- LG finally closes the servers for updating his phones in June
- This will mark the final end of LG phones, a market he left in 2021
- We have classified our favorite LG phones of the last 25 years
Do you remember LG phones? Not so long ago, the Korean technology giant was one of the most exciting phone manufacturers in the world, dazzling American innovators such as the LG Chocolate ‘Slider’ phone and the spicy screen.
But unfortunately, more – as spotted by Android Authority, LG finally plans to stop the update servers for his phones on June 30. At the practical level, this means that if you still have an LG phone (a golden star for your commitment, if this is the case), you have exactly two months left to download a last Android update before the rope is cut.
However, the news is undoubtedly more symbolic than practical. LG has been confirmed for four years now that it would stop making smartphones after an impressive 25 -year series.
Indeed, LG was one of the first giants of technology to enter the telephone space in the 1990s, alongside Samsung and Sony, when he took Nokia and Motorola and became a great player in the space of “ phones accordingly ”.
So, what exactly were LG’s biggest success and those we look at most affectionately? Here is our list-let us know which you think you are missing in the comments below.
7. LG G Flex (2013)
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The most human phone of all time. It was LG’s slogan for the wonderfully crazy LG G Flex – A handset with a “flexible” screen and a “self-heal” back.
The device itself was also “flexible”. The G Flex had a natural curvature, which, according to LG, allowed it to sit more comfortably against your face and position the microphone closer to your mouth – which remembers the Nokia 8110 banana phone?
However, as I said in my phone exam, “don’t get too passionate about its flexible abilities … You cannot really fold it.
“Place the Flex LG G Face down on a flat surface and at its most curved point, the screen is still a few millimeters above the surface. But then comes the fun part. Apply a decent amount of pressure at the back of the G Flex and you can flatten the handset.”
And the reaction he obtained when I showed people this flexible feat? “I was encountered – without fault – by a sea of faces grimacely while the G Flex was seriously done concerning the racking and cracking sounds. Of course, the handset bends slightly, but it never seems that it benefits from training.”
Then there was a “self-healing” back, which was able to absorb bumps and minor blows, but it was certainly not immune to one or two scratches.
The LG G Flex was not the best phone, and it was extremely expensive, but it did what LG did better – something different, something unique, something wild. And that’s what I like.
By John McCann
6. LG Ku990 Viewty (2007)
The very fact that I refuse to throw this phone – 18 years after its release – shows the love I have for that. This phone had a 5MP camera, a Xenon flash, a DVD quality video recording (ISH), a manual zoom button – and a touch screen.
For all your children, you don’t know how exciting it was to use when you used to type on the keys. A keyboard that could move and become a cinema screen? Amazing! (Passing beyond the fact that there was very little video content to watch).
There was a stylus that you could attach with a small cord (although it was quickly boring) and I am sure that if I pulled the phone now, the resistive touch screen would lead me the wall (where it felt the pressure on locating it electric driving in your fingers) by deviating in an implicit way which part of the screen I wanted to produce.
It has been said that this phone has already exceeded the initial iPhone, thanks to higher specifications, at a lower price (and the fact that Apple does not officially point out the sales figures …), and although this advance did not last long, it was fully deserved in my eyes.
By Gareth Beavis
5. LG Cookie (2008)
When the LG Cookie was launched in 2008, he stormed young people. I know it, because I was one, and it marked the first phone that I could really call mine. With hindsight, the cookie was not so spectacular, and in fact, LG used it to target the entry -level touch screen market while keeping the cost of the device as low as possible.
This whirlwind led to a 3 -inch touch screen, 240 x 400 pixels powered by an ARM9E CPU with a clock frequency of 175 MHz. He also had a 3.15 MP camera capable of capturing 12 frame / s videos, and no flash options.
Quite impressive, right? No, not really, but the combination of super cool looks (yes, I had the white version) and a little careful stylus hidden in the body of the phone meant that the LG cookie was, for me, the height of the style And Innovation during my years of training.
By Axel Metz
4. LG EV2 (2008)
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It was perhaps not my first phone, but the Env2 was definitely one of the first – and the one I still have in a closet somewhere.
The LG Env2 was not the original Palais hull, but it had a big pad. With a small screen at the front and the possibility of folding open on a larger screen (well, large depending on the non -smartphone standards). With speakers on each side and a QWERTY keyboard closer to QWERTY, it was a real blackberry rival.
The LG Env2 offered a flair of smartphone and blackberry without intelligence, and it was quite fun to use and served me well, even with a removable battery at the back. He also has a decent camera, but not with photos that I would like to share now. But I remember having become good enough to type on the interior keys and I had a lot of fun responding to text messages on it.
In the years that followed, I have reviewed a number of other LG phones. During my first days of blogs, I remember with emotion that I have discussed with Mr. Mobile – alias Michael Fisher – during the LG G3 Day. But the LG Env2 has offered a lot of features, even some mobile mini-games, in a lasting, not so intelligent package.
By Jacob Krol
3. LG Wing (2020)
THE LG wing was supposed to be different from any other smartphone that the world has ever seen. It was the first device of LG ‘Explorer“Series of devices, which would have been a series of products intended to explore unconventional form factors – such as the LG Rollable.
The LG wing has violated all the rules of the manual, with an important and large design, far too many mobile parts, and at a higher quality price for mid -range specifications. Although this is not really the best phone for the price, it was among the most pleasant devices on which I have ever gotten my hand.
It was a cool party thing to reveal the second screen with just a blow, in what was probably the most polarizing design of his time. In particular, even for a first generation product with an unknown form factor, it was surprising Not badWith a decent number of functionality and third -party applications optimized to use the double -screen approach.
The wing is an appropriate swan for LG smartphone travel, cementing its place in history books as one of the most innovative brands of this space, not being afraid to experiment and go against standards; While recalling how ruthless smartphones can be.
By Aakash Jhaveri
2. Google Nexus 5 (2013)
2013 was a big year for LG in the world of smartphones. In addition to his flagship product G2 and his first Bendy phone, he was invited to make the next iteration of the Google Nexus smartphones.
Nexus was a Google project that brought the manufacturers of Android phones to make the hardware designed to show what the software can do in its purest form. The Nexus 5 was one of the best combined in the series, and a large part of this is due to the impact of LG.
The Nexus 5 had a lot of similarities with the LG G2 that we mentioned below (spoiler alert), but this used Android software in a way Google provided. It was even more elegant than the LG G2, and it also had an affordable price.
As one of the first smartphones that I used as a technological journalist, I started to see what Google was targeting with its Nexus line on the Nexus 5. I also spotted what LG was capable of one of the best periods for LG smartphones, and I will always have a condition for this specific phone because of this.
By James Peckham
1. LG G2 (2013)
There have been a few smartphones over the years which have almost exquisite the mixture of features, equipment and price price, and the LG G2 (or Optimus G2 in certain regions, because the company has inexplicably continued to blur a clumsy word in the title) was only.
It was just an excellent handset. A 5.2 inch screen was huge At the time, and the 13MP camera was in the race for better, with loads of formidable functionalities to modify and certain upper snaps being possible. The shiny and rounded plastic shell was robust in the hand, and the global interface overflowed with small smart adjustments to improve the basic Android experience.
But the main star was the placement of the rear buttons – a power key which was flanked above and below by the volume buttons At the back of the phone!
The idea was that it would be more a natural and ergonomic adjustment in the hand, given its “huge” size, and therefore you would be less likely to drop it. Some criticisms found that it was too difficult to reprogram the brain to search for the unlock key there, but they didn’t use it long enough. I sometimes aspire I still aspire now and I wonder why phone marks do not use the back of the phone for a kind of touch interface.
Of course, I’m almost sure that the annals of time remember this phone with a pink shade – Android overlays were often buggy at the time, the parameters of the delicate camera probably upset, and the pimples have probably fallen or something. But I remember this phone with a real penchant – for a while, it seemed that the success of this phone was going to keep LG at the upper table of the smartphones for the years to come, but unfortunately, it never materialized.
By Gareth Beavis
