Phone Comparison - LG G Flex vs Apple iPhone 5

LG G Flex
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general General Info

Manufacturer LG Apple
Announced October 2013 September 2012
Status Available - November 2013 Available - September 2012
Colors Titan Silver Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 160.5 x 81.6 x 7.9 - 8.7 mm
(6.32 x 3.21 x 0.31 - 0.34 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 850 / 1800 LTE-A LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Self-healing coating on the back -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 6
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 543MP3 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No No

display Display

Type Curved P-OLED (Real RGB) LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 75.63% 60.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, autofocus [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, Lightning Port
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 3500 mAh 1440 mAh
Stand by - Up to 225 h
Talk Time - Up to 8 h