LG G6 vs Samsung Galaxy S20+ - specs comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Feb 11, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$1200

Design

Dimensions
5.86 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches 148.9 x 71.9 x 7.9 mm	6.37 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches 161.9 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm
Weight
5.75 oz / 163.0 g	6.56 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust, Shock; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver	Cosmic grey, Cloud blue, Cosmic black, Cosmic white, Aura red, Aura blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 79.47% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 90.94% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2880x1440px, 561 PPI	3200x1440px, 20:9 ratio, 524 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass 6

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
4 (Poor)	1.4 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro (14 nm)	Snapdragon 865 SM8250 (7 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2350 MHz Kryo	Octa-core 1x2.84GHz Kryo 585 3x2.42GHz Kryo 585 4x1.80GHz Kryo 585
GPU
Adreno 530	Adreno 650
Memory
4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	12GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.0) 8GB/128GB 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (13, 12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 25min

Browsing

8h 30min

Video

9h 53min

Gaming

8h 26min

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 29 mm Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 12 mm	12 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Third camera
	64 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 1.1x Aperture size: F2.0 Focal Length: 29 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Fourth camera
	0.3 MP VGA (ToF 3D depth sensing) Aperture size: F1.0
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) OIS, HDR, EIS
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	10 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M4/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD	32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
DLNA,Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

5G Bands
	n2, n5, n41, n66, n71, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jan 28, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMG986B
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.25 W/kg Body: 0.89 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.35 W/kg Phablet: 2.95 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage


Memory	64GB

Global variant


System chip	Samsung Exynos 990 (7 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2x2.73GHz Exynos M5 2x2.5GHz Cortex-A76 4x2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali G77 MP11
5G Bands	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n77, n78, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
Dual SIM	Yes
SIM type	Nano SIM, eSIM

for Verizon Wireless


OS	Android (9.0 Pie)
4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
FCC approval	Date approved: Feb 27, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFVS988
Measured SAR	Head: 0.30 W/kg Body: 0.49 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.48 W/kg

non 5G variant


Memory	8GB
Weight	6.56 oz / 186.0 g
FCC approval	Date approved: Jan 28, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMG985F
Measured SAR	Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 1.03 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.37 W/kg Phablet: 3.00 W/kg

for T-Mobile


4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20

with 256GB storage


Memory	256GB

for Sprint and Boost Mobile


4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 25, 26
4G (TDD) Bands	41
FCC approval	Date approved: Feb 27, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFLS993
Measured SAR	Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 1.07 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.07 W/kg

with 512GB storage


Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1400

for AT&T


OS	Android (9.0 Pie)
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 29, 30
FCC approval	Date approved: Apr 07, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFH871
Measured SAR	Head: 0.70 W/kg Body: 0.42 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.42 W/kg

for Verizon


4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

International version


4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands	38
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1
Radio	FM
FCC approval	Date approved: Mar 24, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFH870
Measured SAR	Head: 0.69 W/kg Body: 0.10 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.41 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.14 W/kg

for AT&T


4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41, 46

for T-Mobile


4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 66, 71
3G Bands	5, 4, 2, 1

for Sprint


4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41, 46

for U.S. Cellular


4G (FDD) Bands	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 46, 48
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

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8.7	9.1
LG G6	Samsung Galaxy S20+
Released · Mar 10, 2017	Released · Mar 06, 2020
5.7-inch · 2880x1440px	6.7-inch · 3200x1440px
Dual camera	Quad camera
4GB · 32GB	12GB · 128GB
3300 mAh	4500 mAh
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LG G6 vs Samsung Galaxy S20+ Specs Comparison

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