Phone Comparison - LG G5 vs LG K8 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG Samsung
Announced February 2016 December 2016 June 2017
Status Available - May 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017 Available - July 2017
Price Rs. 35,999 ($529.40) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 24,500 ($330.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silver, Titan, Gold, Pink Silver, Titan, Dark Blue, Gold Gold, Black, Pink, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7 mm
(5.88 x 2.91 x 0.3 in)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.09 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.32 in)
152.4 x 74.7 x 7.9 mm
(6 x 2.94 x 0.31 in)
Weight 159 g (5.61 oz) 142 g (5.01 oz) -
SIM Type - - Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J710F, J710H
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J710M
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - J710F
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 308 Mali-T830 MP2
RAM 4 GB 1.5 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 2TB GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type IPS Quantum Display, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, In-cell Touch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 2.5D Gorilla Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.3 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (554 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.19% 65.89% 73.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP (f/1.8) + 8 MP (f/2.4) 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Laser Autofocus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama Autofocus, f/1.7, 28mm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 13 MP, f/1.9 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 2TB GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 2500 mAh 3600 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -