LG V30 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
5.97 x 2.97 x 0.29 inches 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.39 mm	6.13 x 2.93 x 0.31 inches (~0.36 inches with camera bump) 155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm (~9.2 mm with camera bump)
Weight
5.57 oz (158.0 g)	6.00 oz (170.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Metal
Resistance
Water, Dust, Shock; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver, Purple, Blue	White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive

Display

Size
6.0-inch	6.4-inch
Resolution
2880x1440px, 18:9 ratio, 537 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Technology
P-OLED	Dynamic AMOLED
Refresh rate
	120Hz
Screen-to-body
81.21 %	86.77 %
Peak brightness
	1200 cd/m2 (nit)
Features
HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	HDR support, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2450 MHz Kryo 280	Octa-core 1x 2.84GHz Cortex-X1 + 3x 2.42GHz Cortex-A78 + 4x 1.80GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 540	Adreno 660
RAM
4GB (LPDDR4)	6GB (LPDDR5)
Internal storage
64GB, available to use: 50 GB	128GB (UFS 3.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat), LG UX UI	Android (14, 13, 12), One UI

Battery

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

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Browsing

9h 39min

Video

7h 19min

Gaming

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple 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	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.76" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3"
Third camera
	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/4.5" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (60 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, 10-bit HDR
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus), Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)	32 MP (HDR, Autofocus), Video capture: 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,ax(Wi-Fi 6) Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.2
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
DLNA,Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G
	Bands n1, n3, n5, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD)
Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 66(AWS-3)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 32(1500 L-band), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
	Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900)
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 16 (1000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA, UMTS	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jun 29, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMG990U
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.77 W/kg Body: 0.90 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.48 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

Buyers information

MSRP
	$ 700 / € 749
In The Box
	Phone, Type-C cable, documentation

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 31, 2017	Jan 04, 2022

Alternative variants

Internal storage	128GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

RAM	8GB
Internal storage	256GB
MSRP	$ 770

for Verizon Wireless

4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700 c), 20(800 DD), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 5(850), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)

for T-Mobile

4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700 a), 20(800 DD), 66(AWS-3), 71(600)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 5(850), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
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(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700 a), 20(800 DD), 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 5(850), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)

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