Articles tagged "LG"

LG mothballed its smartphone business, but when that happened several new models were in different stages of development. The LG Velvet 2 Pro was apparently close enough to being ready that LG had a few thousand units produced, which it sold to...

The LG Velvet 5G received the Android 11 stable update in January, and now it's the LTE model that's getting a taste of Android 11. A detailed changelog of the update is currently unavailable, but we know the new build comes with the usual...

The LG Velvet didn’t revitalize the company’s smartphone business as it had hoped. It was one pricey mid-ranger with a neat design, though nothing jaw dropping. The company is no longer making phones, but here’s a look at what could have been if it...

Edit: Following the initial reporting of this story, LG issued a full statement and confirmed that the LG Pay service would officially be discontinued on November 1. Here's the statement: We regret to inform you that the LG Pay Wallet service in...

LG officially confirmed its exit from the mobile business in early April, but it needed some time to wind down operations. According to reports coming out of Korea today is the last day of production for LG phones and tablets. The company will...

As LG exited the smartphone business, consumers never got to see the brand’s Velvet 2 Pro and LG Rollable phones. Yet a limited number of the phones were made and now tipster @FrontTron is reporting that LG employees in South Korea have the...

For the past couple of years, Apple has relied primarily on Samsung Display to provide OLED panels for its iPhones. As the world’s leading OLED manufacturer, Samsung supplied 78% of all iPhone OLEDs in the past year but a new report from South...

Before anyone gets unnecessarily excited - NO, LG hasn't gone back on its decision to leave the smartphone business. At least not officially, that is. This is just another case of unfortunate timing surrounding the rollable phone that the company...

LG is officially exiting the smartphone business, but it still has smartphones in stock around the world, so you know what that means - clearance sales! One such thing is seemingly happening in India from today, April 13, and until April 15, on...

Despite exiting the smartphone market, LG will continue to offer software updates for some of its devices. Thanks to two listings on LG’s official websites in South Korean and Germany we have the complete list of LG phones eligible for Android 12...

LG will exit the mobile phone market in a few months, it just needs some time to push out Android OS updates for its premium smartphones. LG's innovative spirit will be missed - we already looked at LG's greatest inventions - today we wanted to talk...

The LG Velvet 5G got the Android 11 update in South Korea in January, and now it's the Velvet 5G UW locked to Verizon's network that's getting a taste of the latest version of Android. Android 11 for the Velvet 5G UW comes with version number...

According to more than one Korean news outlet, Samsung is reportedly in talks with LG for a tall order of OLED TV panels. Samsung may be close to closing a deal where LG will supply Samsung with millions of these TV panels, further evidencing its...

At the start of this week, LG announced its exit from the smartphone business. Despite this, LG is now officially confirming that all of its premium smartphones released after 2019 will receive three Android OS updates. LG specifies the G and V...

LG Electronics might be moving away from the smartphone market, but everything else seems to be going according to plan, even surpassing expectations. The Korean giant has released its preliminary report for Q1 2021, and the results are rather...

LG made the difficult decision to leave the phone business, but it will not leave its current users out in the cold. The company will continue rolling out Android 11 updates for select devices as confirmed by LG’s South Korean website. Work on...

LG is officially out of the smartphone business and with that, we will never get to see its rollable concept phone which was teased at CES 2021. A new listing on Safety Korea, unearthed by tipster @FrontTron on Twitter reveals a live look at the...

Today we got the bad news that LG will exit the mobile business, so we wanted to look back at all the innovations that the company brought over the years as a thank you for all its hard work. LG didn’t always get the recognition it deserved. For...

It’s the end of the road for LG’s mobile division. The company confirmed it's moving out of the smartphone business after the decision was finally approved by its board of directors. LG will now shift its focus and resources in the fields of...

When your business has been operating at a net loss for the past six years, there are few ways you can go about staying afloat. In the case of LG Mobile, shutting down all further efforts now seems like the most likely scenario. A new report from...