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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 79.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | LG |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2017-09-21 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.97 x 2.97 x 0.29 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.57 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Purple and Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 307.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2880 x 1440 pixels |
| IPS LCD | P-OLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 537 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2450 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 30.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.32 inches (1/3.09") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3300mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
LG V30 is much better than Apple iPhone 5, getting a 79.1 score against 71.7. The LG V30 body is incredibly newer and a little thinner, but incredibly heavier than Apple iPhone 5. Apple iPhone 5 has a little more vivid screen than LG V30, although it has a really smaller screen, a lot worse display pixel density and a way lower resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels.
LG V30 counts with much more storage for games and applications than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage, the LG V30 also has a slot for an SD memory card that supports a maximum of 1,95 TB. The LG V30 counts with a faster CPU than iPhone 5, because it has a greater amount of RAM and a larger number of cores (and faster).
The LG V30 features a much better battery life than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a 129% bigger battery size. LG V30 captures much clearer photographs and videos than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a way bigger aperture to capture better captures in low-light environments, a larger back camera sensor which offers a higher photo and video quality, a much higher 3840x2160 video quality and a much better 16 MP resolution camera.
LG V30 is a lot more expensive than the iPhone 5, but it's still a great deal, as you can get a lot more for that extra money.
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