Phone Comparison - LG G3 LTE-A vs LG G4 vs Samsung Galaxy A7

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG Samsung
Announced January 2014 April 2015 Expected Announcement - December 2014
Status Available - Q3 2014 Available - April 2015 Rumored - January 2015
Price - Rs. 25,999 ($382.34) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,499 ($286.75) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silk White, Shine Gold, Metallic Black Grey, White, Gold, Leather Black, Leather Brown, Leather RedGrey Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 148.9 x 76.1 x 9.8 mm
(5.86 x 3 x 0.39 in)
150.9 x 75.9 x 6.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.99 x 0.25 in)
Weight - 155 g (5.47 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - SM-A700*/DS
3G Network TD-SCDMA / HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE-A 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, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Hexa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 418 Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 73.61% 72.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash phase detection/lase Dual-LED (dual tone) LED flash
Features 1/3' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Phase Detection/Laser, Auto-focus, OIS, 1/2.6'' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, HDR, Stereo Sound Rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 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 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG Supported 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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3000 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 375 h (3G) -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h (3G) -