Xiaomi Mi 8 vs LG V30 Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 8

Xiaomi Mi 8

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LG V30

LG V30

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Xiaomi Mi 8 or LG V30 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 8 LG V30
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Release date 2018, May 2017, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 154.9 x 74.8 x 7.6 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.94 in 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.97 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 158 g | 5.57 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series) Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Blue, White, Gold Aurora Black, Cloud Silver, Moroccan Blue, Lavender Violet, Raspberry Rose
Battery 3400 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 380 EUR 420 EUR
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED P-OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.21" in 6" in
Screen area 97.1 cm2 92.9 cm2
Screen format 19:9 (height:width) 18:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.8% 81.2%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2248 px 1440 x 2880 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 402 PPI 537 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
- Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.4, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom
-16 MP, f/1.6, 30mm (wide), 1.0µm, 3-axis OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-13 MP, f/1.9, 12mm (ultrawide), no AF
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@120fps, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec., HDR video
DxOMark Main Score 99 84
DxOMark Photo 105 90
DxOMark Video 88 73
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 5 MP, f/2.2, 22mm (wide), 1/5'', 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10.1 Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); LG UX 6
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 630 Adreno 540
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM modelmicroSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - d
Internal memory 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM (V30+) 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (V30)

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 353884
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 491 396
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1684 1313
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2045 1290
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1921 521
GeekBench 5 Single Core 447 365
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1898 1490
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2280 1866
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8242 6151
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13089 7480
GeekBench 4 Battery 3965 4033

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 71(600)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 33
Edge Yes Class 33
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0)
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-B&O Play certified
-24-bit/48kHz audio recording
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, color spectrum
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 4.0+)

- Fast battery charging: 50% in 36 min (Quick Charge 3.0)
-Wireless charging 10W
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-MIL-STD-810G compliant
Versions
- Versions: H930 (Europe); H930DS (Hong Kong); H933 (Canada); H931 (АТ&Т); H932 (T-Mobile); VS996 (Verizon); US998 (US Cellular); LS998U (Sprint) Other versions: LG V30+ with 128 GB st

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