{"id":108045,"date":"2026-04-05T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/five-years-on-we-still-miss-lg-phones\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:14:45","slug":"five-years-on-we-still-miss-lg-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/five-years-on-we-still-miss-lg-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years on, we still miss LG phones"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This Sunday marks the 5-year anniversary<\/a> of LG officially exiting the smartphone business. That wasn\u2019t quite the end of the story \u2013 the company wouldn\u2019t stop making phones until the end of May 2021<\/a>. However, on April 5, 2021, the company officially confirmed that its board of directors had approved the decision to shift focus away from phones.<\/p>\n

LG sold off its remaining phone inventory with a promise to put out software updates for its final models. And it did \u2013 the LG Wing<\/a> received Android 13 in April 2023<\/a> (it originally launched with Android 10). At the same time, the company announced a new brand identity<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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The LG Wing was LG\u2019s last major smartphone<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The LG Wing is kind of the reason we miss LG so much. Not the phone itself \u2013 as cool as the twisty design was, it wasn\u2019t particularly practical \u2013 but we could always count on LG to be bold and try something new.<\/p>\n


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Some of LG\u2019s most memorable phones<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you want a trip down memory lane, we compiled a list of LG\u2019s greatest hits<\/a> in an article five years ago. There are more articles covering LG\u2019s best phones before and after Android<\/a>, the first phone with a capacitive touchscreen<\/a>, the company\u2019s initial ventures into dual-camera<\/a> and dual-screen phones<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n


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LG\u2019s unreleased rollable phone<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

LG\u2019s exit came at a bad time \u2013 the economy was in bad shape in 2021, but that’s not what we mean. LG quit just as foldable phone technology was starting to take off. What would an LG foldable look like with 2026 tech? Could the company have made rollable phones<\/a> work? We\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n

Goodbye, LG, and thanks for all the fish!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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