Smartphones are giving way to smart feature phones
At least in poorer countries
Millions of first-time internet consumers are ignoring the smartphone dream of Steve Jobs in favour of something that does the job better and cheaper.
LG might not have 5G
Row with Qualcomm
LG Electronics’ new 5G smartphone looked dodgy after the firm could not sort out a deal with Qualcomm to renew a chip license deal that is due to expire this month.
LG mocking of Huawei backfires
Suddenly people started moaning about LG updates
LG’s amusement at Huawei’s woes appears to have created a PR nightmare and highlighted its own customer issues.
LG escalates mobile production in Vietnam
Taking mobile manufacturing out of South Korea
LG, the South Korean electronics and phone company, is relocating its mobile production facility in South Korea and focusing instead on one of its plants in Haiphong, Vietnam.
LG profit falls
But better than expected
LG Electronics operating profit fell by a smaller than expected 19 percent in the first quarter.
BOE beats LG to become the largest LCD supplier
But beware of the panda
LG is no longer the world’s largest LCD panel supplier having been beat by BOE.
LG plans 16 camera lens phone
3D movies and replacing objects
LG has designed a smartphone with no less than 16 camera lenses.
LG shows the world's first 8K OLED TV at IFA 2018
88-inches with over 33 million pixels
LG has officially unveiled the world's first 8K OLED TV at the IFA 2018 show in Berlin, packing a resolution of 7680x4320 on an 88-inch screen panel.
Samsung readies its foldable phone
And so it comes to pass
We've already reported on Samsung's plans to create a mobile phone with a foldable screen, but now it looks like it will be released in 2019.
LG and Samsung abandon high end smartphone focus
Copying Apple's plan did not work
Samsung and LG have apparently adopted a policy to launch as many as possible new smartphones in 2018 and are giving up on the plan to focus mostly on high end models.