While LG died a hero, OnePlus lived long enough to see themselves become a villain.

"LG had an impact on the phone you are holding right now" Me, holding an LG phone - "yeah probably"

I’m sure the developers loved this video, giving them the credit they deserve and a good review of their history

I'm using LG G7+thinq....it's a beast in terms of camera ..music..built quality...screen but not battery.. still loving it and I'm gonna keep it for lifetime as it is one of the last phones from LG as a memory. Love you LG.

LG was the kid who was the first to hand the test in, aced it, but always forgot to write their name on top.

The saddest thing about this whole thing is, LG was the only OEM that took mobile audio seriously. RIP LG.

4:48 So this was the first phone to include the dual cameras that we seen on Modern Smartphones

LG was and still is my favorite smartphone. I loved using the different devices over the years. This news was truly devastating for me. I especially liked their G8 for it's audio quality, and overall their picture quality was great.

As a Korean, this is somewhat touching. No media/reviewer in Korea have gone into such in-depth. Great work and appreciate it.

Wonder how many people are watching this through an LG phone

That mini screen is kinda like dynamic island lol.

I had every LG V serious phone except for the LG V30. I currently have the LG V60. I was looking to see if they were comming out with a V70 when I heard the news. I am heartbroken. I love the LG V series. They were all such cool phones for business and fun. They held a special place in my heart and they will truly be missed.

"LG mobile is gone now, who's next?" - me sweating while watching this from a Sony phone.

When companies killed headphone jack, LG launched V20 which had a quad dac, removable battery and even an IR blaster which can be used as a universal remote. No reviewers stressed these super features. LG will be surely missed!

Wow I loved that entire video. So much history, cool phone tech, and analysis in one video, all of which I'm a fan of. I would love to see more of this kind of video about like the history of smartphone innovations

man your takes are bang on. such a pleasure to watch your videos and listen to your opinion

The LG Chocolate was such a vibe

"a great impact on the phone you're holding right now" _stares at my G8_

Thanks Marcus. I enjoy so many of your videos.

You didn't mention it, but I've been a fan of the LG Stylo series phones for a long time. In fact I've had 3 of them. It was really nice to have a stylus phone without having to drop a mortgage payment on it (Samsung). I also liked how the software ran. It made sense to me. Not all manufacturers do (Motorola). But as stated, they have many, many other divisions to concentrate on. Probably a very good business decision.

Marques: it’s hard to recommend flagship with just 60Hz. Apple: You recommend us..

This Video of Marques is like the Funeral Speech to LG. He was a good man. He did good things. Influenced a lot of people. But somehow things were not ending great for him. May he Rest In Peace 😋

I had the LG G5 when it came out and I loved it. The ultra wide camera was awesome and it is cool to see it made it to so many phones now. But the real best feature was that you could easily pop the battery out. They sold extra batteries and a charging dock for them. I never had to charge my phone because of this, I just swapped the battery every time my phone was dying.

Really apreciate your videos!

"Die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" OnePlus: 👀💦

The double tap to wake was really game changing at that time

This is such a good video. Your point about the loss of a competitor and ideas is dead on. They've had so many unique phones and so many firsts they never got enough credit for. I haven't had a non LG phone since before smartphones were a thing and I will miss them when I have to change

Still rocking my V60. I absolutely love it. Still does so much so well. Manual camera, great audio recording, tap to wake, headphone jack and Quad DAC and a case that gives the phone an entire 2nd screen. IMO that's one of the best features. Unfortunately this will likely be the last Android update it gets. I think if they would have just updated their V series and not tried bizarre new things they would have been a hit. Been with LG since the G2 and that phone was amazing. Then they started doing tons of weird things but it was a fun ride to see what they tried.

LG naming department: “we’re the worse at naming products” Sony headphone naming team: “hold my beer”

LG was like the oldest sibling who had all of the responsibilities and none of the attention.

So excited about more sports tech videos. I find that subject fascinating

One of my first phones was the black and blue LG Rumour. I remember typing with that keyboard. How far we have come…

LG: "I'm going, bye." HTC & Sony: "We'll see you soon!"

Poor LG, they never removed the Jack. Deepest condolences. RIP.

I loved the G2. Lasted so long and it had a feature that i wished more phones had which is a universal remote feature. It had a built in IR 'blaster' that enabled you to connect it as a remote to any TV. Which was great if you didn't find the remote or if it was broken.

Had the G4 in 2015 & it was one of my favourite phones ever! Performance was great but then the ability to easily change the back covers to custom covers were awesome

I remember when I traded an iPhone 5 for that LG G3, oh man shooting at 4k was such a blast. Thank you LG, you'll be missed :(

LG: The Sega of smartphones. Innovating without ever trying to make money

LG V10 walked so dynamic island could run.

I loved LG especially when I was using more budget friendly phones of theirs. They were great in my opinion and lasted a long time. It’s sad that they won’t be making any more :/

CEO of LG: "Ok, so how are we naming our phone?" Random employee: *𝙃𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚* CEO of LG:"Perfect!"

It feels like this video relates to when someone dies we say he/she was a good person but never said something nice about them when they were alive lol

G5 was my most favorite phone. Love when I used wide shot it was such a great feature at the time of release also swapping batteries was a plus

LG was a top-shelf phone maker back in the day. All the best phones throughout the early/mid 2000's were made by them and Motorola. I remember the LG Chocolate being the first (and maybe the last) cellphone that i really got "hyped" over and then rushing out to buy, probably around 2005 or 2006.

".. Live long enough to see yourself become a villain." OnePlus: 😰

Marquess is just a good story teller. Never felt a 17 minute long video this short. 😅

i remember when all those came out and watching the mkbhd video on it what a throw back

A very well thought out video !

Life is still good in the other departments 🙃

It's true "Dead people receive more flowers than living ones" Same case with LG here😂

Quality information always God bless you 🙏☀️

I remember the first phone my dad bought for me. it was an lg x power3 its by no means a great phone even in its time. But that phone survived me for 2years (im horrible at keeping things + i was new to phones so i tryed EVERYTHING) and then i gave it to my brother for another 2years (he was ne better than me😅) and that phone is still working to this day everybody tells me to throw it but i just keep it as memory. LG stoping phone production was very sad for me especially with all of these phones that cant survive a month and if you drop them then its game over

As an ex LG employee, i can tell you. These guys are amazing, the innovation was top notch, but the issue was the constant programming against the blue guys

R.I.P. headphone jacks. LG was with us the whole way. We will never give up. There are dozens of us! DOZENS!

Great review Sir. Good analysis . Worthy of remembering , especially for the marketing divisions of large companies. I have 2 LG phones, the Stylo-3 Plus was/is great, but their software was/is user-unfriendly unfortunately. I like your common sense no extra 'chatter' and drama in your reviews by the way ! Please continue...

Great video. I loved your slow & steady explanation. Can you make a video "Why smartphone companies don’t try to put an IR top of the phone like Xiaomi doing"

I love seeing old marques because we've aged with him. we don't notice the changes happening in real time but when we get the flashbacks we realise how much has actually changed.

LG: I'll be the one to save the day without taking any credits or asking for any and in the end of the day walk away saying - Life's Good. 😢

I think it's really sad that some features didn't make it. I for example loved the era of retracting selfie cameras. I still use the oneplus 7 Pro since the year it released. And i used the "selfie camera unlock" feature which opens and closes the selfie camera everytime I unlock the phone, and have no issues at all with the mechanism. Now im changing the phone and have to get used to a blank spot in my screen.

I'll teach this video in my business and entrepreneurship classes!! Amazing.

It feels strangely wholesome to have MKBHD make what amounts to an obituary of LG. I like it.

Long-term V10 user here... every time you accidentally tap that upper second screen, it brings you to a menu so you can customize it and away from whatever you were viewing. We're talking tens of thousands of accidental taps over the years. It's been rough... And yes, I'm using my V10 to post this comment.

Very nice analysis

I had the LG G3 back in the day, it was a legendary device. If I recall correctly, it was the first phone to get the Android 5 update. My phone pretty much died along with that update, the battery life tanked and it heated very badly when using for longer periods. Still loved it!

OnePlus is living long enough to become the villian.

"LGs an influential company that has probably influenced the phone you're holding right now." Me: holding my LG V60 with tears in my eyes.

My LG G5 was by far the best cell phone I ever had. The things camera was insane (seriously it has a better camera than the phone I have currently), the battery life was awesome, and the screen was super clear. I’m so surprised they weren’t more popular. Not to mention they had a superior repairability than almost any of the other phones of that year. Also the ergonomics were still my favorite of all the phones I’ve owned. I really miss it.

I was about to comment that youtubers are part responsible, good thing you brought it up yourself, I’ve been saying it over and over, there have been some extremely underrated amazing smartphones from these brands which didn’t get the coverage that they deserved, the volume buttons on the back with power was very satisfying to use, the side mounted fingerprint on sony phones(specifically XZ1) or the bezels of G2, number of times youtuber’s pushed these manufacturers to adapt and change to smth that wasn’t necessary for instance the LG V10 is one of the most toughest phone I’ve ever used(aside from bootloop issue) the plastic rubberised back of that phone with that stainless steel frame covered with chromium oxide for self healing bit made it super grippy and sturdy, I’d even use a phone today with that design upgraded chip and smaller bezels, yet LG was forced to moved to glass sandwich design because every single youtuber couldn’t just handle plastic, where on other hand samsung got away for several years using their glossy plastic fingerprint sensors which faded to black over time giving a device hideous look, tech reviewers should start giving these brands credit for innovations and stop being tough on struggling brands because in the end of the day competition is good for end user, look at intel for example they had been selling similar performing processors for years with slight boost from 2nd gen till 7th until Amd Ryzen came and they started to up their game, yes Smartphone manufacturers do still face pressure coz their are lots of them, but old dogs like HTC,LG,Sony,Motorola(wouldn’t add Nokia despite of being old Nokia’s fan HMD is barely even trying) should have got the attention they deserved I remember the gingerbread days where it was soo fun to jump from one phone to another, now a days they all have started to look alike and once again thanks youtubers pushing stock UI and similar design although i love stock UI but myself I never felt HTC’s Sense UI was bad especially in gingerbread days or certain features in some UI, I couldn’t join the tech reviewer community being in china at that time still have the videos I shot back in 2010 of several phones but couldn’t upload them or at least on my end I would have done things differently

My LG V20 just died on me last week. I had that bad boy for five years, and while it certainly was no where near the fastest phone on the market now, the fact that it had a modern CPU, a replaceable battery, built-in condenser mic, and a headphone jack (with a very high quality DAC) made it unbeatable for me. Coupled by the fact that once you rooted it, put on LineageOS and the Google Camera app, it was a multimedia monster.

MKBHD: Why did LG phones die? Me using an lg phone: 😳

I feel like LG never really got the credit they deserved. It's a shame. I love how you summarized all the topics and hit the nail on the head with each and every one of them. Completely agree with you on your analysis that LG should've had a steadily flagship line with less of the innovative stuff and next to that line the innovative one where they could try out new things and if it would stick include it in their next flagship line. I'm pretty sure that if they'd done that they would still be around. Anyways it's sad but it's the way it is... R.I.P. LG

Most phones I've had, i've been annoyed with by the time they've died. When my LG G8s died, it was a little heartbreaking. Not only because I had a lot of photos on it, but also it had such a nice UX, and felt "complete" in a way few others have made me feel. My appreciation for my phone grew even more when i got a Samsung S20 from work. It was terrible in comparison. As it happened, the Asus Zenfone 9 was coming out, and as a 3.5mm jack is important to me i bought it. I really like it, and especially the fact that it's more compact. But i still miss many features from the LG.

