Phone Comparison - LG G3 Beat vs LG K4 (2017) vs Apple iPad Pro 12.9

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG Apple
Announced July 2014 December 2016 June 2017
Status Available - August 2014 Coming Soon - January 2017 Coming Soon - June 2017
Colors Silk White, Shine Gold Titan, Black Space Gray, Rose Gold, Gold, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.7 x 69.6 x 10.3 mm
(5.42 x 2.74 x 0.41 in)
144.76 x 72.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.7 x 2.86 x 0.31 in)
305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9 mm
(12.04 x 8.69 x 0.27 in)
Weight 134 g (4.73 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 677 g (Wi-Fi) / 692 g (LTE) (23.88 oz (Wi-Fi) / 24.41 oz (LTE))
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM / e-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - K130E HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) - K130E LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 11(1500), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 21(1500), 25(1900), 26(850), 27(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Notification LED - No -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) iOS 11
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 -, Apple A10X Fusion
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 304 -
RAM 2 GB 1 GB N/A
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 64/256/512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, In-cell Touch IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 12.9 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi) 1668 x 2224 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.77% 65.50% 76.07%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM Radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash Quad-LED (Dual-tone)
Features Laser Auto- focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face & Smile Detection, HDR AutoFocus, Geotagging, HDR, Panorama Phase detection autofocus, f/1.8 aperture lens, OIS, 1/3" sensor size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video plus 8MP image capture, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 7 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSPA+; LTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 3.0, Reversible Connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 64/256/512 GB
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2540 mAh 2500 mAh -
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -