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Some commenters are wondering why LG would do this. LG announced they are quitting the smartphone business entirely, and therefore don't have to worry about the
by bmarquez 5y ago
Some commenters are wondering why LG would do this. LG announced they are quitting the smartphone business entirely, and therefore don't have to worry about their developer portal or any reputational damage.
T-Mobile even gave away free LG 5G phones last Monday (probably because nobody would pay full price for a discontinued product).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/05/lg-quitting-smartphone/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/05/lg-quitti...
- laurent92 5y agoOk, who has an LG smart TV?
- lnxg33k1 5y agoi would reconsider the statement about reputational damage, LG still does many things and honestly if their approach when closing departments is leave me with an expensive paper holder, then it won't be at least my first choice, i mean all vendors do the same crap more or less, there is not really anything that gives one or the other a huge competitive advantage, so in this context I'm not sure why I should buy from a company with this track record
- bmarquez 5y agoAfter they announced their exit from the smartphone business, LG promised 3 years of software updates. I don't know if they'll live up to that claim, but my LG Velvet phone recently got a software update dated November 30th, so at least their support team (different from the developer portal) hasn't been shut down yet. http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2021/04/lg-announces-three-year-pledge-for-os-updates/ http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2021/04/lg-announces-three-year-pl...