It’s been a couple of months since LG has launched the LG V60, and since then the corporate has additionally lastly managed to launch the brand new Velvet telephone to western markets exterior of Korea, similar to Germany. The two new 2020 telephones are fairly contrasting gadgets for LG – representing what one may say the corporate’s traditional design philosophy versus a more recent, extra refreshing design language. They’re additionally contrasting gadgets by way of their specs and positioning, with the V60 being a successor flagship gadgets with a high-end SoC, while the brand new Velvet is a “premium” design with the brand new Snapdragon 765, coming at a lower cost level and a few compromises by way of specification – however not too many as to name it a mid-range telephone.
Both telephones are overdue a more in-depth look, and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing at present.
| LG 2020 Flagships | |||
| V60 | Velvet | ||
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1x Cortex-A77 @ 2.84GHz |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
1x Kryo 475 (CA76) @ 2.3GHz |
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| GPU | Adreno 640 @ 587MHz | Adreno 620 | |
| DRAM | Eight GB | Eight GB | |
| Storage | 128 GB UFS 2.1 +microSD |
128 GB UFS 2.1 +microSD |
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| Display | 6.8″ FullVision OLED 2460 x 1080 (20.5:9) |
6.8″ FullVision OLED 2460 x 1080 (20.5:9) |
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| Size | Height | 169.Three mm | 167.2 mm |
| Width | 77.6 mm | 74.1 mm | |
| Depth | 8.9 mm | 7.9 mm | |
| Weight | 218 grams | 180 grams | |
| Battery Capacity | 5000 mAh (Typical) | 4300 mAh (Typical) | |
| Wireless Charging | Qi | Qi | |
| Rear Cameras | |||
| Main | 64 MP 1/1.7″ 0.8µm f/1.Eight w/OIS |
48MP f/1.Eight w/OIS |
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| Wide | 13 MP 1/3.4″ 1µm f/1.9 117° super-wide angle |
8MP Super-wide angle |
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| Extra | ToF 1/4″ 14µm f/1.9 117° super-wide angle |
5MP Depth |
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| Front Camera | 10 MP 1/3.1″ 1.22μm f/1.9 |
16MP | |
| I/O | USB 2.0 Type-C 3.5mm headphone jack Under-screen Fingerprint reader |
USB 2.0 Type-C 3.5mm headphone jack Under-screen Fingerprint reader |
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| Wireless (native) | Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.1 |
Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.1 |
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| Cellular | GSM, CDMA, HSPA, 4G/LTE, 5G | ||
| Splash, Water, Dust Resistance | IP68 | IP68 | |
| Dual-SIM | nano-SIM | nano-SIM | |
| Launch OS | Android 10 | Android 10 | |
| Launch Price | $899 | 599€ | |
In phrases of specs and the brains of the gadgets, as talked about, the LG V60 is a well-known telephone because it’s merely sporting one of the best of one of the best. The Snapdragon 865 options 4 Cortex-A77 cores, one in every of which clocks in at as much as 2.84GHz and three others at as much as 2.42GHz, paired with 4 low-power Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8GHz. We’ve seen glorious efficiency and energy effectivity out of Qualcomm’s newest chipset in different 2020 flagship gadgets, and the LG V60 is just about according to the pack by way of efficiency and effectivity.
The LG Velvet however is amongst a smaller variety of gadgets which make due with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 765 SoC. This “premium” mannequin functionally has the identical degree of options because the flagship Snapdragon 865 SoC, however simply comes at decrease efficiency ranges. In phrases of IP, we discover two Cortex A76 cores, one as much as 2.3GHz and one other as much as 2.2GHz, paired with six low-power Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8GHz. The GPU within the type of the Adreno 620 can be smaller than the larger brother’s Adreno 650 configuration.
What’s particular about each these SoCs is that they’re 5G enabled. The LG V60 makes use of an exterior X55 modem for connectivity, whereas the Velvet integrates its modem capabilities inside the Snapdragon 765.
Both telephones function 8GB of RAM (LPDDR5 for the V60 and LPDDR4X for the Velvet), and have 128GB of…
