannydaw59]

What advantage do wired headphones have? I don't miss them. It's just another place for liquid to get in.

[@qassandraable]

Me too.

[@sunxnes]

LG definitely had the best phones and were ahead of apple by 5 years at their peak.

[@PanosPitsi]

Lg software was equivalent to used toilet paper

[@mrmo3379]

Every brand is better than apple. Apple phones are overrated shit that can't even runs apps properly

[@PanosPitsi]

@@mrmo3379 likes his own comment follows investment scam, and understands nothing about tech, found the android user 🤓

[@loowyatt6463]

@@PanosPitsi Apple is more typically used by those not tech savvy, that's legit their whole thing, being easy to use.

[@HarjotShah]

LG could’ve been 100 years ahead but it was more gimmicky than useful. Secondary screen on the front and hand wave gestures to operate the phone make no sense and markets proved the same. LG was no hero, no one bought their phones - markets prove it

[@martynasg9652]

I was an LG user mainly but the problems with LG phones were non existent marketing and a lack of identity. At one point in time from G1 to G4 flagships they did have a consistent design. But after that each phone started to look drastically different from each other. Also even though they had innovative ideas most of them were gimmicky and would never be seen in more than just one phone like the blood unlock or the modularity of G5 which were poorly executed.

[@raychii7361]

The G5 was the phone where you could replace the battery, Screen and camera in less than 5 minute's.

[@martynasg9652]

@@raychii7361 while that is a good thing to make repairs less complex and in the process most likely cheaper. The problem with the G5 was their marketing for “friends” which supposed to make the phone better in a certain way. They didn’t market themselves as being pro repair since a couple of years prior the market just started to shift to unibody metal/glass slabs.

[@raychii7361]

@@martynasg9652 It's a crime how Sony didn't promote their phones as camera when it was the right time😭. Right now i have a LG velvet. I was going to replace it until Canadian providers don't have any Phone with micro sd and Aux port. So i will use it for another year and see what the Chinese i will get in the future.

[@martynasg9652]

@@raychii7361 my last LG phone was G Flex 2. I bought it in like 2015-2016 I believe so a couple years after it’s release cuz it was cheap but still a capable device. But it used the notorious SD810. Like 1 and a half years after use it died. Took it in for warranty repair they found that the processor died and they couldn’t find spare parts cuz it was already a few years old. So I got a refund. Ever since when I switched to iPhone 😅

[@KarrasBastomi]

@@raychii7361 sony falls flat in the face in software department. Phones camera is about 70% software nowadays. Sony dedicated camera got reputation for terrible ui and ux.

[@noahtatman5882]

I really enjoyed my LG V20 that I had from 2017 - 2020. It had a removeable battery (and I always had a second charged battery), a good build, a headphone jack and a nice screen. I really liked the small screen that had notifications and small controls for skipping songs. The camera glass broke within one week, but it was a simple fix. Unfortunately I never received a huge software update (maybe none at all) and eventually the phone became sluggish and now I'm back on IOS.

[@mrmo3379]

I used to have an LG too. It was great and I miss it. but now the best options are Samsung or Google pixel you should avoid apple as apps on iphones have way more errors than an other phone.

[@doujinflip]

I still use my V20. Granted I rooted it so I could load LineageOS, but it works!

[@icefire5799]

I currently watch this on a rooted debloated stock v20. Just replacing google with microg made the phone 50% faster.

[@singaporehikers]

V20 was my worst phone I ever had. The software was very buggy.

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Loved my V20. 24bit DAC on headphone jack

[@Posimistic]

I watched this on my LG Wing. This is the best phone I've ever used and I'm very cautious of it's health since I don't want to ever lose it. Nor could I replace it if it gets broken. I hope this dual screen flip mechanism gets adopted by other phone brands like Samsung because the dual screen has helped save time from constantly opening new apps repeatedly

[@vracaze]

Im enjoying the Z Flip, the size of it collapsed is so great doesnt feel like its sticking out of my pocket. But still seems big when I open it up.

[@superstar64]

My favorite phone ever for everything except for durability. I've broken more screens than I'm proud to admit.

[@chris1013151]

@@superstar64 I'm

[@suchirghuwalewala]

I had a LG G8X with the dual screen... Loved it... But i switched to a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE because my LG got a bit sluggish even though i never did anything that would cause that... Android 11 screwed its software up... I miss the dual screen quite a bit

[@alice_agogo]

@@suchirghuwalewala I never update. My most advanced OS is Oreo on the G6 (that just died )

[@fadedcrayon4764]

The LG V series was some of my favorite handsets. The 4k raw camera on the LG V20 was nuts

[@nes999]

I ran a g4 until the s22 ultra came out. I think part of the problem was they lasted too long. I could repair the camera glass in minutes.

[@mcha226]

I disagree. My G4 became a brick only after one year, due to its overheat melting the motherboard soldering. I had to use my steam iron to resolder it to rescue my data.

[@asclepius.dionysus]

@@mcha226 Find me a better match than LG phones and boot looping/corrupted ROMs, lmao.

[@alice_agogo]

@@mcha226 my G6 just died last week. Can I do the same to it?

[@mcha226]

@@alice_agogo the fix will work for at max an hour, for you to backup thing. I learned it from another KZbin video. Not sure about G6 though.

[@alice_agogo]

@@mcha226 the G6 didn't really heat up a lot though. It just died. I bought 3 LGs for around $100 in the span of 7 months. I expected it to happen to the G5 which heats up depending on the app (I'm typing this on G4). I thought they had the problem fixed on the G6. I was forced to order Huawei P8 for less than 30 bucks lest the renaming LGs die also. I'll probably just buy a new mobo and try to revive it (nothing really important data wise just over a thousand TikTok videos saved lol). That said I'll still buy multiple G6 because it's the most awesome phone I've ever used (except camera) but not before I'll leave a review on the P8 on my country's shopping sites when it arrives and I'll make sure to warn others about LG. Maybe I can initiate a massive price drop? 😀😂

[@gauravbathija6783]

LG's problem was marketing and that their cameras were ever so slightly inferior to the Apple and Samsung flagships. Doing better marketing and releasing their flagship phones at a slightly cheaper price would have helped them tremendously. In my opinion they were the most innovative company when it came to bringing new few features to the market. The biggest trends in smartphones right now (multiples cameras) was an LG innovation. There were countless other to list here.

[@JaySee5]

LG could *ABSOLUTELY* make a comeback today with a no-gimmicks smartphone. Put the latest and greatest chip, with a good screen and battery (what they're already good at) and DON'T put the stupid gimmicks all others are doing like hole-punch cameras, in-screen fingerprint readers, etc. Make a phone with the latest chip, great battery and screen, headphone jack, fingerprint reader on the back, stereo front-facing speakers, microSD and you get my money.

[@gavrielpapas773]

I do listen to some old LG phones and tablets. They still provide the best audio quality in the category. I'm very disappointed how they mismanaged their cellular business. And their software was really slow especially on their tablets. If they would have kept a cheap and clean google-released Android skin, maybe their tablets could still work seamlessly. The screen and the audio developers did an excellent work at LG, while the Software developers crapped into it. Did nobody see that?

[@JaySee5]

@@gavrielpapas773 people like you forget how crap Android and iOS were complaining about LG and Samsung "bloat." LG pioneered tap to wake that's still used in iOS. LG pioneered windows in mobiles. LG and Samsung pioneered multitasking and split screen. A lot of the features in modern Android and iOS are stolen from LG and Samsung.

[@gavrielpapas773]

Their non-fancy phones were excellent. If you have an LG V40, it will still work fine today. It's audio quality still beats the newest Samsung phones/tablets. LG's last 2 tablets "LG G Pad X 8.0" and another 10 inch tablet LG G Pad 5" would be excellent for streaming entertainment .... if they would have cared to put a proper processor in it and/or would have designed a less heavy Android skin. Listen, if they would release an LG tablet with the same specs as the LG V40 (Snapdragon 845) , I would still buy it today even if it had an 8 inch display. The pricey gimmicks double screen, LG G8x and LG Wings were unnecessary and I didn't even care to buy them. Don't even mention the LG Velvet, because it was expensive with only a mid-range processor and they left out to put in the Quad-DAC, which is the most important part of their brand ... according to me. A friend of mine bought one of their last tablets, he had to disable almost every app, and he is happy if it can run Spotify and KZbin and it's still very slow. Oh, and about Dark Mode, they never cared to make it, which is like 1 line of code and their much older phones have it. Their UI department was a big shame, but it got closed down, so nobody would fix these issues anymore. It's a pity, because they could have easily beaten Samsung or maybe even the iPhones , but they didn't because of terrible company management.

[@dadillonful]

Na

[@ouramazon1294]

8:00 The G5 modularity design gave it a major defect that was widely hated and never admitted by LG. The GPS antenna was mounted on the back plate of the phone and connected to the circuit board by metal contacts. After about a year (after the warranty expired for most, but mine failed within a year) the only way to get GPS for pics and navigation was to squeeze the top corner of the phone together. Even under warranty, turns out they didn't repair it but just bent the contacts because it only took a few months to fail again. There were instructions on the internet on how to open and bend contacts yourself...which became more and more often. All my friends NEVER bought another LG again.

[@denverbagaka6048]

I had a G4 for about 2+ years. Absolutely amazing phone for its time (and I got mine 3 years after it came out) and it still did the job better than some mid-range players at that time. Anyways, it's sad that they didn't do as well as they should've.

[@antyant]

I loved my G5 and it is still my all time favorite phone. This is after owning a G3. I still have it and it turns on, but software updates stopped in 2019. I was able to use it until 2021, but then it started turning off randomly. They may not have supported the phones that well after launch, but I believe they made well thought out products. For the G5, easily swapping out batteries was so convenient and double-tap to wake was legendary.

[@alice_agogo]

Double tap to wake started in the G2, I believe.

[@XD-qx6sq]

I am listening and it’s quite sad. They tried to do everything good for everyone yet nobody cared😢

[@iSiKzGaming]

A Video about HTC with their Smartphone Era would be nice!

[@felixpena295]

If LG came back to cell phones I would go back to LG without a second thought. I had a new LG every year. I kept my LG v60 for 3 + years. I did not trade it in I kept that one and the LG 5 with all its accessories. I hope they comeback within my lifetime.😫

[@dbszady]

@felixpena295 I still use mine in '24. Still as fast as the day I bought it but the second screen has occasional issues. Best audio and camera I've ever had. I'm using this until either 1. It dies 2. New dual screen phone comes out 3. LG phones come back

[@Naval_Monkey]

Had my LG V40 ThinQ from 2018 to 2022. Superb phone! Would have kept it longer but the battery had degraded quite a bit.

[@asclepius.dionysus]

Ah the battery, sealed away behind glass you cannot remove easily. This is why I never upgraded from my LG V20 until I went with a different brand eventually. I still have my 23 or so LG V20 batteries just laying around. I literally never had downtime using that phone. If it's low I'll just swap the batteries, then charge the empty batteries using one of my extra V20s I also have laying around. Such a incredible phone, I must've spend nearly a couple thousand buying LG V20s and batteries.

[@S-fi5ox]

I had an LG phone before but when Android kept rolling out new versions, the phone didn't get any OS upgrades and this stopped apps from being updated as well. The camera also got some mould after a few months. At the end I switched to another brand after holding it for 2 years.

[@Ayaz-popal]

You should of mentioned the bootloop problem for the lg g4. I'm sure that has a lot to do with their customers switching to other manufacturers

[@NXNX7]

I had LG Prada. It was such a luxury phone head and shoulders above everything else on the market at the time

[@DoryAbelman]

This is an excellent business analysis! Very interesting to watch. Thanks for putting this together.

[@geoffreyhoffmann8007]

I own an LG G8s ThinQ and it’s the best phone I’ve ever owned. But you make two very good points. Battery life is terrible, and Software updates are rare. Oh, and I dropped it two weeks ago and now the whole phone is dead. So there’s that.

[@soaring__sky]

My daily driver is an LG Wing, and I used a Velvet before that. Will absolutely miss LG and their innovation!

[@mochji_]

I used to have an LG phone, my first phone was an LG phone, I don't know why but I get really attached to things and I'm really sad to see LG go.

[@MrJepthah]

LG V 30+ here, It was indeed my first best phone ever, that phone make me interested more into the flagship phones. After it just stop work on me and later I find out that it's broad was burned for some reasons I don't know, I just switched to Samsung and bought myself a Note 9, Never look back ever since.

[@btw8798]

Sad to see them go as I have used the G4 for a few years until it started bootlooping. The next good phone company, at least in my opinion, is Sony with thier xperia I and IV as they have the main feature I care about which is the headphonejack (bluetooth has some latency issues, choppyness, microphone is usually not that great and don't want to worry about my pair of earphones running out of battery. Even tho I'm not an audiophile sometimes audio is noticably better using a wired headset, I might be biased on the last point). Seems like they also have an issue like LG did. Especially with their recent lineup where multiple users report that their phones heatup to tempratures where the phone becomes unoperable. I just hope they fix some major UX issues like these ones and I'll definitely buy their next lineup of phones. OH also, did I mention they have removeable SIM/micro SD card tray without a pin and still manages to be water resistant?🤯(maynot be IP68 but still it can handle my music listening sessions in the shower). Anyway we need more companies like LG and Sony where they don't strip away features just because they want to maximize their profit with another product they're introducing (I'm looking at you Apple and Samsung). Hope LG reconsiders entering the smartphone market with an identity and bring back the innovation and features that they always had.

[@GwG-aka-TheGoatee]

LG V10 was and probably still is one of my favourite phones. LG was the fist to use a dual screen was great and easy to use and customize: you did not have to wake the phone to look at the time or answer the phone, or use media players. It has the first camera app with genuine professional settings (shutter, manual focus, iso, etc) and also audio focus settings: you can focus audio manually front/back, left/right with varying levels. Structurally it was very sturdy. I fell on concrete with V10 in my pocket and it got a direct hit. One of the steel bars on the sides got a tiny dent but the screen was totally fine. The earphones had very high quality. I still use them. Removable battery, headphone jack and MicroSD support up to 2tb, but I was using it with a 128gb one. The back cover felt really different and strong. I do not like glass at the back of phones. Unfortunately, it heated up too much and that is how it died after 3 years. The boot-loop issue occurred in my phone, too. Even now it still starts, but as it gets hotter, it crashes and then reboots, reboots, reboots... and then green screen.

[@asclepius.dionysus]

Agreed, but I liked the LG V20 better, personally. I have like 8 of them, only half are bricked with bootloops lol, also have have like 20 V20 batteries. Such an awesome phone, but running it stock is awful, but is way better when it's running Lineage OS, which also let's it run Android 11 instead of Android 8 it's stuck on.

[@asclepius.dionysus]

V20 also made with military grade metal used in aircraft, the V phones were tanks

[@TheStygian]

My first 2 smartphones were LG. I loved them. The other brands just don't do it for me. I was disappointed to hear that my new phone couldn't be an LG.

[@cavhaunch3597]

I loved my LG G5. I heard about the CPU desoldering itself from extended overheating and causing a bootloop issue. But I saw that as good motivation to not over-use my phone. It was very cheap when I bought it second hand and it had a lot of features that only made it onto the Samsung flagship a few years later.

[@lzh4950]

8:07 The most useful module I can think of for smartphones is one with the cameras & microSD card reader in it, which you can detach before going to work, since companies' security policies may ban cameras & external storage devices from their workplaces

[@jasonjohnson4803]

LG smartphones were ahead of their time! My LG V20 was one of my best phones.

[@TheOne30264]

I am still keeping my old LG V20 for nostalgia. I used that phone for 4 years and loved it.

[@TheChudoviste]

I still have it as my backup.I canged the cracked display for 20€,You can change EVERYTHING in it by yourself.And for CHEAP! Headphone jack -1€,speaker-2€,mic-2€,vibration motor -3€,cameras-6-9€,volume buttons-1€,lower and upper bumpers-2€,battery-12€,display-20€-motherboard-40€,camera glass-1€.You can't even open today's phones,let alone repair them by yourself.They are all a joke-glass back,no headphone jack,sealed battery,no expendable storage... Just a poop.

[@jerrygaguru]

Most LG when transferring data like to bring in old data and exporting out data is as easy or friendly as other manufacturers did, and they had a bad habit of the screens dying for no reason and getting very hot if you use somebody else’s charging adapter and cable which was most likely the cause of the screen issue. I do a lot of data recovery and helping people transfer from one phone to the other, and LG was always a nightmare and they allowed Verizon to lock it down in really really bad ways.

[@mforce2]

My wife had an LG Flex 2 and it absolute crap. It's the only phone that I know of that broke in under 1 yeah and had to be fixed on the board level. Then it's the only phone I know of that had it battery completely fail. Lastly after the SW updates from LG stopped as the quickly abandoned it and its users there was literally no way to unlock the bootloader. LG disabled all the fastboot means of bootloader unlocking, just not putting in that code so that was it for the phone, stuck at Android 5 with no security updates. The software itself worked quite well though and the interface was fluid.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Sorry to hear that she had a bad experience Marius

[@mforce2]

@@LogicallyAnswered I just expected better from a brand like LG and then just like you said I never considered LG phones ever again. Got her a Leeco instead which was great and ran fine till it just got too old to be useful. May Leeco rest in peace 😀, they made solid phones. I did have and LG G2 which I was very happy and I think LG should have just made G2 like phone instead of switching to gimmicks. Yes they would not be no 1 but would have their fans.

[@romanregman1469]

Well, I still use 2 (two) LG v60 units in their dual screen case, as well as the 6 year old v30… and the G4 units as backup or security camera and infrared remote control or fm radio. I foresee no changes unless something truly spectacular comes up, and there's nothing so far. I will probably upgrade the storage with a 1tb micro-sd, or might wait for the 2tb release. Got about 4 new dual screen cases as spares, and am looking to get another v60 as backup or parts. There's NO EQUAL. And yeah, I use it all the time it's plugged in with the dual screen and KZbin stretching on both, through brave browser - no ads - in desktop view and window re-positioned to cover the top screen and whatever is left across the bottom main unit screen. I watch movies that same way - the brain adapts and ignores the hinge. Also, with Microsoft launcher the same landscape arrangement can be set up to spread the keyboard across the main screen, with the type display on the lid, just like a mini laptop.

[@MarcPagan]

Their flagship phone I owned was flawed, with overheating, and related problems. ..... power and screen issues, even black screens. LG's reply? "Too bad, out of warranty" My reply? I've voted with my dollar, .....and have not purchased any LG product since. Lenovo has done a world class job since its purchase of Motorola. Excellent mix of reliable low, mid, and flagship fones.

[@danspencer4235]

The G4 had an elegant shape and a leather back cover. Unfortunately, they would overheat and burn up batteries. I bought 3 of them for myself and family. All of them failed. After repair, the same thing happened again. Could never justify the trust required to buy another LG phone.

[@kokchunyik2328]

My first phone was a LG Optimus L9, never used a LG after that anymore. Software updates was bad, UI was buggy, and one day the phone just bricked.

[@thewarlord502]

Watching this on my g7. Using for around 4.5 years. Great going. Many features are now not even available on flagships like hifi quad dac, etc

[@Logilype]

I also have a G7, and i have a custom rom android 13 😂😂 Also it's impossible to buy a good battery that isn't from ebay

[@andrewthag]

@@Logilype fr, should i just upgrade to the g8 or what y'all think

[@BayouRepairGuy]

Their appliances are built horrible, I own an appliance repair company and their compressors won’t last two years in the fridge

[@95blahblahhaha]

Loved my V20, V30, and G7. And I was originally a Samsung fan but had to trade in my Note 7 because the exploding battery . But I LOVED the knock feature and shake the flashlight on second screen up top and I like old headphones and they offer a Quad DAC output ect..... Nobody else offered those features and still don't

[@americanfreedomworldpeace]

I was also originally a Samsung fan until they started making annoying changes and abandoning their original fans.. removing the headphone jack and now the micro SD card slot... curving their screens (though thankfully they don't do that anymore except with the Ultra models)

[@Fanaro]

My LG G7 is still rocking and rolling for 3 years.

[@triadwarfare]

I had an LG G4. It did suffer a bootloop and had to send it for out-of-warranty repair insurance and was stuck in there for 7 weeks because of a supply issue. It was eventually transferred back to the original seller's RMA department and had to drive to them to pick the phone up even if I was not familiar with the place and had no GPS. Also, when I wanted to upgrade to a new phone, I had a very hard time of selling it because everyone was afraid of the dreaded bootloop issue and I did not get much out of it, even if I had the external battery charger where I could fast-swap between charges.

[@RandomKSandom]

For me, LG would have been my first choice in that I love a lot of what they did. But at the time when I would have bought from them; there was one other thing that I wanted more. Specifically Sailfish, and keyboard phones. I'd love to see them make a come back once both, their approach, and peoples' opinions have had a chance to cool off.

[@PascalGienger]

Lucky Goldstar. My first black and white TV being a kid was a "Goldstar" super cheap one. Goldstar was an absolute low end brand back in time. The rise to LG - a high end brand - is still remarkable.

[@kris10957]

Yess. I still have my LG G4 with leather back and also LG V20 with a broken glass photo lens, but the camera still working just great as well as the phone, but I do not use it anymore, is still in my drawer for my memorable souvenirs.

[@thecryingsoul]

It's a shame, they had some cool designs. On the other hand their smartphone OLED displays were awful, survived like at most a month without visible yellowing, I hope they have improved since, but I still avoid their OLED displays to this day.

[@Showmatic]

LG had the most amazing and innovative phones back in the early 2010s while I was living in Korea. All my phones were LG up until I got a Galaxy Note 3, and I've been with Samsung ever since.

[@hotwings9382]

I had the LG G3, it was a great phone with terrible battery life and overheating issues. If they had stuck to that formula and refined their phones they'd still be around today.

[@asclepius.dionysus]

They're still very much around, their phones made the least amount of their money anyway. They've been in the display and appliance game way longer. I think it was smart of them to stop making phones, LG even gave a good reason why they made this decision.

[@walid6329]

and I'm still holding on to my LG phone till now just for the amazing sound quality, further more it hold on to my daily abuse since 2018

[@anamamer2600]

The LG G2 will forever have love and respect in my heart. And the flex 2. Whoever saw me using the flex 2 they would always stop and ask what mobile it was

[@observerstation]

Still rocking my V30. One of the best phones i have owned. Use it these days as a music player and a back up phone.

