Phone Comparison - LG K8 vs LG K8 (2017) vs LG K40S

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG LG
Announced February 2016 December 2016 August 2019
Status Coming Soon - Q1 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017 Coming Soon - Q4 2019
Price Rs. 9,180 ($135.00) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors Black, White Silver, Titan, Dark Blue, Gold Aurora Black, Moroccan Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144.6 x 71.5 x 8.7 mm
(5.69 x 2.81 x 0.34 in)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.09 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.32 in)
156.3 x 73.9 x 8.6 mm
(6.15 x 2.91 x 0.34 in)
Weight 157 g (5.54 oz) 142 g (5.01 oz) -
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
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 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
MIL-STD-810G compliant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6735 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 Octa-core 2.0 GHz
GPU Mali-T720MP1 Adreno 308 -
RAM 1.5 GB 1.5 GB 2/3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 512 GB

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 6.1 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1520 pixels (276 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.53% 65.89% 80.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 1840 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama 13MP rear camera, PDAF
5MP Ultra-Wide sensor
Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p video [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 13 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Class 12 Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP v4.2, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 512 GB
USB OTG - Supported 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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2125 mAh 2500 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -