LG G3 A vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Comparison and Differences

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LG G3 A

LG G3 A

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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LG G3 A or Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model LG G3 A Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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Release date 2014, August 2013, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 141 x 71.6 x 9.8 mm | 5.55 x 5.55 x 2.82 in 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm | 5.95 x 5.95 x 3.12 in
Weight 146.8 g | 5.18 oz 168 g | 5.93 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors White, Titanium Black, White, Pink, Merlot Red, Rose Gold Black, Rose Gold White
Battery 2610 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3200 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 532 h (2G) / Up to 628 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 19 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 420 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 5.7" in
Screen area 74.5 cm2 89.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 73.8% 74.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 386 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, 1/3'', OIS, laser AF -13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.12µm, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (N9005, N9002)/ 1080p (N9000)
Front camera, selfie 2.1 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2.1 MP 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm) - Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)
- Exynos 5420 Octa (28 nm) - N9000
CPU - Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400 - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 - N9005, N9002
-Octa-core (4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - N9000
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 330 - N9005, N9002
Mali-T628 MP6 - N9000
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 141
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 467
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1208 761
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1226 1968
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2235
GeekBench 4 Battery 829

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA
-4G - LTE-A
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - N9009
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9005, N9002, N9006 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - N9009 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - N900W8
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - N9005 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100) - N900W8
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
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 A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.29 W/kg (head)     0.36 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture , Infrared port
Other extras
- DMB TV tuner

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
-Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
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Versions
- For Korea Also known as LG G3 A F410S

- Versions: N9000 (3G); N9005 (3G/LTE) Also known as Samsung Galaxy Note III; Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9002 with dual-SIM card slots

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