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OnePlus Budget Phones Dominate US Smartphone Market

Tim July 27, 2021 24

According to the latest statistics from Counterpoint, there are few growers in the US smartphone market for the first half of 2021. While ZTE growth saw a dip of -77% and even Google is going backwards at -7% -- hopefully to bounce back big with the Pixel 6...

LG Shuts Down LG Pay, Tens of People Likely Affected (Updated)

Tim June 1, 2021 21

If you were a big LG fan, chances are you gave the company's mobile payment service, LG Pay, a chance. It was supported on a handful of the their phones, like the V50 ThinQ and G8, but while the service was live in the US, it got a lot of mixed reviews from...

Verizon OnePlus 8, LG Velvet Receive May Security Patch

Tim June 1, 2021 2

Verizon is sending out updates to two devices this week, so owners of the LG Velvet and OnePlus 8, be on the lookout! The updates are focused around the May security patch, and according to the changelogs, that is all. Nothing too crazy happening here. Once...

Verizon LG V50 Snags April Security Patch Update

Tim April 23, 2021

LG V50 owners on Verizon, an update is headed to you this week, labeled as software build version V450VM20j. Inside, you'll find the latest Android security patch update, that being April's, with that looking like about it. Recently, LG discussed Android...

LG Will Try to Update Select Phones With Android 13, But No Promises

Tim April 12, 2021 5

Hey, FYI anyone who bought a select LG phone: Your phone may receive Android 13 at some point. That's cool, right? LG detailed which devices can expect this update hopefully in late 2022 or maybe early 2023, but they don't mention timing and that's our guess...

Verizon LG Velvet Gets Android 11!

Tim April 9, 2021 7

Apparently all it took for Velvet to receive Android 11 was LG shutting down its mobile business. In all seriousness though, the Android 11 upgrade is indeed headed out to owners of the device on Verizon, which is great news. It could be the last major update...

LG Makes Odd Commitment to Updates After Calling It Quits

Kellen April 8, 2021 8

LG called it quits. Days ago. The company told us at the beginning of the week that it is exiting the smartphone business. It will sell through remaining inventory of devices and fulfill manufacturing commitments, but they won't release any new phones. It's...

Share Your LG Smartphone Memories With Us

Tim April 5, 2021 60

In our book, LG will go down as a company that tried and succeeded in many areas of the smartphone, even if it didn't lead to profitability. For example, they gave us the first QHD display on the LG G3. They gave audiophiles Quad DACs. They were either first...