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| Global Score | |
| 70.8 | 79.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | LG |
| Android 5.1 | -- |
| -- | 2017-09-21 |
| 5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches | 5.97 x 2.97 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.11 ounces | 5.57 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Purple and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 305.00 | $ 307.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2880 x 1440 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | P-OLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 537 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 7 Octa 7580 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2450 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T720 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 8.01 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| -- | 30.00mm focal length |
| -- | 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 |
| 9.02 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Battery | 3300mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The LG V30 is better than Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo, with a 79.1 score against 70.8. LG V30's body is just a little bit thinner but a little heavier than Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo. The LG V30 has a better performing CPU than Galaxy S5 Neo, because it has 2 GB more RAM memory and a larger number of cores. The Galaxy S5 Neo features a slightly better looking display than LG V30, although it has a quite smaller display, a little bit worse pixels density and a lot worse resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.
LG V30 shoots much clearer videos and photos than Galaxy S5 Neo, and although they both have a back camera with a 16 megapixels resolution, the LG V30 also has a much better video resolution and a much bigger camera aperture. LG V30 features a much greater memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy S5 Neo, because it has 48 GB more internal memory and a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 1,95 TB.
LG V30 has improved battery performance than Galaxy S5 Neo, because it has 3300mAh of battery capacity.
The LG V30 costs a little more than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo, but you can get a better phone for that few more dollars.
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