Xiaomi Mi 9 vs LG V40 ThinQ Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 9

Xiaomi Mi 9

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LG V40 ThinQ

LG V40 ThinQ

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Xiaomi Mi 9 or LG V40 ThinQ Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 9 LG V40 ThinQ
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Release date 2019, February 2018, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.5 x 74.7 x 7.6 mm | 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.94 in 158.8 x 75.7 x 7.6 mm | 6.25 x 6.25 x 2.98 in
Weight 173 g | 6.1 oz 169 g | 5.96 oz
Body Build Back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series) Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
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Colors Lavender Violet, Ocean Blue, Piano Black New Platinum Gray, Carmine Red, New Aurora Black, New Moroccan Blue
Battery 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 450 EUR 800 EUR
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED P-OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.39" in 6.4" in
Screen area 100.2 cm2 100.5 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 85.2% 83.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1440 x 3120 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 537 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
- Dolby Vision
-HDR10
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 48 MP, Triple 12 MP, Triple
Camera specs -48 MP, f/1.8, 1/2'', 0.8µm, Laser/PDAF
-16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0'', 1.0µm, Laser/PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.2, 54mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 1.0µm, Laser/PDAF, 2x optical zoom
-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
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 1080p@960fps 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec., HDR video, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 110 97
DxOMark Photo 115 101
DxOMark Video 99 87
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 8 MP, Dual
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 8 MP, 26mm (standard), f/1.9, 1.4µm
5 MP, 21mm (wide), f/2.2, 1.4µm
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 8.1 (Oreo); LG UX 7.1
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485) - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
GPU Adreno 640 Adreno 630
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 625750
Antutu 10 CPU 192486
Antutu 10 GPU 191970
Antutu 10 Mem 106764
Antutu 10 UX 192486
Antutu 8 Total 445567 270341
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 856 465
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2550 1610
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2579 1887
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 2356
GeekBench 5 Single Core 678 427
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2575 1865
GeekBench 4 Single Core 3235 2230
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10405 8140
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7120 12836
GeekBench 4 Battery 6086 3805

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-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), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
-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
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 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, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0)
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-24-bit/48kHz audio recording
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-DTS: X Surround Sound
-Tuned with Meridian Audio

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 27W (Quick Charge 4+)
-Fast wireless charging 20W

- 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
Versions
- Versions: V405QA7 (USA Unlocked); V405UA (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon); V405TAB (T-Mobile); V405UA0 (U.S. Cellular)

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