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South Korea's LG becomes first major smartphone brand to withdraw from market
reuters.com ^ | April 5, 2021 | Joyce Lee, Heekyong Yang

Posted on 04/05/2021 1:03:33 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc will wind down its loss-making mobile division after failing to find a buyer, a move that is set to make it the first major smartphone brand to completely withdraw from the market.

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KEYWORDS: korea
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1 posted on 04/05/2021 1:03:33 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I use an LG G6 and like it better than Samsung.


2 posted on 04/05/2021 1:12:33 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yeah this stinks. I’m very happy with my G8, and like to have as many options as possible, ignoring Samsung and the fruit phone.


3 posted on 04/05/2021 1:19:10 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yeah this stinks. I’m very happy with my G8, and like to have as many options as possible, ignoring Samsung and the fruit phone.


4 posted on 04/05/2021 1:20:14 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: Dalberg-Acton

I am using an LG 8 with a crystal display, meaning the entire screen is a speaker.

I love it.


5 posted on 04/05/2021 1:20:22 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: catbertz

If I need a new phone in three or four years, I might go for a Sony Xperia.


6 posted on 04/05/2021 1:35:40 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: Jonty30

I’ve admired a few of Sony’s recent models. My very first cell was a Sony! Having said that, I wouldn’t be surprised if they left the market relatively soon.


7 posted on 04/05/2021 1:42:51 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: catbertz

I don’t want a Samsung or iPhone. 😭


8 posted on 04/05/2021 1:46:21 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: Jonty30

Are you aware of the company One+. Their android phones are very nice, with design and features that match Samsung. Of course their prices are now starting to match Samsung too. They were once affordable flagship phones, sub $500. Now kissing 1000+ for their top model.


9 posted on 04/05/2021 1:56:53 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’ve had two LG phones and they were both duds. Battery life was pitiful.


10 posted on 04/05/2021 2:30:29 AM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: Jonty30

Xperia was the best I ever had. (Xperia Z4)

Been looking for another one, but very hard to find here in the states, and too expensive for my means, atm :P
Haven’t seen ANY phone that could match the picture quality (even almost pitch black, not using the flash, it could take pictures like they were almost daytime).

(was a great phone to root, not sure if you still can though.)


11 posted on 04/05/2021 3:03:43 AM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe LG can switch to the Covid Passport market.
Apparently South Korea is fine with their edict.


12 posted on 04/05/2021 3:32:26 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: catbertz

I’ve seen the One+ on phone websites,but I’ve never looked at them.

I’ve had Zone phones and they’ve been ok.


13 posted on 04/05/2021 3:52:40 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: fwdude
I’ve had two LG phones and they were both duds. Battery life was pitiful.

I had the opposite experience. My LG phone was the best phone I ever had and I would still have it if not for the discontinuation of the older cellular networks.

14 posted on 04/05/2021 4:03:35 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Put a tariff on them and make them HERE in the USA.


15 posted on 04/05/2021 4:12:23 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: T.B. Yoits

You could use them as a TV remote too.


16 posted on 04/05/2021 4:34:52 AM PDT by USAF80
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’ve had an LG phone in the past and liked it.


17 posted on 04/05/2021 4:37:31 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Military electronics is always a decade or more behind commercial electronics*. There are reasons for this, lots of them. But my thought is, if LG went into military drone production, their drone could be the most sophisticated and the most ubiquitous on the market. Imagine an invading army suddenly faced with hundreds of thousands of tiny attacking drones. (You listening LG?)

* One reason is military electrons is usually integral to a manned system. And, as such, the military is paranoid about it failing. Thus they go conservative. In the case of drones you could design an automatic cutoff if they fail. This way if 10% of an attacking swarm fail, who cares?


18 posted on 04/05/2021 4:49:13 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Figures. Just bought a Phoenix 5 for the wife.


19 posted on 04/05/2021 5:16:38 AM PDT by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Very bad news. Too bad it wasn’t APPLE!.........................


20 posted on 04/05/2021 5:32:01 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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