Phone Comparison - LG V30 vs Google Pixel 2 XL vs Samsung Galaxy S9

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general General Info

Manufacturer LG Google Samsung
Announced August 2017 October 2017 February 2018
Status Available - September 2017 Available - October 2017 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price Rs. 44,900 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 73,000 ($849.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Titan Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3mm
(5.97 x 2.97 x 0.29in)
157.9 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
Weight 158 g (5.57 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
SIM Type Dual-SIM Nano-SIM & electronic SIM card (e-SIM) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE, LTE-A 4 Band CA LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- MIL-STD-810G certified
- IP68 Dust/Water Resistant
- 32-bit/192kHz Audio
- 24-bit Audio Recording
- B&O Certified Audio
- Active Noise Cancellation
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Splash and dust resistant
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED Yes Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Quad-core 2.45 GHz Kryo & Quad-core 1.9 GHz Kryo, Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 540 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 64/128 GB 64/128 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 6.0 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2880 pixels (537 ppi) 1440 x 2880 pixels (537 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 81.12% 76.61% 84.00%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 16 MP + 13 MP 12.2 MP 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) Flash LED Flash
Features Laser Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.9, secondary 120-degree wide angle, Phase Detection autofocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection & Laser Autofocus, f/1.8 aperture, EIS (gyro), OIS, Dual-Pixel sensor, 1.4µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.5 - f/2.4 variable aperture lens, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 5 MP, f/2.2 [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.4, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, LTE-A, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB OTG, Fast Charging 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 3520 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -