When the LG G5 debuted in April, it made waves with its unique modular-like design. Its removable battery can be swapped out from the phone's bottom chin, and other accessories like a camera grip and a digital-to-analog audio converter, can be attached to give the handset additional functionality.
But due to less-than-stellar sales of the phone and its accompany accessories, the company may be abandoning that approach, according to the Korean news site ETNews. Instead, the phone's successor, presumably called the G6, will take on a more traditional design.
LG has yet to confirm the news (and we'll update this piece when we get official word). If it is true though, this would contradict what the company told CNET earlier. In September, an LG spokesman said it will continue with the modular concept after the G5, despite low sales.
Abandoning the concept would also be a blow to developers and consumers, who had invested in the modular ecosystem on the assumption that it would be developed further. In fact, during the G5's launch, LG unveiled a community page and set up a conference in San Francisco, to help develop more software and hardware kits that would accommodate the phone's swappable design.
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