V30 and V50 owner, here. Bought these for the audio. Awesome quad DACs

“60hz refresh rate when all the competition are doing higher, how can I recommend that” Apple:

They had really good design with slimmest bezels. They had quality control issues. We had alot ot warranty issues like overheating. I forgot which component it was.. maybe the microphone or earpiece?

Hey Marques, thanks for your insightful commentary. I'm in the "bummer" camp regarding LG's demise. The 2 aspects of LG phones that I most loved are 1) the great audio quality, and 2) the SD card external storage. Which phone in today's market best replicates these attributes? I've read some good reviews of the Xperia. Any other suggestions or advice? Thanks!

That's a real shame about LG, so few phone makers have the courage to try new and novel designs.

People: Manufacturers need innovation LG: Got u Most people: Buy phone other than LG LG:

LG G2 was the best phone ever for me in high school and lasted me till G6. Double Tap and wide Camera was great but what I loved best was the IR sensor that let it act as a universal remote. I used to make the TVs in school change channels or turn on. I was so bummed out that they took it off in newer LG phones.

I remember having a LG G2 I loved that phone, custom rom support, IR remote sensor(Idk why this feature went away from phones it was so handy whenever I lost my remote to my TV), and the removable battery.

"Everybody loves you when you're dead"

LG: Does something Other Companies: Is this for me? 🥺👉👈

Watching this on my Wing. It's a heavy, goofy thing. But I love being able to watch a video like this where you don't really have to pay 100% attention while scrolling Twitter on the main screen. Holding on to this phone as long as it lasts.

Great video 👍🏻

"Losing LG is an L for all of us, G." - what Marques should have said

Lg will never be forgotten. The first few of the smartphone companies

My grandma and mom still use their G8s today!! Holiday '23. The battery is nice the sound is clear and works great (there is no speaker for the earpiece, the entire screen is the speaker!!)

The first phone I ever bought was a Stylo 4, right after boot camp. Decent phone if not a little glitchy sometimes. I do miss the fingerprint scanner in the back, right where my pointer finger would go

I’m still surprised that *SONY* is still making phones.

*LG:* leaves market....focuses on appliances *HTC:* (crickets) *Blackberry:* its never over, just different owners *Nokia:* we no longer make phone tanks *Sony:* we only like photographers who have $ *Huawei:* China wife us up after US&A ghost us *Samsung:* we make every screen for whole world *Motorola:* we still exist. Don't ask about our products Meanwhile, *Apple:* we brought magnet to our phones. It better now Edit: Thanks for all the likes!

The LG G2 felt way ahead of its time in terms of design. It really feels like creativity in phones died with them.

I've got a LG G8x Dual Screen and It's amazing as a daily driver. Its got wireless charging, NFC, OLED displays, under screen fingerprint reader and no camera bumps at all, even the notch is minimal. The Dual Screen although a little gimmicky I find really useful for multitasking, notifications on the outer display and it is generally a unique phone that you don't see very often.

He forgets to mention how incredible the audio of LG phones were.

Just Imagine, LG announces "It was just April fool joke". We're not leaving.

i remember blackberry had some of the coolest names: curve, bold, torch, pearl, storm, etc. and as silly as this may sound, back in middle school, my friends and i used to choose a blackberry model based on the name. i had a bold and a torch once, my sister owned a porsche, it was so fun. ahh i miss those days

your videos are great

Never been an LG user, but I'll still miss them

LG was like a student who studied so hard for exam but couldn't pass it.

2:00 They actually did! The LG Spirit was a pretty popular budget phone, at least in Europe.

Still rocking the v60, love this thing, was looking to get a new one and hoping theyve come out with like a v80 by now. Ive loved all the LGs ive had, too bad.