LG V30 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 Comparison and Differences

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LG V30

LG V30

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Samsung Galaxy A3

Samsung Galaxy A3

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LG V30 or Samsung Galaxy A3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model LG V30 Samsung Galaxy A3
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Release date 2017, August 2014, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.97 in 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm | 5.12 x 5.12 x 2.58 in
Weight 158 g | 5.57 oz 110.3 g | 3.89 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Aurora Black, Cloud Silver, Moroccan Blue, Lavender Violet, Raspberry Rose Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold
Battery 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 1900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 12 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
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Screen

Technology P-OLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 4.5" in
Screen area 92.9 cm2 55.8 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 81.2% 65.5%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2880 px 540 x 960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 537 PPI 245 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Dual 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.6, 30mm (wide), 1.0µm, 3-axis OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-13 MP, f/1.9, 12mm (ultrawide), no AF
-8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@120fps, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec., HDR video 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 84
DxOMark Photo 90
DxOMark Video 73
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2, 22mm (wide), 1/5'', 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); LG UX 6 Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 306
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM modelmicroSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - d microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 128 GB, 4 GB RAM (V30+) 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (V30) 16 GB, 1/1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 396
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1313
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1290
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 521
GeekBench 5 Single Core 365 82
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1490 280
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1866 490
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6151 1115
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7480 811
GeekBench 4 Battery 4033

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -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)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A300F, A300FU, A300G, A300HQ, A300M, A300YZ
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - A300F, A300FU 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A300G 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - A300M 
LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700) - A300YZ
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Class 33 Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (LTE model only)
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0) microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     0.30 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-B&O Play certified
-24-bit/48kHz audio recording
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, color spectrum - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- 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

- ANT+
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

- Versions: A300F with 1 GB RAM; A300FU with 1.5 GB RAM

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