Cellphones
LG’s G Flex 2, with its curved screen and shiny red design, not only made a statement but helped it stand out from rivals. PHOTO: Alfred Siew
When I first got my hands on an LG G Flex 2 phone back in 2015, I knew this was not a usual-looking phone.
With a curved screen that followed the contours of your face better and sporting a sharp, high-contrast OLED screen, this was as stunning a phone as you got back when the Korean company was among the top phone makers.
Indeed, LG never got back to those heights in the years that followed. As the smartphone division kept losing money – actually, since 2015 – the inevitable eventually happened. Today, it became the first major smartphone brand to withdraw from the market.