LG V20 vs Samsung Galaxy A72 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 06, 2016	Mar 17, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
	€449

Design

Dimensions
6.29 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches 159.7 x 78.1 x 7.6 mm	6.50 x 3.05 x 165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm
Weight
6.14 oz (174.0 g)	7.16 oz (203.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Materials & Colors
	Black, Blue, White, Violet
Resistance
Shock; MIL-STD-810 certified	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control; Back: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Silver, Pink

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 72.40% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 84.74% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 90Hz
Resolution
2560x1440px, 513 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Additional display
160 x1040 px, Touch screen: Yes, Capacitive

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 720G SM7125 (8 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2150 MHz Kryo	Octa-core 2x2.3GHz Kryo 465 6x1.8GHz Kryo 465
GPU
Adreno 530	Adreno 618
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB	6GB/128GB (UFS) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 22min

Browsing

13h 42min

Video

9h 19min

Gaming

10h 5min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (OIS, Laser autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 29 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8"	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/3.2"	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Autofocus) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F24.0 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band,802.1x Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD	Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring
DLNA,Wireless screen share,SlimPort	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12 (600/100 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	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 26, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA725M
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.29 W/kg Body: 0.30 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.59 W/kg
EU SAR
	Head: 0.23 W/kgBody: 1.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

for Verizon Wireless

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20
FCC approval	Date approved: Nov 01, 2016 FCC ID value: ZNFVS995
Measured SAR	Head: 0.91 W/kg Body: 0.83 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.88 W/kg

with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

for Sprint, Boost Mobile

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 25, 26
4G (TDD) Bands	41
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
FCC approval	Date approved: Sep 07, 2016 FCC ID value: ZNFLS997
Measured SAR	Head: 0.73 W/kg Body: 1.19 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.19 W/kg

for T-Mobile

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 66
FCC approval	Date approved: Nov 01, 2016 FCC ID value: ZNFH918
Measured SAR	Head: 0.87 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.18 W/kg

for AT&T

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 29, 30
3G Bands	5, 2, 1
FCC approval	Date approved: Nov 01, 2016 FCC ID value: ZNFH910
Measured SAR	Head: 0.87 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.18 W/kg

International version

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1
Dual SIM	Yes
Radio	FM
FCC approval	Date approved: Nov 01, 2016 FCC ID value: ZNFH990
Measured SAR	Head: 0.36 W/kg Body: 0.86 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.39 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.86 W/kg

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