Phone Comparison - LG Magna vs LG K8 vs Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG Samsung
Announced February 2015 February 2016 November 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Coming Soon - Q1 2016 Available - January 2016
Price Rs. 8,411 ($123.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,180 ($135.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,990 ($117.50) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yes Black, White White, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.7 x 69.9 x 10.2 mm
(5.5 x 2.75 x 0.4 in)
144.6 x 71.5 x 8.7 mm
(5.69 x 2.81 x 0.34 in)
142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight - 157 g (5.54 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J320F, J3109
4G Network LTE (LTE model only) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J320F
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.17 W/kg (head)
1.12 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.48 W/kg (head)
0.42 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz or 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6735 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830A
GPU - Mali-T720MP1 Mali-400MP2
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory - microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.44% 66.53% 68.09%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 1840 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps (J3109), 720p@30fps (J320P)
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 720p video [Similar] 5 MP - J3109
2 MP - J320P [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v4.2, A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage - microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2540 mAh 2125 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 349 h
Talk Time - - Up to 22 h