LG G7 ThinQ vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus Comparison and Differences

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LG G7 ThinQ or Apple iPhone 8 Plus Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model LG G7 ThinQ Apple iPhone 8 Plus
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Release date 2018, May 2017, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 153.2 x 71.9 x 7.9 mm | 6.03 x 6.03 x 2.83 in 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 3.07 in
Weight 162 g | 5.71 oz 202 g | 7.13 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors New Platinum Gray, New Aurora Black, New Moroccan Blue, Raspberry Rose Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2691 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 5.5" in
Screen area 91.0 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.6% 67.4%
Screen resolution 1440 x 3120 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 564 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - 100% DCI-P3
-Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Always-on display
- Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Dual 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.6, 30mm (wide), 1/3.1'', 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-16 MP, f/1.9, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1'', no AF
-12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), 2x optical zoom, PDAF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec. 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
DxOMark Main Score 85 94
DxOMark Photo 87 96
DxOMark Video 79 89
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide) 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
Functions Face detection, HDR
Video 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), planned upgrade to Android 9.0 (P) iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
GPU Adreno 630 Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM modelmicroSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - d No
Internal memory 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 378011
Antutu 10 CPU 118857
Antutu 10 GPU 118036
Antutu 10 Mem 60136
Antutu 10 UX 118857
Antutu 8 Total 297546 302943
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 510 1050
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1690 2162
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1951
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1832
GeekBench 6 Metal 5298
GeekBench 5 Single Core 481 917
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1955 1993
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2317 4224
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8444 10193
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13153
GeekBench 4 Battery 2842

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G710AWM
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 40(2300), 42(3500), 46 - Global 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800), 28(700), 46, 66(1700/2100) - USA (G710ULM) 
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), 25(1900), 26(850), 40(2300), 41(2500) - USA (G710PM) 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G710EMW, G710EAW1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13,17,20,25,29,30,38,41,46,66 - G710AWM
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-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), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps or Cat15 800/150 Mbps (region dependant) HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes 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, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     1.47 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-DTS: X Surround Sound
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- WPC&PMA wireless charging (US version only)
-Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-MIL-STD-810G compliant

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Also known as LG G7+ with 128 GB storage Versions: G710EM (Global); G710PM (Sprint), G710VMP (Verizon); G710ULM (USA unlocked); G710EMW (CH, AU, NZL, HKG); G710EAW 128/6 (HKG, SGP, AU, EU); G710AWM (C

- Versions: A1864 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1897 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1898 (Japan)

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