[@gazXO]

I was an LG user for about 6 years. I had the L9, G3 then a V20. I loved my G3 but unfortunately it got stuck in a boot loop shortly after I got the V20 and there was nothing I could do about it sadly. The V20 was solid for about a year until I started experiencing hectic battery drain issues (would have to charge it 2-4 times a day depending on usage). What ultimately made me move to another brand was the shocking lack of software updates lol. I remember LG only releasing the android 8 update for the V20 around the time android 9 was just about to release 😂 Despite all that I still have a soft spot for my time with LG and overall they were great phones to own

[@SHO1989]

I had many LG phones and loved them all. Nexus4, G2, G3, G6, V30, V35, V45. The hardware was great, the software was crap. Updates few and far between. I think if they had gone with stock Android and given a guaranteed 3 or 4 years of OS updates, they could have done well. Sorry they are gone. I'll be using Pixel phones going forward to have stock Android, great cameras, and regular OS updates.

[@clusterstage]

LG would have made intersting takes on AI phones. I'm excited that this inspired some new upload I'm working on. Great video 😀

[@nerovanguard846]

I still own and occasionally use my LG G6. I used it extensively one time during a holiday trip. i filmed in 4k underwater and the results were amazing. throughout the years, it has kept its durability, camera quality and unrivaled audio. that quad DAC is no joke. I agree to this video. LG's biggest mistake was their non existent marketing. Ask a random person on the street about an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy and most likely, they will say that they know it or even own one. But ask them about LG phones, and they might not even have known it existed

[@lzh4950]

LG was quite visible in my country (Singapore) especially with their Optimus Android model ~15 yrs ago, though personally while I initially didn't like it's rival's Samsung's TouchWiz UI (I felt it looked too old), it started improving from the S5 onwards, while LG's UI's looked a bit too cartoon-y IMO. Later on I also didn't like that LG removed the app drawer & required you to have enough home screen pages to fit all your apps on (like how it's done on iPhone, though I remember Huawei did the same too for a while). I read that HTC also faced problems with its marketing, but in a different way, when after launching its Desire model in 2010, it then launched a variety of models e.g. Incredible S, but it wasn't so clear which was the higher-end one & how the models were different from one another, & it seemed that people later forgot about HTC. It probably also didn't help with it's publicity that at least in my country, HTC had far fewer of its own stores than its rivals then (Samsung, Sony etc.), & sold its handsets mainly thru telecom carrier's stores instead. That's a shame since it had the prettiest Android UI in my opinion, but it had some design flaws & glitches that didn't help matters e.g. the speaker on my handset could only play left channel audio, while it's ~1.1GB storage was partitioned into 2, with one of the partitions 1GB in size but only allowed to store apps, while media i.e. photos, music could only be stored on the other partition that's only 100MB big (though the handset also had a micro-SD card)

[@walid6329]

another point till now I didn't find a phone for me to upgrade from LG, it's true they made a lot of mistakes there is nothing that compares to them long term wise

[@Emation7]

The LG G series were some of my favorite devices. The UI was really refined and did not have a lot of bloatware. They consistently had great features like always on display, tap/knock to wake, a fast fingerprint reader on back to name a few. However they were lacking in OS updates. I was looking forward to buying their next flagship device until I found out they were exiting the smartphone business.a

[@ronpflugrath2712]

10 in g pad quad core w sim card w k51 32g w 64gchip werks great.

[@saurabhghosh398]

Greetings from Calcutta, India. I purchased LG Q 6+ after much fact finding in Dec 2017. It is March 2023 and I am still using it. Same battery and no visit to service center. I have NO plans to change it.

[@davidogan]

I’m still using the V20 today. Greatest phone ever. Removable/ replaceable battery. Multiple hi-fi microphones. Great audio. 3.5 jack. Ultra-wide 120 degree lens. Love the secondary screen for shortcuts and notifications. Military-grade durability. Quad-dac audio. Dual sim capacity. Expandable storage. Manual shooter’s dream. Exceptional camera/video manual controls with sound gauge and frame-rate readout, focus meter, histogram and f-stop indicator. Shoots 4k videos. Super hi-res screen. Any phone replacement today is honestly a downgrade. I miss LG phones.

[@theITdept]

I've owned the LG G2, G4, G6 and V40. Now I just bought my first Samsung phone since the OG Samsung Gravity and I'm really going to miss LG.

[@stellanstafford6025]

I was so sad when they stopped mobile production. I had an LG G8X at the time. I never saw any marketing for the phones, it was as if they didn't know the American market. They made what seemed to be good decisions from afar, but once you looked at it closely, LG simply wasn't doing well in English-speaking countries. I will miss LG and their Innovations.

