RE: Life isn't "Good" anymore: LG gives up the battle for mobile
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It's kind of sad hearing that LG is tapping out of the mobile market. They've more or less been around since the dawn of android phones and have outlived plenty of their competitors. To me, they were pretty much the only other suitable manufacturer to look at when Samsung was going a route I didn't like. Fairly priced devices with enough power behind them. The LG G4 was a pretty decent flagship of theirs (outside of the likely chance of your board frying itself or bricking) and remains as one of my favorite phones to date.
Who knows, maybe they could have had better success if they chose to follow the route similar to Asus these last few years? The battle for mid tier devices is extremely competitive, so why not primarily target the high end and enthusiast market? Asus has basically dropped focus on anything but their high end devices. I'm sure LG could have had at least some footing there given their experience in the TV and monitor market.
The G5 was my choice, a few years ago. Brilliant device, but someday it is going out of order for no reason. The front camera always disappear, only the second one in charge... as front cam. A mystery. But it was a good thing in all, the chance to change the accu packs I always loved.
I really liked the idea behind the LG G5 as it came out around the height of the popularity of making everything modular. I remember being very excited for the phone blocks project and seeing LG take their own approach made me rather hopeful that it might have came about one day. Bigger battery, a new speaker, or an upgradable audio dac you can plug into your phone? That's something I would love in a high end device, especially if the accessories could be swapped over to the new generation.