Farewell, LG Mobile: 20 Years Of Doing Phones Differently

From “Lucky Goldstar” to “Life’s Good” to … Last Gasp. That’s the rough trajectory of LG Mobile: a technology brand that over the past twenty years went from a strong second choice for American dumbphone buyers, to the only game in town if you wanted the hottest messaging phones available, to a case study on how to do Android smartphones differently – for better, and for worse.

Join Michael Fisher for a MrMobile retrospective on LG Mobile. From the LG Chocolate to the LG Wing (and the Pradas, Rumors, Flexes and Optimii in between) we’ll re-live LG’s highs and lows, and try to extract a useful lesson from its 2021 withdrawal from the mobile tech space.

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This video was produced with the aid of a number of LG Mobile phones, a mixture of review samples from LG Electronics and vintage units purchased by MrMobile/Future plc. Neither LG nor any other company furnished compensation, provided editorial input, or received an early preview of this content.

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Why Did LG Phones Really Die? [MKBHD]:

LG Wing Real World Test [TheUnlockr]:

Pocketnow [YouTube]:

“Samsung Rising” by Geoffrey Cain [Amazon]:

G posts $224 million loss as ‘weak’ selling G5 smartphone drags it down once again [TechCrunch]:

LG finally acknowledges LG G4 ‘boot loop’ problem [TechRadar]:

LG smartphone bootloop issues [Wikipedia]:

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[JerryRigEverything]

Woah! How did I miss that clear keypad!

[ramiznazir]

It's sad that LG has come a long way only for it to end but the memories that many of us have will last a long time.

[AuthenTech]

Fantastic video! I'm honestly sad they are out of the game. The V-series with ultra wide was game changing. Honestly their marketing was so horrendous. RIP. ☠️

[YourMajesty]

Wow, I never realized how much of an LG stan I used to be until seeing all these different models. I owned a good percentage of them before becoming a Samsung loyalist. The nostalgia and the heartbreak 😢

[hakookami]

It's sad to realize that the only remaining Korean cellphone company is Samsung. First, Pantech and now LG. Goodnight, LG. Life was Good, ol' friend 😢

[mohitpathak]

I feel sad that LG stopped... I recently bought the Wing for the innovative nature LG has....

[vette]

Can't wait to see ya revisit the wing in 10 for when phones were fun

[nmjqkxl]

We can't deny that LG was the first manufacturer that really went against the grain as far as phone design and innovation goes. RIP and yes I still miss my LG Choco back in the day

[peanutbutter]

Man, the quality of your writing is out of this world awesome.

[AshRaf-togu]

I'm in tears, actual tears. Thank you LG Mobile.

[theAllucard]

How do I always stumble upon MrMobiles premiers. His upload schedule is synced with my midnight YouTube binging here in Europe 😅

[afridifacebook]

This hurts. Suddenly feels like a friend is leaving being sad :( LG was trying man. Trying hard with the innovation and all. I really wish they bounce back somehow and do it right with the things they got wrong, combined with the crazy innovation and all. I really want to see them win one more time. Damn. Good luck, LG.

[SilverScarletSpider]

The second that Samsung became the “defacto” android brand after the galaxy S7 and note success, LG had to tread carefully. Unfortunately they seemed to have ideas too bold for the tech of the time. Rip LG i will miss you buddy.

[blissviolet]

I actually love their flip phones the most, especially the lollipop edition.

[xTraceless]

Had the Env, the Env3, the G5, G6, V20, V40, V60 RIP LG I will miss you :( Such underrated phones.

[dc]

You never realize how special something is till it's gone.

[abdullahmalick]

We live in a world where your importance is realized only after you're gone. RIP LG.

[ousamashaikh]

This gave me goosebumps literally, i still own the LG Wing btw and i have no plans of switching anytime soon, I'm happy and satisfied with it not to mention that it's still a head turner when you wing it in public, I'm surprised really that alot of people still don't know that much about the LG Wing.

[NBTJacklyn]

This was incredible
Working on a video about this rn and this video just encapsulated everything so well
Keep killing it 🙌🏻

[shahreiftaylor]

Watching this makes me sad. This was one of the few companies that gave me hope for a more competitive smartphone market. With less competition innovation in smartphones outside of foldables will be nonexistant. 😔But like you said let it be a lesson to all those new companies. You hear me one plus!