[@americanfreedomworldpeace]

They did some commercials, I remember seeing a commercial for the LG V10 in movie theaters, they hired Joseph Gordon Levitt as their spokesperson for the LG V10 through V30... Then with the G8, they used Korean mega popstar boyband BTS. I think the problem is not marketing because they were 3rd place in the US in terms of smartphone market share. The problem is they didn't bribed tech reviewers like Samsung, Google, and Apple does by giving them free "early review units" and invited them to VIP events. The early access to review phones is how they are able to drop a phone review on the exact day the phone launches.

[@iceshili]

My best friend owned a LG Chocolate smartphone in 2009 and it was one of the coolest phones ever

[@thuydoan7496]

The problem with LG phones was two fold. The first being that they tried too hard to compete with Samsung which they shouldn't, when they should have worked with Samsung instead. Being third place is still not bad. The second is revolved around marketing. They did not know how to advertise their latest smartphones in many ways, so people really had no clue. Furthermore, LG was never consistent with their updates, so people had no clue and eventually had no interest in their phone's new features. The sole reason why LG failed in smartphone business is because they kept firing their top smartphone executives to bring in new ones that had even less experience. In contrast, Apple on the other hand, had only two CEO's ever since they started the smartphone business. Apple knew that their iPhone was their bread and butter, so they pushed it even further with new updates in order to keep it relevant.

[@makaw2006]

LG Prada and chocolate were my dream phones back in the day. Never had a chance to own one.

[@514broly]

LG V10 bootloop issue did it for me. As much as I always admired the fact that LG mobile comes up with more interesting ideas or gimmicks more than others, I never went back to them again after my 1 year old V10 became nothing but an expensive brick.

[@Cheeseandchili]

It really is a pity that LG is no longer manufacturing phones. I loved their devices, owning a LG Lollipop 2, LG G Pro, LG V10 and LG V40. After they exited the smartphone market, I switched to Samsung... I think a huge factor was simply the marketing from 2014 onwards (or the lack thereof). Even in Korea, they did promote their phones to some extent in like 2015-2019 but by far not as prominent as pre-2014. Such a pity, as LG was actually quite popular, especially in the prime-fun-folding-phone era in Korea with their LG Lollipop and LG Ice Cream series (often sold via sub-brand Cyon, just as Samsung sold a lot of their phones as Anycall). What I especially loved about the LG smartphones was the fact, that no matter how stuffed the memory got, the phones did not get noticeably slower.

[@garbonzobean1]

I loved their V series line. My V30 finally is on the outs. Tho I'm gonna keep it in case I need to record a concert. That thing is a beast.

[@RZetlin]

The LG smartphone line up was confusing. There was a K series, the G series and the V series. LG never clearly marketed was difference between these brand of phones and it all seem to blurred together.

[@MrMackievelli]

I loved my lg phones. Great camera software and if you loved music they had a built in dac that was fantastic with wired headphones.

[@tomastan4944]

LG phones are really good. My wife bought one and then upgraded to a better one after a couple of years. She loves it and was sadden that LG withdrew from the phone market. They had the best phones....

[@debby_wise]

Good. All our LG products used to mlfunction a lot. From Microwave to washing machine to phone.

[@StuffIThink]

Love your vids man no conspiracy bull just facts!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thank you sir!

[@guidedmeditation2396]

My LG is my favorite cell phone ever. I still use mine every day for other tasks other than as a phone. I have a Samsung as my phone phone.. My LG has the easiest password screen ever with sound and vibration when you tap it. yes others have this function but the buttons are too small and the vibration not as pronounced. And my LG streams music and video perfectly. I also use it for my music collection in my car with Bluetooth. I use it as my alarm clock etc. I will be sad when my phone finally gives out because it is by far the most useful and works to perfection.

[@DIGITAL_DECAY.EXE_]

I was an LG exclusive user until 2016. Mostly due to the price to value cost but never thought much of the brand.

[@caman1]

Yes. Purchased LG phone for my sister. Specs were awesome on paper. But after few years it got into bootloop issue. She had to replace with Samsung phone..never again...

[@knockywigglesworth1909]

LG can't even run their appliance business anymore. Had an innovative but unreliable refrigerator compressor that fails rapidly. Instead of changing back to a more reliable design, LG kept selling the same garbage design for years!!

[@b3tth0l3]

The Nexus 4, 5 and 5x were amazing phones. RIP little buddies, I'll never forget you. I had so much fun rooting them and flashing custom kernels and ROMs. Those were the days

[@manamanaman]

It's crazy how the smartphone landscape has changed completely compared to few years back. LG was definitely among the the big ones, they set standards in the industry that last to this day like the borderless screen design and ultra hd resolution.

[@andromedia8692]

Still using LG V40 in 2023. Camera still good for night photography. Best Display till the date. My brother is using iPhone 13 pro and that phone has worst oled display and camera is also bad for indoor photos.

