Five years on, we still miss LG phones | Infinium-tech

This Sunday marks the 5th anniversary of LG officially exiting the smartphone business. That wasn’t the end of the story – the company won’t stop making phones until the end of May 2021. However, on April 5, 2021, the company officially confirmed that its board of directors had approved the decision to shift focus from phones.

LG sold its remaining phone inventory with the promise of releasing software updates for its final models. And it happened – the LG Wing received Android 13 in April 2023 (it originally launched with Android 10). At the same time, the company announced a new brand identity.

The LG Wing was LG’s last major smartphone

The LG Wing is the reason we miss LG so much. Not the phone itself – as cool as the twisty design was, it wasn’t particularly practical – but we can always count on LG to be adventurous and try something new.

Some of LG’s most memorable phones

If you want to take a trip down memory lane, we compiled a list of LG’s greatest hits in an article from five years ago. There are more articles covering LG’s best phones before and after Android, the first phone with a capacitive touchscreen, the company’s early ventures into dual-camera and dual-screen phones, and more.

LG’s unreleased rollable phone

LG’s departure came at a bad time – the economy was in bad shape in 2021, but that’s not what we mean. As soon as foldable phone technology was introduced, LG left the company. What will an LG foldable look like with 2026 technology? Could the company have implemented a rollable phone? We will never know.

Goodbye LG, and thanks for all the fish!