The LG G5 featured a snap-on construction that let you attach different modules to the bottom of the phone. It flopped.
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LG is backing away from what made its previous top-of-the-line phone unique.
The company last year launched the G5, which ventured off the beaten path of phone design: Owners could swap out its bottom "chin" for other parts that added a camera grip or a souped-up speaker. In a sea of similar-looking phones, LG hoped that its unusual approach would turn heads.