Phone Comparison - LG G3 Beat vs LG G4 vs LG G4 Beat

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG LG
Announced July 2014 April 2015 July 2015
Status Available - August 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 25,999 ($382.34) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 25,999 ($578.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silk White, Shine Gold Grey, White, Gold, Leather Black, Leather Brown, Leather RedGrey Metallic Gray, Ceramic White, Shiny Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.7 x 69.6 x 10.3 mm
(5.42 x 2.74 x 0.41 in)
148.9 x 76.1 x 9.8 mm
(5.86 x 3 x 0.39 in)
142.7 x 72.6 x 9.9 mm
(5.62 x 2.86 x 0.39 in)
Weight 134 g (4.73 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Hexa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 418 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 2 TB To be confirmed

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (423 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.77% 73.61% 72.17%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - Stereo FM radio with RDS -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (dual tone) laser autofocus
Features Laser Auto- focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face & Smile Detection, HDR Phase Detection/Laser, Auto-focus, OIS, 1/2.6'' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, HDR, Stereo Sound Rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Class 12 Yes
3G HSPA+; LTE HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 2 TB To be confirmed
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2540 mAh 3000 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by - Up to 375 h (3G) -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h (3G) -