LG V30 vs Samsung Galaxy A31 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 31, 2017	Mar 24, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€300

Design

Dimensions
5.97 x 2.97 x 0.29 inches 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.39 mm	6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches 159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
Weight
5.57 oz / 158.0 g	6.53 oz / 185.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust, Shock; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver, Purple, Blue	Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red, Prism Crush white

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 81.21% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 84.88% screen-to-body
Type
P-OLED, HDR	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
2880x1440px, 18:9 ratio, 537 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 411 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)	MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2450 MHz Kryo 280	Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A75 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 540	Mali-G52 MC2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/128GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 Qi and Powermat wireless charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal length: 30 mm Sensor size: 1/3.09" Pixel size: 1 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (240 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus) Video capture: 1080p	20 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	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,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 25, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 16 (1000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Mar 08, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMA315GL
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.53 W/kg Body: 0.56 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.42 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.65 W/kg Phablet: 0.89 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	128GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

for Verizon Wireless

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 4, 2, 1

for T-Mobile

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 4, 2, 1
FCC approval	Date approved: Oct 20, 2017 FCC ID value: ZNFH932
Measured SAR	Head: 0.88 W/kg Body: 0.69 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.69 W/kg Phablet: 2.38 W/kg

for AT&T

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 29, 30, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 4, 2, 1

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