Background and Identification

The LG V30 is an Android Phablet released by LG Electronics in 2017. It is part of the LG V series of Phablet. It’s predecessor was the LG V20 and it’s successor was the LG V40 ThinQ, more commonly called the LG V40 which was released in 2018.

The LG flagship phone features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and an Adreno 540 GPU. It has an aluminum frame and Gorilla glass 5 front and rear plate. The phone has 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. It also has an OLED display. This iteration has a thinner build, dual cameras and a quad digital-to-analog audio converter built into the headphone jack. It runs on the Android 7.1.2 "Nougat" operating system.

Some criticisms mentioned are bloatware on carrier branded models and though it has an OLED screen, there were a few problems with brightness.

Specifications

Body: Dimensions:151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 mm (5.97 x 2.97 x 0.29 in), Weight158 g (5.57 oz)

Display: P-OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 6.0 inches, 92.9 cm² (~81.2% screen-to-body ratio), 1440 x 2880 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~537 ppi density)

Platform: OS ''Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie), Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) CPU Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) GPU Adreno 540

Memory: Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual-SIM model Internal 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM UFS 2.1

Main Camera: Dual 16 MP, f/1.6, 30mm (standard), 1/3.1", 1.0µm, PDAF, Laser AF, 3-axis OIS 13 MP, f/1.9, 12mm (ultrawide), no AF

Selfie Camera: Single 5 MP, f/2.2, 22mm (wide), 1/5", 1.12µm

Sound: Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes 32-bit/192kHz audio B&O Play certified⏎
24-bit/48kHz audio recording

Comms: WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, NFC Yes, Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Features: Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, color spectrum

Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh battery

Misc: Colors Aurora Black, Cloud Silver, Moroccan Blue, Lavender Violet, Raspberry Rose

Additional Information

• LG V30 on Wikipedia

• LG V30 on CNET

• LG V30 on Amazon