Phone Comparison - LG K8 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) vs LG K61

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Samsung LG
Announced December 2016 June 2017 February 2020
Status Coming Soon - January 2017 Available - June 2017 Coming Soon - March 2020
Price - Rs. 19,500 ($300.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Silver, Titan, Dark Blue, Gold Blue, Black, Gold Titanium, White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.09 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.32 in)
146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm
(5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
164.5 x 77.5 x 8.4 mm
(6.48 x 3.05 x 0.33 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) - -
SIM Type - Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J710F, J710H
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J710M
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network 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 LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor - Fingerprint Sensor
MIL-STD-810G compliant
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 10.0
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870 Octa Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)
GPU Adreno 308 Mali-T830MP2 PowerVR GE8320
RAM 1.5 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, In-cell Touch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 2.5D Gorilla Glass IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.2 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (282 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (396 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.89% 71.68% 81.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP 48 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama Autofocus, f/1.7, 28mm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR 48 MP, (wide), PDAF
8 MP, (ultrawide)
2 MP (macro)
5 MP (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 13 MP, f/1.9 [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.0
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP v4.1, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB OTG 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported 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
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2500 mAh 3000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -