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.

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.

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.

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.

But better than expected

LG Electronics operating profit fell by a smaller than expected 19 percent in the first quarter.

But beware of the panda

LG is no longer the world’s largest LCD panel supplier having been beat by BOE.

3D movies and replacing objects

LG has designed a smartphone with no less than 16 camera lenses.

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.

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.

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.