LG V30

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LG V30
LG V30+
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Brand LG Electronics
Manufacturer LG Electronics
Slogan Find Your Frame
Series V series
ModelH930 (Europe); H930DS (Hong Kong); H933 (Canada); H931 (АТ&Т); H932 (T-Mobile); VS996 (Verizon); US998 (US Cellular); LS998U (Sprint); V300 (South Korea) [1]
Japan:
L-01K (V30+ for NTT Docomo); L-02K (sold as the JOJO for NTT Docomo, limited model collaborated with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series); LGV35 (sold as the isai V30+ for au)
Compatible networks GSM, HSPA, LTE
First releasedSeptember 21, 2017;6 years ago (2017-09-21)
Availability by region
21 September 2017
12 October 2017
1 November 2017
1 December 2017
2 December 2017
22 December 2017
25 January 2018
  • Japan (L-01K)
23 March 2018
  • Japan (L-02K, 10,000 units only)
Discontinued2021
Predecessor LG V20
LG V20 Pro (L-01K)
LG isai Beat (LGV35)
Successor LG V35, LG V40 ThinQ
LG V60 ThinQ 5G (Japan)
Related LG G6
Type Phablet
Form factor Slate
Dimensions151.7 mm (5.97 in) H
75.4 mm (2.97 in) W
7.3 mm (0.29 in) D
Weight158 g (5.6 oz)
Operating system Original: Android 7.1"Nougat"
Current: Android 9 "Pie"
Unofficial alternative: Android 12.1, Android 13, Android 14
System-on-chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
CPU Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz & 4x1.9 GHz) Kryo
GPU Adreno 540
Memory4 GB RAM
StorageV30: 64 GB
V30+: 128 GB
Removable storage microSD, up to 256 GB
Battery3,300 mAh, not user-replaceable
Display6 in (150 mm) 2880×1440 1440p 2:1 aspect ratio (537  ppi) P-OLED
Dolby Vision
HDR10
SoundQuad ESS DAC
Rear cameraDual 16 MP Sony Exmor IMX351 (f/1.6, OIS, 3-axis, laser & phase detection AF) + 13 MP wide-angle (f/1.9), Video at 4K at 30fps, 1080p at 60fps, 720p at 120fps
Front camera 5 MP (f/2.2), facial recognition
Website http://lg.com/au/smartphones/lg-LGH930DS-v30-smartphone

The LG V30 is an Android phablet manufactured by LG Electronics as part of the LG V series. Unveiled on 31 August 2017 as the successor to the LG V20, the V30 forgoes the V20's secondary display for a "floating bar" which has nearly the same functions as the second display. It still features quad DACs for improved audio. [2] [3]

Contents

History

The phone was teased on 3 August 2017 in a press release from LG showing the bottom half of the FullVision display. [4] On 7 August press invitations were sent out featuring the words "Lights. Camera. Action." [5] Video teasers were later released, advertising the phone's display, audio and camera capabilities. [6] [7] [8]

Specifications

Hardware

LG V30 B & O edition front.jpg
Always on display
LG V30 B & O edition back.jpg
Camera, fingerprint and B & O logo
Front and back of a black LG V30.

The V30 has a Gorilla Glass 5 front and rear plate sandwiching an aluminum body and a 6.0-inch P-OLED FullVision Display, with a 2:1 aspect ratio (marketed as 18:9), manufactured by LG Display. Its processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC with an Adreno 540 GPU, coupled with 4 GB RAM. The V30 has 64 GB of internal storage, while the V30+ has 128 GB, which is expandable via microSD card. [1] This is also the first LG smartphone to feature an OLED display.

The LG V30 uses a dual-lens camera setup with a 16-megapixel main sensor with a 71° field of view, and a 13-megapixel wide angle sensor with a 120° field of view. [2] However, the main camera also features a f/1.6 aperture, the lowest in a smartphone at the time of release, [2] and a 10-bit HDR sensor. The 10-bit HDR image sensor is capable of capturing nearly 1,070,000,000 different colors, which is about 211% more colors [9] than an 8-bit image sensor. The main sensor has optical image stabilization, which corrects for the motion blur caused by shakey hands in photos and videos, but there is no OIS on the wide angle lens.

The V30 supports up to 1 Gbps download speed on 4G. The H932 model of the V30, for T-Mobile, is the first smartphone to support 4G's LTE Band 71, with a frequency of 600 MHz. [10] [1]

Software

The V30 ships with Android 7.1.2 "Nougat" (upgradeable to 9.0 but without Treble support [11] ) with LG's custom skin, LG UX 6.0+. [2] It comes with Android's Always on Display feature. [1]

Reception

The V30 has received praise for having one of the most mature dual-camera systems available [12] and for its audio quality, retaining the headphone jack as other premium smartphones stopped providing it, [13] and including multiple audio sensors for input and a 32-bit Quad-DAC (Digital Analog Converter) for output. [10] [14]

The phone has been criticized for excessive bloatware on carrier-branded devices [12] and its screen quality has been criticized for its relative lack of color saturation and flaws, as with the Google Pixel 2 XL — which features a display also made by LG. [15]

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