[@elfelon9465]

I still have a LG V20 as a backup phone and i love it. The last great phone with removable battery without being a plastic ugly phone

[@larrylarrington9229]

You can't call the second screen on the V20 a gimmick. I use it every day and cant imagine using a phone without one

[@0racleRose]

LG's phone was one of my first phones as a teenager. It literally never cracked no matter how many times I dropped it, survived a fall into a sink full of soapy dishwater, and it never lagged. I miss when phones were actually made to last like that.

[@shadowpapito]

Enjoying this on my LG last of a great run ... V60 ... With the fly DAC Amp .. this, with my Dunu(s) had a great run! + the manual camera mode was boss

[@ku0n349]

Honestly I miss some things about lg phones, my dad and mom have an lg g8x and the quad DAC is such an improvement that I've considered getting one myself. Also in 2014 the volume up and down on the back was just the best approach imo.

[@marufbepary100]

LG devices were the best budget devices, you just had to wait for LG to drop their prices after 1 or 2 months and all of a sudden you have a flagship phone for midrange money. LG was the true flagship killer, and they killed themselves.

[@sapphiron21]

The marketing part really hit the mark, where i live even some of the budget phones got a few ads here and there but i can say with confidence that ive never seen an ad, physical or digital for LG phones. If it wasn't for that 1 classmate in univ who own a used one, i wouldn't know LG make smartphone at all.

[@kentdavis9348]

LG does not honor their warrenty on anything they sell in the US. It cost me $400.00 for a TV that lasted 28 days and they wanted someone to pay for a new main board. I never got the TV or the money I spent on it. Lousey company.

[@avader5]

Here I am still using an LG v20 with the awesome DAC to listen to music with and the replaceable battery!!

[@fingerfeller]

great video, thank you, yes i have used LG in the past, funny thing is phones are the only LG product i have owned. i dont recall how i liked them, but i go back to LG as far as brick phones and flip phones, i am satisfied with my samsung a12 now, its battery can last over two days sometimes, and being on a medical device bluetooth enabled i get alerts through phone, and control of said device... i have thought about using an LG for it but theyre expensive and now hard to find and i dont think they had a 3 or 4 day battery, if i turn phone off it could last for days, if i turn on only when needed and not use it for games and internet aand such. but its amazing they closed shop, i had not heard but saw this as a top story in my home page.

[@Sly-Regicide]

I loved my LG V20. The secondary screen was so useful. I was coming from a Note it was very sleek. They released V30 with out it and I went back to a Note.

[@tokesalotta1521]

Don't think it was about luxury vs. necessity. It was about the buyer. Younger people are more interested in brand names, and younger people were more interested in wasting money on phones

[@kai990]

I'm confused by the smartphone market. By now almost everyone has some sort of smartphone. But they still keep making new ones all the time?

[@ahmadhassan7370]

Some Lessons that I learned: •Adaption is the best option but by not giving up your identity. •Being Specific is sufficient for specific People/Rare is for Rare ones

[@kosmas173]

I was seriously thinking of getting an LG wing if they made a second one because it looked so cool but then they announced they were closing down their phone division. 😔

[@aabb-kk8bb]

I had an LG flip phone, and then an LG stylus smart phone. The stylus phone was significantly cheaper than the Samsung Note. Great prices and phones. Had no complaints.

[@Vtrontv]

I generally switch phones every couple of years but got stuck with g8x because i simply can't find a better phone for the price.. excellent battery life, fantastic music. Everything just works. Still they are pushing updates! They are true to their products!

[@amosbatto3051]

I have always believed that LG could have saved their phone business if they had doubled down on making flagships with replaceable battery, microsSD slot and headphone jack and advertised their phones as fixable and long-lasting. Sadly LG gave up on replaceable batteries after the V20, and that was the one thing that truly made them desirable for me.

[@TheChudoviste]

I still have it as my backup.I canged the cracked display for 20€,You can change EVERYTHING in it by yourself.And for CHEAP! Headphone jack -1€,speaker-2€,mic-2€,vibration motor -3€,cameras-6-9€,volume buttons-1€,lower and upper bumpers-2€,battery-12€,display-20€-motherboard-40€,camera glass-1€.You can't even open today's phones,let alone repair them by yourself.They are all a joke-glass back,no headphone jack,sealed battery,no expendable storage... Just a poop.

[@KeyAtoms]

I worked at a phone store and would go completely out of my way to deter customers from choosing an LG phone. Simply because I knew they would be back later in the year for troubleshooting or warranty. Time spent troubleshooting was time taken away from earnings commissions

[@donnakano282]

After buying an LG washer/dryer then having the washer break a little over a year later, then having the cost of repair exceed the cost of a new washer, we swore never to buy another LG product.