LG G5 vs LG GW990 Comparison and Differences

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LG G5 or LG GW990 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model LG G5 LG GW990
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Release date 2016, February 2010, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7 mm | 5.88 x 5.88 x 2.91 in 146.8 x 64.2 x 12 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.53 in
Weight 159 g | 5.61 oz 0 g | 0 oz
Body Build Aluminum body
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Colors Silver, Titan, Gold, Pink Grey
Battery 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1850 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 400 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen touchscreen
Display colors 16M
Screen size 5.3" in 4.8" in
Screen area 77.4 cm2 57.1 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.1% 60.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 480 x 1024 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 554 PPI 0 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Dual 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.6'', laser AF, 3-axis OIS
-8 MP, f/2.4, 9mm, 1/3.6'', no AF
-5 MP, AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. Yes
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4'', 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); LG UX 5 UI MeeGo OS
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - Intel Atom (Pineview, 45nm)
GPU Adreno 530
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 329
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 645
GeekBench 5 Single Core 316
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 736
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1651
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3668
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 6585
GeekBench 4 Battery 1726

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - VS987, US992
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - H850 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - H830, US992 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - H820CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - VS987 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - H860N
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - H850 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 20(800) - H830 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300) - H820 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - H860NLTE 2,3,4,5,7,13 - VS987LTE 2,4,5,12,13,17,25 - US992
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps or LTE-A Cat9 (3CA) 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go Proprietary
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD Yes
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.52 W/kg (head)     1.24 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, color spectrum , Infrared port - Accelerometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)

- MP4/H.264 player
-MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
-Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
-Organizer
-Predictive text input
Versions
- Versions: H850 (Europe); LG G5 Speed H858 (Taiwan); VS987 (Verizon); H820 (AT&T); LS992 (Sprint); H830 (T-Mobile); US992 (US Cellular); Vodafone Also known as LG G5 Dual H860N with dual-SIM card slots

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