LG V30 vs OnePlus 6

Let’s delve into a comparison between the LG V30 and the OnePlus 6 smartphones. The long-awaited V30 was made available to the public in August last year, while the equally anticipated OnePlus 6 was launched in May 2018.

Appearance & Design

As far as cosmetic appearance is concerned, the LG V30 smartphone features a breathtaking 6.0 inches P-OLED, QHD+ display with a screen resolution of 2880 x 1440 pixels. Up front, the phone houses a 5-megapixel f/2.2 camera for selfies and face-to-face video chatting.

Aside from carrying a fingerprint scanner, the V30 sports a 16-megapixels + 13-megapixels dual camera setup with dual-LED and AF on the back. Weighing in at 158 grams (with battery), the phone’s dimensions are 5.97 in x 2.97 in x 0.29 in (LxWxH).

Housed in a full metal body, the LG V30 smartphone is currently up for grabs in aurora black, cloud silver, Moroccan blue, and lavender-violet color options. In terms of protection, the device boasts military-grade MIL-STD 810G certification.

The OnePlus 6 smartphone features an eye-catching aluminum alloy and glass body design, which is further augmented with an equally appealing 6.28 inches Optic AMOLED 16M FHD+ (2280 x 1080 pixels) full-screen display. Moreover, it comes with Gorilla Glass 5 for added protection.

There’s a fingerprint scanner along with a 16-megapixel + 20-megapixel dual camera setup with dual LED flash and AF on the rear. The OnePlus 6 smartphone also features a 16-megapixel front shooter for the selfie addicts.

The phone’s length is 155.7 mm, its width is 75.35 mm and its height is 7.75 mm. Even with the battery, the phone weighs in at only 179 grams.

Hardware & Performance

Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998, 64-bit processor, the LG V30 is a power-packed smartphone that packs a robust Qualcomm Adreno 540, 710 MHz GPU, under the hood. The phone offers 4GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB/128GB ROM which can further be expanded up to 256GB.

The V30 is backed by a built-in 3,300 mAh Lithium-ion battery which is equipped with Quick Charging 3.0. There are 3 card slots i.e. microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC available on the phone apart from a slew of sensors such as fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gravity, gyroscope, light sensor, proximity, and color spectrum.

The OnePlus 6 smartphone, on the other hand, packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 64-bit processor and uses a Qualcomm Adreno 630 graphics processing unit. The phone comes with 6GB/8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB/128GB/256GB of non-expandable onboard storage.

The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM) smartphone supports dual standby and draws its juices from a 3,300 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. This non-removable cell supports Dash Charge (5V 4A) feature.

Although the OnePlus 6 doesn’t include card slots, it boasts a broad range of useful sensors including an ambient light sensor, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass, hall sensor, sensor hub, step detector, step counter. You can even find a fingerprint sensor located on the back.

Price

The LG V30 smartphone would set you back about $719 on shopping stores. The OnePlus 6 smartphone comes bearing a slightly lower price tag of about $680.

General

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  • Model
    V30 Oneplus 6 A6000
  • Released
    21/09/17 2018
  • Status
    Available Coming Soon

Design

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  • Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.
    Bar Bar
  • Dimensions
    151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 mm 156.1 x 75 x 7.3 mm
  • Weight
    158g 162g
  • Waterproof
    Yes - IP68 No

Display

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  • Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)
    POLED Full Optic AMOLED
  • Size
    6.0 inch 6.28 inch
  • Resolution
    2880 x 1440 (WQHD+) 2160 x 1080 (FHD+)
  • Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.
    16 Million Colors, HDR 10 16 Million Colors
  • Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.
    401 ppi
  • Touch Screen
    Yes Yes
  • Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.
    Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (Rear) 2.5D Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5
  • Features
    Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive Touchscreen

Hardware

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  • CPU The main chipset of the device.
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, 2.45GHz, quad-core
  • GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.
    Adreno 540 Adreno 540
  • RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.
    4GB 6GB | 8GB (LPDDRX4)
  • Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.
    64GB or 128GB (UFS 2.1 Both) 64GB | 128GB (UFS 2.1)
  • Memory Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.
    Yes (up to 2TB) No
  • Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.
    Fingerprint Sensor (Rear), Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Hall Sensor. Fingerprint, Hall, Accelerometer, G-sensor, Electronic Compass, Gyroscope, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, RGB, Sensor Hub

Software

  • LG V30OnePlus 6
  • Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.
    Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) Android 8
  • User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.
    LG UX 6.0+ OxygenOS 4.5.0

Camera

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  • Rear Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.
    16 MP, f/1.6 + 13 MP, f/1.9 20 MP + 16 MP, f/1.7
  • Video
    4K at 30fps, 1080p at 60fps, 1080p at 30fps, 720p at 30fps, Slow Motion: 720p videos at 120fps
  • Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)
    LED Flash Dual LED Flash
  • Front Camera
    5 MP 20 MP

Network

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  • SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.
    Standard SIM Nano SIM
  • Dual SIM
    Yes

Connectivity

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  • Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.
    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-Band, Wi-Fi Direct
  • USB
    Type-C 2.0, Support USB Audio USB-C 3.0, (Audio Support)
  • GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.
    Supported - GPS/ AGPS/ GLONASS/ BDS/ GALILEO
  • NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
    Yes Yes
  • Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.
    Yes (Unknown Standard) No
  • Headphone Jack
    Yes Yes

Battery

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  • Capacity Battery Capacity
    3450mAh
  • Placement
    Non-Removable Non-Removable

Media

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  • Video Playback
    AVI, MKV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, TS, WEBM, FLV, ASF, WMV Playback: MKV, MOV, MP4, H.265(HEVC), AVI, WMV, TS, 3GP, FLV, WEBM
  • Video Out
    MP4
  • FM Radio
    Yes
  • Ring Tones
    Yes Yes
  • Loudspeaker
    Yes Yes
  • Handsfree
    Yes

Data

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  • 4G LTE 4G LTE bands
    Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/30/66
  • Speed
    HSPA, LTE (Cat. 16) HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE+

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