Phone Comparison - LG K4 vs LG K4 (2017) vs LG K8 (2017)

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG LG
Announced January 2016 December 2016 December 2016
Status Available - May 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017 Coming Soon - January 2017
Colors White, Indigo Titan, Black Silver, Titan, Dark Blue, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.9 x 66.7 x 8.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.35 in)
144.76 x 72.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.7 x 2.86 x 0.31 in)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.09 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.32 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 142 g (5.01 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - K130E HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - K130E HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) - K130E LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) - K130E LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - No -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6735M Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
GPU Mali-T720MP2 Adreno 304 Adreno 308
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, In-cell Touch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, In-cell Touch
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.25% 65.50% 65.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM Radio FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Yes AutoFocus, Geotagging, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1940 mAh 2500 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -