LG had announced its flagship phone G4 in April this year. The latest flagship from LG has now officially launched in India for Rs 51,000. Let’s compare the phone to last year’s G3.
The LG G4 sports a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD In-cell Touch Quantum display at 538 ppi and is powered by 1.8 GHz hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 418 GPU. Running Android 5.1 Lollipop, the phone comes with 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory and expandable memory with microSD. The G3 has the same 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD IPS display at 538 ppi but is powered by 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU. The G3 was launched with Android 4.4.2 KitKat but received Lollipop update in December last year. It has 2GB / 3GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD.
The LG G4 has 8MP front facing camera while the G3 has only 2.1MP camera.
Both the phones have on screen touch buttons and the bezel has the LG branding .
The right side of the phone has no buttons.
The left side is also plain and has no keys. LG G4 measures 148.9×76.1×9.8-6.3mm and weighs 155 grams while the G3 is 146.3×74.6×9mm and weighs 151 grams.
Both the phones have the 3.5mm audio jack, microphone and the micro USB port on the bottom.
At the top, both the phones have a secondary microphone and the Infrared LED.
Both the phones have power/lock key and volume rockers at the back. The G4 has a 16MP rear camera with OIS 2.0, F1.8 aperture, LED Flash and Laser Auto Focus with 4K video recording at the back. In comparison, the G3 has a 13MP rear camera with OIS, Dual LED Flash, Laser Auto Focus and 4K video recording.
The loudspeaker grill is present at the left side on lower back of the phone.
The G4 comes with a leather finish back cover while the G3 has metallic plastic back cover.
Both the phones come with a removable back cover and a removable battery of 3,000 mAh. They also support wireless charging.
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