LG Magna vs LG G3 (CDMA) Comparison and Differences

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LG Magna or LG G3 (CDMA) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model LG Magna LG G3 (CDMA)
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Release date 2015, February 2014, July
Dimensions (HxWxD) 139.8 x 69.9 x 10.1 mm | 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.75 in 146.3 x 74.7 x 8.9 mm | 5.76 x 5.76 x 2.94 in
Weight 137 g | 4.83 oz 149.7 g | 5.28 oz
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Colors Black, White, Gold Metallic Black, Silk White (Verizon), Shine Gold (Sprint)
Battery 2540 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 350 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 10 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 415 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 18 h 40 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD True HD-IPS + LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 82.2 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.5% 75.2%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 538 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.4 -13 MP, 1/3'', OIS, PDAF & laser AF
Functions LED flash Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 2.1 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP 2.1 MP
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6582 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8975AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.2 GHz
-Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 - H502 model
- Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-400MP2 - H502 model Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

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Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - H502 model
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100
-4G - LTE (lte model only)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - VS985, LS990 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - VS985
-3G - CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - VS985 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - LS990
-4G - LTE band 4(1700/2100), 13(700) - VS985 
LTE band 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - LS990
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps (LS990)LTE Cat4, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps (VS985)
GPRS Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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/ S-GPS (VS985)
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.78 W/kg (head)     0.62 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS FM radio (LS990 model)
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Dolby mobile
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port
Other extras
Versions
- Also known as LG Magna H502F, H500F

- Versions: LG G3 VS985 for Verizon LG G3 LS990 for Sprint

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