LG V40 ThinQ vs Samsung Galaxy S7 Comparison and Differences

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LG V40 ThinQ or Samsung Galaxy S7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model LG V40 ThinQ Samsung Galaxy S7
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Release date 2018, October 2016, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.8 x 75.7 x 7.6 mm | 6.25 x 6.25 x 2.98 in 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm | 5.61 x 5.61 x 2.74 in
Weight 169 g | 5.96 oz 152 g | 5.36 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors New Platinum Gray, Carmine Red, New Aurora Black, New Moroccan Blue Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Battery 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 22 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
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Screen

Technology P-OLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.4" in 5.1" in
Screen area 100.5 cm2 71.5 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 72.1%
Screen resolution 1440 x 3120 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 537 PPI 577 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Always-on display
- Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, 27mm (standard), f/1.5, 1/2.6'', 1.4µm, 3-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF
-12 MP, 52mm (telephoto), f/2.4, 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, PDAF
-16 MP, 16mm (ultrawide), f/1.9, 1/3.1'', 1.0µm, no AF
-12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec., HDR video, gyro-EIS 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 97
DxOMark Photo 101
DxOMark Video 87
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Dual 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, 26mm (standard), f/1.9, 1.4µm
5 MP, 21mm (wide), f/2.2, 1.4µm
5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); LG UX 7.1 Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 630 Mali-T880 MP12
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 270341 189150
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 465 287
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1610 625
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1887 518
GeekBench 5 Single Core 427 270
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1865 718
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2230 1536
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8140 3718
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 12836 4791
GeekBench 4 Battery 3805 1939

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G930FHybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G930FD
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - V405QA7
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - V405QA7 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - V405QA7
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - V405QA7
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G930FD
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G930F, G930FD, G930W8
-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), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G930F, G930FD 
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), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G930W8
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0) microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.40 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.62 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-24-bit/48kHz audio recording
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-DTS: X Surround Sound
-Tuned with Meridian Audio
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-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, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 36 min (Quick Charge 3.0)
-Fast wireless charging 10W
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-MIL-STD-810G compliant

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: V405QA7 (USA Unlocked); V405UA (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon); V405TAB (T-Mobile); V405UA0 (U.S. Cellular)

- Versions: G930F (Global); G930FD (Global; Southeast Asia); G930W8 (Canada) Also known as Samsung Galaxy S7 Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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